2021 Clean Air Act Government Nitrogen Oxides 
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 12, 2024
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. Even so, cars and trucks are still making us sick—and killing us. I recently caught up with Kevin X.
Clean Energy Law
NOVEMBER 25, 2019
Proposed Rule 2305, recently released by the District in discussion draft form, would establish the Warehouse Actions and Investments to Reduce Emissions (WAIRE) Program — which would apply to owners and operators of warehouses located in the South Coast Air Basin (Basin) with greater than 100,000 square feet of indoor space in a single building.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
DECEMBER 12, 2023
The Cuyahoga fire, along with a major oil spill off the coast of Santa Barbara that same year, galvanized national attention and led to the first Earth Day, a slew of new air and water protection laws, and the creation of new federal departments to administer them, including the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Legal Planet
OCTOBER 5, 2023
The transportation sector is also a substantial source of nitrogen oxides and particulates, both of which are dangerous to human health. EPA is an effort by conservative states and fuel suppliers to block EPA regulations of greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles under the Clean Air Act. Q: Hi, Sean.
Vermont Law
APRIL 8, 2022
Juris Doctor Candidate (VLGS '23) and Staff Editor for the Vermont Journal of Environmental Law April 8, 2022 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) establishes air quality standards under the Clean Air Act. (1) 27) The human body’s respiratory system is also harmed by Nitrogen oxide exposure. (28)
Union of Concerned Scientists
JUNE 14, 2023
EN: These standards—or at least something based on the same Clean Air Act provision—have been in the works for a long time. Meanwhile, in 2021, the case against the Clean Power Plan re-emerged , resulting in the West Virginia v. EPA Supreme Court decision in 2022. There are two key takeaways from West Virginia v.
ESA
APRIL 5, 2021
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and other Senate Democrats are most likely preparing to reintroduce the Endless Frontiers Act as part of a larger legislation package ( see ESA Policy News, March 22, 2021 ). 151 ) in the House of Representatives in February 2021. The White House created the council under Biden’s Jan.
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