Columbia Climate Law

DECEMBER 2, 2019

The emissions make a significant contribution to climate change because methane is a highly potent greenhouse gas which, in the first 20 years after it is released, traps approximately 84 times more heat in the earth’s atmosphere than carbon dioxide (on a per ton basis).

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Regulations Natural Gas Air Pollution Ground-Level Ozone 52

Law Columbia

MARCH 13, 2023

EPA , the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has regulated greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from motor vehicles under the Clean Air Act. billion tons of carbon dioxide emissions by 2050. These emissions standards were significantly loosened in the last year of the Trump Administration.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

“Our stronger standards will work hand in hand with the historic level of resources from the Inflation Reduction Act to protect our most vulnerable communities and to put us on a path to achieve President Biden’s ambitious climate goals.” These include known cancer-causing toxics like benzene, VOCs that increase ozone levels, and methane.

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Natural Gas Air Pollution Waste Greenhouse 52

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. EPA decision , upheld the EPA’s authority to regulate such emissions under the Clean Air Act but significantly constrained its ability to do so.

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Fossil Fuels Climate Change Sea Level Electricity 351