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EPA to Regulate Hazardous Air Pollutants From Power Plants Under Michigan Factors

MGKF Law

EPA’s latest rulemaking regulating Hazardous Air Pollutant (“HAP”) emissions from coal- and oil-fired electric utility steam generating units (“EGUs”) is unlikely to be an exception. Read More » Tags: Air , Clean Air Act , EPA , HAPs , Hazardous Air Pollutants , Rulemaking 13956 (Mar. EPA, 576 U.S.

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U.S. Supreme Court Narrows the Scope of the Clean Water Act by Limiting EPA’s Jurisdiction over Wetlands

MGKF Law

EPA , 2023 WL 3632751 (U.S. The majority’s holding casts serious doubt on the continuing viability on the final WOTUS rule that became effective earlier this year and relied in part on the “significant nexus” test that EPA and the United States Army Corps have applied through guidance since the Rapanos decision.

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Sustainable Finance 101: The Impact of Climate Change on Your Money

Enviromental Defense

According to the 2023 Production Gap Report , the quantity of fossil fuels that companies are planning to produce is more than double the amount of oil, gas and coal that can be accommodated while keeping global temperature increase under 1.5 In economics, a bubble is when the price of an asset vastly exceeds its value.

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What’s in Store for 2024? Here Are Our 10 Environmental Predictions for the New Year

Enviromental Defense

In 2023, we are pleased to report that environmental progress in Canada outran the efforts to slow it down. Public outrage is also expected over the $10 billion price tag when the money could be more effectively invested in getting trucks off the congested 401, onto the nearby and underused Highway 407, and building public transit.

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PA Taxpayers So Far Give $130.9 Million In Tax Credits To Subsidize Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County; Total Expected To Be $1.17 Billion Thru 2042; No Regard To Environmental Compliance Record

PA Environment Daily

page D-6 ] The Budget Book says in FY 2022-23 Shell received $5 million in tax subsidies; in FY 2023-24 Shell will get $60.9 No Environmental Compliance Requirement The PA Resource Manufacturing Tax Credit is awarded without regard to whether a facility receiving the tax credit is complying with the state’s environmental laws and regulations.

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ESA Policy News: November 8, 2021

ESA

Biden administration proposed repealing Trump administration Endangered Species Act regulations. Ruling allows the EPA to protect Bristol Bay. Canada and other countries pledged to stop public financing of fossil fuel projects abroad by the end of 2023. The House Rules Committee released the text for the Build Back Better Act.

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ESA Policy News: September 13, 2021

ESA

Federal judge strikes down the Trump administration’s Navigable Waters Protection Rule. All Senate Democrats would have to vote for the final package. Both Senators voted for a procedural motion to advance consideration of the bill, but they have expressed concerns about the total price tag. Executive Branch. International.

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