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 million tons of greenhouse gases that the project is expected to emit annually. Organizations such as EarthJustice and Rise St. James Parish, Louisiana. USA: Formosa Plastics Corp.,

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Legal Planet

MAY 11, 2023

still does not limit carbon emissions from existing power plants, which generate 25 percent of our greenhouse gases. The EPA is proposing a new standard for fossil fuel-fired power plants to avoid 617 million metric tons of carbon dioxide through 2042. In the year 2023, the U.S. Read the announcement here and the full text here.)

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Columbia Climate Law

DECEMBER 2, 2019

The emissions make a significant contribution to climate change because methane is a highly potent greenhouse gas which, in the first 20 years after it is released, traps approximately 84 times more heat in the earth’s atmosphere than carbon dioxide (on a per ton basis).

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Law Columbia

MARCH 13, 2023

EPA , the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has regulated greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from motor vehicles under the Clean Air Act. While the Clean Air Act (CAA) has been amended multiple times since 1970, this basic requirement has remained untouched.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 20, 2021

Additionally, the executive order articulated a new federal policy of listening to science , prioritizing environmental justice, improving public health, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and bolstering climate resilience. The Biden administration is now poised to wield that tool to make a meaningful dent in greenhouse gas pollution.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Circuit Declined to Speed Up or Slow Down Challenges to Withdrawal of California Waiver and Preemption of State Authority to Regulate Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Washington Supreme Court Invalidated Regulation of Indirect Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Trump , No. 4:19-cv-00028 (D.

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ESA

APRIL 3, 2023

Martin Heinrich (D-NM) reintroduced the Agriculture Research Act ( H.R. This bill sets a goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions for U.S. 11, 2022) CNSF – Statement on Passage of the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 (Aug. EPA – Clean Air Act Advisory Committee (CAAAC): Request for Nominations. 1840 & S.

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