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Federal Courts Need to Allow the EPA to Clear the Air

Vermont Law

Every year, about 200,000 Americans die from smog, which is a mix of ozone and fine particulates (PM. The Clean Air Act (CAA) regulates smog, setting National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for ozone and PM. Many cities in the Northeast fail ozone and PM. was an even greater threat to human health than ozone.

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ESA Policy News: October 24, 2022

ESA

EPA says state agencies’ regulation of air pollution may violate civil rights of Black residents – Nola.com. Notably, Kimmerer is the author of the 2013 New York Times bestseller Braiding Sweetgrass. EPA – Public Meeting of the Chartered Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) and CASAC Ozone Review Panel (Nov.

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Energy & Climate CounselFoley Hoag LLP The Battle Over California’s Authority to Set Vehicle Emission Standards Continues

Law and Environment

In 2013, EPA granted California a CAA waiver to regulate vehicle emission GHGs and establish a ZEV program. Whether the EPA violated the equal-sovereignty doctrine when it reis­sued California’s 2013 Clean Air Act waiver under Section 209(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act.”. currently electing to do so.

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May 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Columbia Climate Law

EPA of a 2015 rule barring replacement of ozone-depleting substances with hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), which are powerful greenhouse gases. Circuit vacated the 2015 rule to the extent that it prohibited continued use of HFCs by companies that previously switched to HFCs from an ozone-depleting substance. In Mexichem , the D.C.

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House Committee Hearing On Increasing Safety Setbacks Zones Around Natural Gas Facilities Heard About First-Hand Citizen Experiences On Health Impacts, From Physicians On Health Studies And The Gas Industry On Job Impacts; Sen. Yaw Calls Bill ‘Stupid’

PA Environment Daily

Independent, non-industry reviews of oil and gas industry regulations over the last 10 years have concluded they do not adequately protect public health and the environment. An update to the conventional regulations was killed in 2016 by the General Assembly and Gov. Read more here. Read more here.

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Policy News: May 9, 2022

ESA

BLM: The Interior Department reverted to a 2013 management plan for Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve. EPA : A draft policy assessment for the reconsideration of current Ozone air quality standards finds that there is insufficient scientific evidence that there would be a public health benefit to stricter ozone regulations.

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