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How’s EPA Doing on Air Pollution Science?

Union of Concerned Scientists

For instance, particulate matter air pollution is one of the leading causes of death around the world and it can potentially affect or damage every organ in the body. Understanding the EPA’s integrated science assessment.

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September 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

In an unpublished judgment, the court rejected the petitioners’ other NEPA arguments regarding project design and capacity and cumulative ozone impacts. 3, 2021); Vecinos para el Bienestar de la Comunidad Costera v. 20, 2021), No. Vecinos para el Bienestar de la Comunidad Costera v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission , No.

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Sabin Center Files Amicus Brief in Support of New GHG Vehicle Emissions Standards

Law Columbia

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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EPA Unveils Proposed Methane Pollution Reduction Standards Covering Oil & Gas Facilities, Including Conventional Oil & Gas Wells

PA Environment Daily

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. These include known cancer-causing toxics like benzene, VOCs that increase ozone levels, and methane.

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Policy News: November 22, 2021

ESA

trillion spending bill, also known as the reconciliation bill and the Build Back Better Act ( H.R. The bill repeals section 20001 of the 2017 Tax Act, which required the Bureau of Land Management to offer oil and gas lease sales in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and cancels the leases sold in January 2021. 3326 ), from Rep.

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These Attorneys General Are Defending the Fossil Fuel Industry, Not Their States

Union of Concerned Scientists

At least partly—if not largely—because the AGs and their political organization, the Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA), receive substantial financial support from fossil fuel companies, electric utilities, and their respective trade groups. For example, in October 2021—the same month he signed onto the West Virginia v.

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Special Policy News #6: The Transition

ESA

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. Meng’s resolution has 146 co-sponsors. Register here.

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