Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 29, 2023

In 2015, when he took office as AG after stints in the Texas Legislature, he sued the Environmental Protection Agency for strengthening a standard for ground-level ozone, better known as smog. In 2014 alone, the Times found, the fossil fuel industry donated some $16 million to at least a dozen Republican AG candidates.

Fossil Fuels 348

Fossil Fuels Climate Change Sea Level Electricity 348

Vermont Law

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

In November 2014, the United States and China—two of the world’s most significant emitters—. Equally exciting, in August 2016, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals upheld agencies’ ability under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to include the. jointly committed. to reducing their carbon emissions. Clean Power Plan. formally join.

Paris Agreement 40

Paris Agreement Carbon Emissions Climate Change 2016 40

Environmental Progress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

In June, HarperCollins published my new book, Apocalypse Never, which reviews the science of climate change and other environmental problems, and which has been widely praised by leading climate and conservation scientists and scholars. I am honored to address the Committee.

2020 96

2020 Air Pollution Climate Change Natural Gas 96

Columbia Climate Law

MAY 8, 2020

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.

2020 40

2020 Endangered Species Act Climate Change Greenhouse 40

Law Columbia

JULY 6, 2017

The Washington Court of Appeals upheld Jefferson County’s 2014 Shoreline Master Program, which is a combination of planning policies and development regulations that address shoreline uses and development. Washington Appellate Court Said Climate Goals in County’s Shoreline Master Program Were Not Unconstitutionally Vague.

2017 40

2017 Clean Air Act Climate Change Renewable Energy 40

Environmental Science

JULY 30, 2018

In general, environmental data are organized according to media, such as air or groundwater, analytical fraction, such as VOCs, and sampling round, such as 2014 data. There remain some problem areas; for example Boston tends to be a non-attainment area for ozone in the summer. Soil data are probably least sensitive to time.

Clean Water Act 52

Clean Water Act Waste Clean Air Act Regulations 52