Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 20, 2023

One critical tool for forcing that reckoning comes from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Through the Clean Air Act , and as affirmed—and reaffirmed—through multiple legal sagas, EPA is statutorily obligated to address carbon pollution from fossil fuel-fired power plants. Despite the West Virginia v.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 12, 2024

In 1966, vehicles were responsible for nearly 60 percent of the 146 million tons of pollutants discharged into the air across the United States. At the end of 2022, there were more than 283 million. Will the law help transit agencies deal with their looming budget crises? In 1960, there were 61.6 That’s not healthy.

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MGKF Law

JUNE 30, 2022

EPA , the Supreme Court limited the authority of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reduce greenhouse gases by setting emission guidelines for existing power plants, characterizing the energy generation shifting strategy proposed in the Clean Power Plan (CPP) as an overreach of the agency’s power.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

On February 17, the Clean Air Council and the Environmental Integrity Project sent a letter to the Department of Environmental Protection urging the state to temporarily halt operations at a Shell plastics chemical plant in Beaver County that has repeatedly violated air pollution limits and recently released plumes of black smoke for several hours.

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MGKF Law

JULY 6, 2023

United States Environmental Protection Agency , No. In April 2022, the Director of EPA’s Fuel Compliance Center responded to Sinclair’s email, stating, in relevant part, that “the 2018 RINs [would] not be returned… ” Sinclair filed the petition for review of EPA’s April 2022 email.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 22, 2023

States and local air quality regulators have the legal authority to set particulate matter (PM), ozone, and nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions standards and adopt regulations for these pollutants when they are already in attainment of the national ambient air quality standards ( NAAQS ) set by the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 19, 2022

On November 15, 2022, Erie Coke Corporation, along with the plant superintendent, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on among other charges, violation of the Clean Air Act. Such hazardous air pollutants were released directly into the air to avoid the plant’s environmental monitoring system.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 12, 2023

It is one thing for Congress to pass a law. It is entirely different thing for a federal agency to make a rule (in other words, regulations) in accordance with that law. For context, Safer Communities by Chemical Accident Prevention is a rule related to the RMP and issued by the EPA, in accordance with the Clean Air Act.

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National Law Center

MARCH 17, 2022

Envt’l Protection Agency, No. 20-1530 (2022), a lawsuit. The post Scope of EPA Authority Before the Supreme Court appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center. The United States Supreme Court recently heard arguments in West Virginia v.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 8, 2023

The Sabin Center for Climate Change Law and Environmental Defense Fund have just launched IRAtracker.org. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Department of Energy (DOE), Department of the Interior (DOI), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)—to implement the IRA.

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SPR Law

JULY 15, 2022

On June 30, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court restricted the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to regulate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in its 6-3 decision for West Virginia v.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 18, 2022

On May 17, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Allegheny County Health Department announced the U.S. million penalty and make extensive improvements at its steel production facility in Braddock, Pennsylvania, as part of a settlement covering longstanding air pollution violations. Steel Corporation will pay a $1.5

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Corp Watch

MARCH 8, 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

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 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

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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

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Corp Watch

DECEMBER 14, 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

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 29, 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

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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

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 16, 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

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Corp Watch

MARCH 1, 2024

This case is unique because it is the first time a Dutch company has been sued in a Dutch court of law and held liable for the l damage it caused abroad. PERI Pollution Indexes Based on United States Environmental Protection Agency data ranking the top 100 worst polluters.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 26, 2024

This case is unique because it is the first time a Dutch company has been sued in a Dutch court of law and held liable for the l damage it caused abroad. PERI Pollution Indexes Based on United States Environmental Protection Agency data ranking the top 100 worst polluters.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 25, 2024

This case is unique because it is the first time a Dutch company has been sued in a Dutch court of law and held liable for the l damage it caused abroad. PERI Pollution Indexes Based on United States Environmental Protection Agency data ranking the top 100 worst polluters.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

This case is unique because it is the first time a Dutch company has been sued in a Dutch court of law and held liable for the l damage it caused abroad. PERI Pollution Indexes Based on United States Environmental Protection Agency data ranking the top 100 worst polluters.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

This case is unique because it is the first time a Dutch company has been sued in a Dutch court of law and held liable for the l damage it caused abroad. PERI Pollution Indexes Based on United States Environmental Protection Agency data ranking the top 100 worst polluters.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

This case is unique because it is the first time a Dutch company has been sued in a Dutch court of law and held liable for the l damage it caused abroad. PERI Pollution Indexes Based on United States Environmental Protection Agency data ranking the top 100 worst polluters.

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 13, 2023

This case is unique because it is the first time a Dutch company has been sued in a Dutch court of law and held liable for the l damage it caused abroad. PERI Pollution Indexes Based on United States Environmental Protection Agency data ranking the top 100 worst polluters.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 12, 2024

The US Supreme Court seems to have appointed itself as a rogue Environmental Protection Agency, seeking to protect polluters rather than the public. 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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Law and Environment

AUGUST 17, 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”). Environmental Protection Agency , citation, 597 U.S. ­­­ _ (2022), National Federation of Independent Business v. Background. 4, 2023). [3]

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 30, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency's ability to reduce carbon pollution from existing power plants under the federal Clean Air Act. EPA does have authority to regulate carbon dioxide as a pollutant under the federal Clean Air Act and the Court’s ruling did not address that existing authority.

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Law and Environment

JANUARY 12, 2023

These include, for example, the Environmental Protection Agency’s Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program administered under the Clean Air Act and Underground Injection Control Program administered under the Safe Drinking Water Act, as well as the Internal Revenue Service’s § 45Q regulations.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 11, 2023

The very least this international corporation can do is to follow the law and not make Pennsylvania taxpayers breathe in their illegal pollution,” said Sarah Kula, attorney for the Environmental Integrity Project. Joseph Minott, Executive Director of the Clean Air Council, said: “Shell’s persistent law-breaking must end.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2023

EDF said PHMSA should continue to expand protective standards for gathering line management to ensure greater safety and environmental protection. 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.

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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.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 11, 2023

Of Environmental Protection -- Pittsburgh Business Times: Shapiro Nominates Former Philadelphia Official As DEP Secretary -- Mon Valley Independent: Olympus Energy Gets Green Light From Elizabeth Twp.

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Acoel

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Posted on October 17, 2022 by Chuck Becker. Based on our analysis, we hold that matters related to groundwater do not enjoy constitutional protection in any manner. Environmental Protection Agency clearly prohibit RCC’s discharges. 2228, 2244 – 45 (2022). [v] 2587, 2612 (2022). [xi] THE AGENCY CLAIM.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 26, 2022

On October 21, 2022, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) released a request for information (RFI) regarding Section 60103 of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) , also known as the IRA’s “green bank” provisions. Public comments may be submitted on the RFI’s docket until December 5, 2022. By Amy Turner.

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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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