Acoel

JUNE 29, 2022

Posted on June 29, 2022 by Eugene M. The downwind air quality benefits are minimal. Units with existing advanced NOx controls must optimize their utilization by 2023. The agency’s air quality modeling indicates that most areas would receive an ozone reduction of less than 0.1 ppb by 2025.

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Issued on: 02/10/2023 - 14:20Modified: 02/10/2023 - 14:19 Corporation TotalEnergies S.E. in 2022 References: Gigantic sleaze scandal winds up as former Elf oil chiefs are jailed - Total to pay $15 mln to settle US false claims case Six Texas Oil Refineries Are Among the Nation’s Worst Benzene Polluters, Data Shows Total to pay $2.9

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NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Issued on: 17/11/2023 - 12:13 Corporation TotalEnergies S.E. in 2022 References: Gigantic sleaze scandal winds up as former Elf oil chiefs are jailed - Total to pay $15 mln to settle US false claims case Six Texas Oil Refineries Are Among the Nation’s Worst Benzene Polluters, Data Shows Total to pay $2.9 Total to pay $2.9

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Acoel

MAY 24, 2023

Posted May 24, 2023 by Tracy Hester In a jurisprudential pile-up, the Fifth Circuit has become the arena for two simultaneous legal battles that may shape the law of standing and realign federal environmental law. But these fireworks obscured a longer abortion battle lingering in the Fifth Circuit since 2022: an attempt to overturn S.B.

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Corp Watch

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Climate of fear: TotalEnergies implicated in repression of land and environmental defenders in East Africa Global Witness PaulaR Thu, 12/14/2023 - 13:39 Monday, December 4, 2023 Read more Corporation TotalEnergies S.E. Yet in 2021, it was the second largest emitter of benzene, releasing 15.82 Total to pay $2.9 agreed to pay $2.9

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 26, 2023

Eyes On Shell Eyes on Shell said since January 2022, Shell has submitted more than 39 "Malfunction Reports" to the DEP listing a multitude of problems at the plant. Since April 2022, the state DEP has issued 14 "Notices of Violation," 11 of which were related to air quality. Read more here.

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 19, 2023

in 2022 References: Gigantic sleaze scandal winds up as former Elf oil chiefs are jailed - Total to pay $15 mln to settle US false claims case Six Texas Oil Refineries Are Among the Nation’s Worst Benzene Polluters, Data Shows Total to pay $2.9 Yet in 2021, it was the second largest emitter of benzene, releasing 15.82 Total to pay $2.9

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 2, 2024

in 2022 References: Gigantic sleaze scandal winds up as former Elf oil chiefs are jailed - Total to pay $15 mln to settle US false claims case Six Texas Oil Refineries Are Among the Nation’s Worst Benzene Polluters, Data Shows Total to pay $2.9 Yet in 2021, it was the second largest emitter of benzene, releasing 15.82 Total to pay $2.9

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Law Columbia

MARCH 29, 2023

DEC has applied Section 7 of the CLCPA to deny Clean Air Act Title V permits on three occasions. In June 2022, DEC also denied Greenidge Generation LLC (Greenidge)’s application to renew its existing Title V permit for its natural gas-fired power plant in Yates County. Orange Cty, 2022). Danskammer Energy v.

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Ohio Environmental Law

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Toxic Substances Control Act section 7 imminently hazardous chemical. Supreme Court regarding the Clean Air Act and other environmental statutes as to whether EPA is required to consider costs when promulgating a rule. Parties will have until November 7, 2022 to comment on the proposed rulemaking.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Environmental Groups Sue Shell Oil for Clean Air Act Violations at Deer Park Refinery and Chemical Plant Mike Metzger | Environment Texas | January 7, 2008 Sierra Club and Environment Texas filed a lawsuit today in federal district court against Shell Oil Company and several affiliates.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Environmental Groups Sue Shell Oil for Clean Air Act Violations at Deer Park Refinery and Chemical Plant Mike Metzger | Environment Texas | January 7, 2008 Sierra Club and Environment Texas filed a lawsuit today in federal district court against Shell Oil Company and several affiliates.

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Environmental Groups Sue Shell Oil for Clean Air Act Violations at Deer Park Refinery and Chemical Plant Mike Metzger | Environment Texas | January 7, 2008 Sierra Club and Environment Texas filed a lawsuit today in federal district court against Shell Oil Company and several affiliates.

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Acoel

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The federal Clean Air Act (CAA) was enacted in 1970 and amended in 1977 and 1990. EPA regulations under the Clean Air Act for controlling mercury, sulfur dioxide, ozone and other pollutants have contributed to the employment decline. DOE’s 2023 Annual Coal Report indicates that total U.S.

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Brag

JUNE 28, 2023

Hutton On June 21, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a final rule under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program that will establish the biofuel volume requirements from 2023 to 2025. Bergeson and Carla N. ” EPA states that the final rule strengthens U.S. Advanced biofuel 5.94 Renewable fuel 20.94

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Law and Environment

AUGUST 17, 2023

The SEC has now signaled that it will finalize the proposed climate disclosure rules in October 2023. In March 2022, the SEC proposed amendments to Regulations S-X that would both enhance and standardize public companies’ climate-related disclosures (“Climate-Related Disclosures”). Background. Concerns about the SEC’s focus on ESG.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 12, 2024

Globally, fine particulate pollution and ozone are tied to more than 8 million deaths each year according to a 2023 study in the British Medical Journal. In the United States, a 2022 study by researchers at the University of Wisconsin found that more than 50,000 lives per year would be saved by eliminating those emissions.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Under the federal Clean Air Act, plaintiffs must send notices of intent to sue at least 60 days before filing a complaint in federal court. In September 2022, the plant, called Shell Polymers Monaca, emitted 512 tons of VOCs, nearly reaching the 12-month permitted limit of its approved VOC emissions (516.2

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Since the beginning of 2022, electric vehicle sales in the United States have been downright electrifying. Thanks largely to federal tax incentives, lower sticker prices, and more available models, EV sales have continued to surge in 2023. Those 807,956 EVs accounted for 5.8 percent of all new cars sold, an increase from 3.1

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The Energy Law Blog

JUNE 30, 2023

On June 27, 2023, the EPA administratively closed its Title VI investigations into whether the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (“LDEQ”) and the Louisiana Department of Health’s (“LDH”) permits and other approvals regarding two facilities resulted in racial discrimination. James Parish. This decision is currently on appeal.

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DECEMBER 20, 2021

NDAA: The full Senate voted to pass the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). million for PFAS clean-up. After the release of the Arctic Report Card, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy published the Arctic Research Plan for 2022-2026. The bill includes $514.3 Comments are due Jan.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 21, 2023

This is the first of a series of posts previewing the Emmett Institute’s 2023 Symposium , coming up on April 12. The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 (IIJA) and the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) represent a radical change in federal climate policy. RSVP here !

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 11, 2023

Department of Environmental Protection records show 12 state notices of air pollution violations at the Shell plant since January of 2022, but no enforcement actions or penalties by the state. Under the federal Clean Air Act, plaintiffs must send notices of intent to sue at least 60 days before filing a complaint in federal court.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

James successfully sued to subject Formosa to an environmental review over the 800 tons of toxic air pollutants as well as the 13.6 A court ultimately revoked the company’s air permits in September 2022, in a major victory for environmental justice activists. billion complex in St. billion complex in St. billion complex in St.

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JANUARY 11, 2023

EIA: Short-Term Energy Outlook Projects Lower Natural Gas Prices In 2023, Increased Production; Coal-Fired Generation To Fall Again, Offset By Solar, Wind -- Reuters: U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2023

Recently, EPA issued a protective supplemental proposal under the federal Clean Air Act to reduce methane pollution from new and existing sources in the oil and gas sector. 27 Released 1.1 27 Released 1.1 27 Released 1.1

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

Brazil: Volkswagen will pay more than R$10 million in labor lawsuits Poder360 PaulaR Thu, 01/04/2024 - 16:37 Tuesday, August 22, 2023 Read more Value corresponds to 34 agreements approved by the Superior Labor Court; another 28 cases are under negotiation Disclosure/Volkswagen POWER360 August 22, 2023 (Tuesday) - 1:30 pm Volkswagen must pay R$10.5

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

VW owners affected by "Dieselgate" in Switzerland will not receive compensation Swiss Info PaulaR Thu, 01/04/2024 - 16:38 Sunday, September 10, 2023 Read more Swiss VW drivers come away empty-handed in the so-called Dieselgate scandal. Agrees to Pay Over $1 Million for Clean Air Act Violation U.S.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

Germany: Climate protest at VW: activists try to stop production RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland | August 14, 2023 On Monday, climate activists gained access to the VW plant in Wolfsburg as part of a group of visitors. Agrees to Pay Over $1 Million for Clean Air Act Violation U.S. But for all the wrong reasons.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

Germany: Workers at VW subsidiary Cariad protest against job cuts IG Metall PaulaR Thu, 01/04/2024 - 16:40 Friday, November 10, 2023 Read more Over 200 employees of VW's CARIAD software division protested last Tuesday against threatened job cuts. Agrees to Pay Over $1 Million for Clean Air Act Violation U.S.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

China: Volkswagen under fire after audit finds no evidence of Uyghur forced labor Radio Free Asia PaulaR Thu, 01/04/2024 - 16:42 Thursday, December 7, 2023 Read more Jilil Kashgary Experts cast doubt on results, saying leaked files show that Uyghur detainees were sent to the Xinjiang factory. By Jilil Kashgary for RFA Uyghur 2023.12.07

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

VW Escapes Multiple Fines In EU Over Emissions Scandal Law 360 PaulaR Thu, 01/04/2024 - 17:26 Thursday, September 14, 2023 Read more Matthew Perlman Europe's top court ruled Wednesday that Volkswagen should not have to pay a €5 million ($5.3 Agrees to Pay Over $1 Million for Clean Air Act Violation U.S.

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Corp Watch

DECEMBER 14, 2023

UAW files unfair labor practice charges against Hyundai, Honda and Volkswagen CBC News PaulaR Thu, 12/14/2023 - 13:38 Monday, December 11, 2023 Read more Michael Wayland The UAW has filed unfair labor practice charges with the National Labor Relations Board against Honda, Hyundai and Volkswagen, the union said.

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Corp Watch

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Inspired by Strike Wins, 1,000 Volkswagen Workers Sign Union Cards Labor Notes PaulaR Tue, 12/12/2023 - 17:01 Thursday, December 7, 2023 Read more Luis Feliz Leon Today workers at Volkswagen's Chattanooga, Tennessee, assembly plant announced their third bid to unionize plant-wide with the Auto Workers (UAW).

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

Germany: Climate protest at VW: activists try to stop production RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland | August 14, 2023 On Monday, climate activists gained access to the VW plant in Wolfsburg as part of a group of visitors. Agrees to Pay Over $1 Million for Clean Air Act Violation U.S. But for all the wrong reasons.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 14, 2024

In a 2022 press release introducing New York’s then-unprecedented Climate Superfund bill, one of the bill’s sponsors directly stated that the bill was inspired by source attribution research (specifically, research on carbon dioxide and methane emissions attributable to fossil fuel and cement producers).

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 24, 2023

The initial standard, set in the 1970 Clean Air Act, was 3.1 In April of 2023, the Biden Administration proposed new standards for cars, SUVs, and light trucks that covering both greenhouse gases and conventional pollutants like NOx. trillion miles in 2022. (If grams per mile (gpm) for NOx.

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