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Defending EPA’s Authority to Fight Climate Change – at the Supreme Court

Legal Planet

EPA in defense of EPA’s authority to effectively regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act. Our client is Tom Jorling, a former Senate staffer and EPA official who was directly involved in drafting the Act in 1970. (We As our brief details, the answer to both questions is plainly yes.

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Policy News: November 22, 2021

ESA

Bill includes $668 million for National Science Foundation (NSF) research and training grants and $500 million for NSF climate research. Nations Agree to “Phase Down” Use of Coal at UN Climate Conference. trillion spending bill, also known as the reconciliation bill and the Build Back Better Act ( H.R. Applications are due Dec.

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ESA Policy News: November 8, 2021

ESA

Global Climate Talks Commence in Glasgow. World leaders, diplomats and members of civic society from across the world convened in Glasgow, Scotland for the United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26), Oct. NOAA also received $20 for climate change education activities.

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Ask a Scientist: Top Takeaways from the New EPA Carbon Pollution Rules

Union of Concerned Scientists

JM: Quite simply, if we don’t clean up the power sector, we won’t get anywhere close to reducing the amount of carbon emissions needed to avoid the worst consequences of climate change. EN: These standards—or at least something based on the same Clean Air Act provision—have been in the works for a long time.

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National Environmental Justice Art Campaign - We Refuse To Die - Launching In Pittsburgh Area

PA Environment Daily

Featuring libation and prayer, local speakers, West African drumming and dancing, and the ritual planting of the carving in the ground. -- A new petition seeks to hold US Steel accountable for their harmful pollution and violation of the Clean Air Act. million pounds of toxic chemicals into the community’s air supply.

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Ask a Scientist: UCS Transportation Program Adds Equitable Mobility to its Portfolio

Union of Concerned Scientists

In 1963, a typical car—which ran on leaded gasoline without pollution control devices— emitted 520 pounds of hydrocarbons, 1,700 pounds of carbon monoxide, and 90 pounds of nitrogen oxide every 10,000 miles traveled. I recently caught up with Kevin X. Below is an abridged version of our conversation.

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In a first for climate nuisance claims, a Hawai‘i State Court allowed Honolulu to proceed with its case against fossil fuel companies

Law Columbia

The plaintiffs in these cases allege that the companies knew the harms their products would cause, that the companies failed to warn and misled the public about those harms, and that the products have caused damages in the form of rising seas, more frequent and severe storms, heat waves, and wildfires, among other climate change impacts.