Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 20, 2023

Multiple lines of analysis make clear that regardless of how cheap wind and solar power get, without directly addressing pollution from coal and gas plants, the country’s clean energy transition will not happen fast enough. One critical tool for forcing that reckoning comes from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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Clean Air Act Fossil Fuels Carbon Emissions Clean Energy 200

ESA

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

BLM – Notice of Intent To Amend the Moab, Price, and Vernal Resource Management Plans and Prepare Environmental Assessments To Comply With the 2019 Dingell Act. EPA – Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit. All comments must be received in writing by Nov. Eastern Daylight Time on Dec. 3, 2021.

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2021 Conservation Endangered Species Act Climate Change 105

ESA

JANUARY 31, 2022

In 2019, the Trump administration disbanded the ISAC and cut funding for the National Invasive Species Council (NISC) secretariat by 50 percent. This body will review the EPA’s scientific review of current ozone pollution standards. In 2019, the Trump administration opted to keep ozone pollution standards the same.

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2022 Climate Change Clean Water Act Ozone 52