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JUNE 14, 2023

percent of US electricity and utility-scale solar generated 3.4 In 2012, coal generated 37 percent of US electricity. Coal’s decline and the rapid growth of renewables helped cut the US electricity sector’s carbon emissions by 24 percent over the last decade. Last year, wind generated 10.2 Add hydropower’s contribution of 6.2

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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. In 2021 the Biden Administration reversed the Trump-era rollbacks and instituted the strictest-ever vehicle GHG emissions standards in a move aimed at preventing 3.1

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OCTOBER 25, 2021

Senate Appropriations Committee Releases Remaining Spending Bills for FY 2021. by Jean Chemnick, E&E News, 10/21/2021. He does not expect the White House to announce a new rule akin to the Obama-era Clean Power Plan, which tried to cut emissions across the electrical system. Bill includes $9.49 Executive Branch.

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OCTOBER 30, 2021

If there was any question that the judiciary was a coequal and political branch of government, last Friday after President Biden was wheels up to attend the COP26 Glasgow climate conference, the Supreme Court agreed to review the Environmental Protections Agency’s authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.

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AUGUST 16, 2021

The Intergovernmental Panel on Panel on Climate Change released its sixth assessment report , ahead of the UN Conference of Parties Climate Meeting in Glasglow, Scotland in October and November 2021. Regulation, Litigation – Bloomberg Law. billion for electric grid resilience and infrastructure improvements, $7.5

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AUGUST 4, 2021

. – In 2018, EPA and NHTSA released a joint proposal to freeze the Obama-era fuel economy standards and to revoke California’s waiver for portions of its Advanced Clean Cars (ACC) Program that set tailpipe GHG emissions standards and mandated that a percentage of automakers’ sales in California had to be electric vehicle sales.

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OCTOBER 8, 2021

Landscape ecologist Lisa Schulte Moore receives 2021 MacArthur fellowship. by Zack Colman, PoliticoPro, 10/6/2021. That means, for example, including the emissions from constructing a natural gas pipeline along with the emissions from burning the fuel it would transport for generating electric power.

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JUNE 28, 2021

The Department of Energy Science for the Future Act increases recommended funding levels for the Office of Science to $11.1 Congress funded the DOE Office of Science at $7 billion in FY 2021. The Senate voted to overturn this rule in April 2021. Responses to this request for information are due July 28, 2021.

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MAY 6, 2021

NSF releases 2021 Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering report. National Wildlife Federation CEO Collin O’Mara said it “rightly focuses on collaboration and restoration to achieve the goal of 30×30, rather than regulation and designations. Executive Branch. International. Scientific Community.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 23, 2021

On April 1, 2021, a unanimous Second Circuit panel dismissed a lawsuit filed by New York City against a handful of fossil fuel companies seeking damages for climate change harms under state public nuisance and trespass law. By Michael Burger *. Photo by Alexander Tsang – Unsplash.

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JUNE 1, 2021

billion for the National Institute of Agriculture, including $700 million for the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative, which represents a $265 million increase over FY 2021 levels. billion increase over FY 2021 levels. billion, a $400 million increase over FY 2021 levels. billion increase over FY 2021.

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MAY 17, 2021

Twenty-four ESA members and graduate students in ecology participated in virtual Hill visits, as a part of the 2021 Katherine S. The Committee also approved the American Fisheries Advisory Committee Act ( S. By Ryan McCrimmon, PoliticoPro, 5-13-2021. By Doug Plamer, 5-13-2021, PoliticoPro. 2 position at USDA.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 18, 2023

Berkeley’s so-called “natural gas ban” was the first local ordinance in the country to effectively require all-electric construction of new buildings. The court further wrote that “by using the term ‘concerning,’ Congress meant to expand preemption beyond direct or facial regulations of covered appliances.”

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JUNE 2, 2021

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on April 26, 2021 that it is formally reconsidering the Trump Administration’s withdrawal of a waiver of preemption that previously allowed California to regulate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from cars and light trucks.

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Acoel

JUNE 29, 2022

EPA’s latest proposed rule targeting NOx emissions from fossil-fueled electric generating units (EGUs) is a classic study of diminishing returns. The downwind air quality benefits are minimal. For example, EPA projected a total of just 4,700 MW of coal capacity retirements under the 2012 Mercury and Air Toxics Standards rule.

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Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2021

June 15, 2021). June 16, 2021). On June 14, 2021, the U.S. On June 23, 2021, Chevron Corporation filed notice in the district court of its voluntary dismissal of third-party complaints against the energy company Equinor ASA (formerly Statoil ASA). June 14, 2021). June 28, 2021). Louisiana v. Biden , No.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Circuit found that FERC failed to address the significance of a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulation that the petitioners argued required use of the social cost of carbon or another methodology to assess the impacts of the projects’ greenhouse gas emissions. 3, 2021); Vecinos para el Bienestar de la Comunidad Costera v.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 19, 2023

In the year since the Supreme Court embraced the “major questions doctrine” (MQD), industry and Republican state attorneys general have argued that federal regulations ranging from stricter vehicle emissions standards to climate change disclosures must be struck down under its banner.

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MAY 7, 2021

Circuit’s January opinion vacating EPA’s repeal and replacement of the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan regulations for controlling carbon emissions from existing power plants. Circuit erred by “untethering” Section 111(d) standards from the existing source being regulated. 29, 2021); North American Coal Corp.

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JUNE 8, 2021

May 17, 2021). May 24, 2021); Suncor Energy (U.S.A.) May 24, 2021); Shell Oil Products Co., May 24, 2021). June 2, 2021). The fossil fuel companies removed the case in March 2021, citing five grounds for removal, including the federal officer removal statute. May 19, 2021). June 3, 2021).

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 4, 2021

July 15, 2021). July 1, 2021). The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed judgment in favor of the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security on claims that the Department violated the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) by failing to consider environmental impacts of certain immigration programs and policies.

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Capaccio

JUNE 14, 2022

The EPA Council of PFAS was established in April 2021 and tasked to develop an agency-wide strategy to address PFAS. The Biden-Harris administration’s Plan to Combat PFAS Pollution was published in October 2021. In October 2021, the EPA announced the PFAS Strategic Roadmap of current and planned activities in 2021-2024.

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Clean Energy Law

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

The South Coast Air Basin includes portions of Los Angeles, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties and all of Orange County, covering 6,745 square miles. The SCAQMD is the local agency responsible for attaining these clean air standards in the Basin. Facility-Based Mobile Source Measures.

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Ocean Conservancy

DECEMBER 5, 2022

And while we’ve begun to transition away from oil and gas for our cars and electricity, the oil and gas industry has responded by investing its vast financial resources in a new source of demand for their products: new production for plastic materials and packaging.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2023

Even with a much-needed gathering lines rule finalized by PHMSA in 2021, only about 90,000 miles of these pipelines are subject to basic safety requirements like emergency planning — and only 20,000 miles of gathering lines are required to conduct regular leak surveys. 27 Released 1.1 27 Released 1.1

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

EU fines Volkswagen, BMW $1 bln for emissions cartel Reuters PaulaR Thu, 01/04/2024 - 17:27 Thursday, July 8, 2021 Read more Marine Strauss & Alexander Hübner [1/6] A Volkswagen logo is seen as it launches its ID.6 6 CROZZ SUV at a world premiere ahead of the Shanghai Auto Show, in Shanghai, China April 18, 2021.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Energy Information Administration (EIA) and stream sulfate concentrations taken by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s Bureau of Clean Water. In September -- DEP Blog: Pennsylvania Has A Strong Climate Action Plan, And We Need To Use It Now [Posted: December 10, 2021] PA Environment Digest

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Corp Watch

DECEMBER 14, 2023

USA: Police break up three-month protest outside VW dealership using Covid-19 regulations James Baggot | Car Dealer Magazine | February 15, 2021 Two protesters who set up camp outside a VW dealership in London have been moved on by police using Covid-19 restrictions. Agrees to Pay Over $1 Million for Clean Air Act Violation U.S.

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Corp Watch

DECEMBER 12, 2023

USA: Police break up three-month protest outside VW dealership using Covid-19 regulations James Baggot | Car Dealer Magazine | February 15, 2021 Two protesters who set up camp outside a VW dealership in London have been moved on by police using Covid-19 restrictions. Agrees to Pay Over $1 Million for Clean Air Act Violation U.S.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

USA: Police break up three-month protest outside VW dealership using Covid-19 regulations James Baggot | Car Dealer Magazine | February 15, 2021 Two protesters who set up camp outside a VW dealership in London have been moved on by police using Covid-19 restrictions. Agrees to Pay Over $1 Million for Clean Air Act Violation U.S.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

USA: Police break up three-month protest outside VW dealership using Covid-19 regulations James Baggot | Car Dealer Magazine | February 15, 2021 Two protesters who set up camp outside a VW dealership in London have been moved on by police using Covid-19 restrictions. Agrees to Pay Over $1 Million for Clean Air Act Violation U.S.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

USA: Police break up three-month protest outside VW dealership using Covid-19 regulations James Baggot | Car Dealer Magazine | February 15, 2021 Two protesters who set up camp outside a VW dealership in London have been moved on by police using Covid-19 restrictions. Agrees to Pay Over $1 Million for Clean Air Act Violation U.S.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

USA: Police break up three-month protest outside VW dealership using Covid-19 regulations James Baggot | Car Dealer Magazine | February 15, 2021 Two protesters who set up camp outside a VW dealership in London have been moved on by police using Covid-19 restrictions. Agrees to Pay Over $1 Million for Clean Air Act Violation U.S.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

USA: Police break up three-month protest outside VW dealership using Covid-19 regulations James Baggot | Car Dealer Magazine | February 15, 2021 Two protesters who set up camp outside a VW dealership in London have been moved on by police using Covid-19 restrictions. Agrees to Pay Over $1 Million for Clean Air Act Violation U.S.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

USA: Police break up three-month protest outside VW dealership using Covid-19 regulations James Baggot | Car Dealer Magazine | February 15, 2021 Two protesters who set up camp outside a VW dealership in London have been moved on by police using Covid-19 restrictions. Agrees to Pay Over $1 Million for Clean Air Act Violation U.S.

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ESA

APRIL 5, 2021

Ro Khanna (D-CA) and Debbie Dingell (D-MI) are promoting a separate $10 trillion decade-spanning green infrastructure plan, which sets a goal of 100% zero-carbon electricity by 2035, while creating 15.5 151 ) in the House of Representatives in February 2021. This proposed rule is open for public comment through May 24, 2021.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

The updates, which supplement proposed standards EPA released in November 2021, reflect input and feedback from a broad range of stakeholders and nearly half a million public comments. That’s nearly the same as all greenhouse gases emitted from coal-fired electricity generation in the U.S. Read more here. Read more here.

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