Law Columbia

AUGUST 3, 2018

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Department of Transportation (DOT) jointly issued the Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient Vehicle Rule (SAFE Vehicle Rule). The rule will substantially increase vehicle greenhouse gas emissions. The rule will also increase upstream greenhouse gas emissions. By Romany Webb.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2017

and 2.02% by 2025. Environmental protection is a right embodied in Austria’s constitution, in the constitution of the region of Lower Austria, and in the EU’s Human Rights Charter. After reviewing several estimates, the court concluded that a third runway would increase Austria’s annual CO2 emissions by between 1.79

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FEBRUARY 28, 2024

I’m Jessica Shirley, the Interim Acting Secretary for the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). Thank you for the opportunity to present Governor Shapiro’s proposed Fiscal Year 2024- 2025 budget for DEP. Pennsylvanians, no matter their location, demographic, or wealth have equal access to environmental protection.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 22, 2021

The goal of conferring rights to nature is to secure the highest level of environmental protection under which an ecosystem can thrive and whose rights are not violated. This guardian is typically an individual or a group of individuals well versed in the care and management of said ecosystem. Can we reach this goal?

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DECEMBER 1, 2021

The petitioner in this case requests that the NPCC be updated according to the best available science and the IPCC’s sixth assessment report ( Climate Change 2021 ) to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) by the Brazilian government consistent with a 1.5 o C global warming scenario. Background: Regression in Brazil’s NDC.

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APRIL 30, 2024

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as part of the Carbon Pollution Reduction Grants (CPRG) program authorized by the Inflation Reduction Act. The CCAP must include substantially more greenhouse emission reduction (GHG) data, analysis, and funding information than identified in a PCAP. And therein lies the rub.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 8, 2023

A second bill would require annual reporting of the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions caused by a covered firm’s operations. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has adopted a Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule [25] requiring facilities that emit more than 25,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent to report their direct GHG emissions. [26]

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

“Funding from the bipartisan infrastructure package is already on its way to help Pennsylvania ramp up clean electric cars, cut harmful pollution and create jobs in the process,” said Mandy Warner, Pennsylvania State Director for Environmental Defense Fund. The move to EVs is quickly gaining momentum in the Keystone state.

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 22, 2022

It will take almost four years to complete, with preparatory works and trials already underway and its conclusion scheduled for the second half of 2025. A technician at Yonker Environmental Protection Company in Hunan takes soil samples collected during the 2016 project to be analysed. Photo credit: Li Ga / Alamy.

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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 million tons of greenhouse gases that the project is expected to emit annually. PERI Pollution Indexes Based on United States Environmental Protection Agency data ranking the top 100 worst polluters.

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APRIL 18, 2023

When the plant begins production, scheduled for 2025, it qualifies for a $1.75 Federal law to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is encouraging livestock feeding operations, like this one in Cochise County, Arizona, to convert manure to methane for electricity and transportation fuel. greenhouse gas emissions. That’s not all. “I

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

On September 1, the Independent Regulatory Review Commission is considering whether to approve the final Environmental Quality Board regulation reducing carbon pollution from power plants consistent with the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. How did we get here? Read more here. On July 30, Senate Minority Leader Jay Costa, Jr. (D-Allegheny)

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Columbia Climate Law

DECEMBER 2, 2019

On Friday, November 22, the Sabin Center submitted comments opposing an Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) proposal to rescind regulations limiting methane emissions from new oil and natural gas facilities (the “Methane New Source Performance Standards” or “Methane NSPS”). By Romany Webb.

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MAY 11, 2023

still does not limit carbon emissions from existing power plants, which generate 25 percent of our greenhouse gases. Today’s the day for the long-awaited release of Environmental Protection Agency regulations to tackle planet-warming pollution by the nation’s power plants. million electric cars in use by 2025.

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APRIL 22, 2024

Earth Day began under the Nixon Administration in 1970 as a day to support environmental protection and has grown to include nations and communities around the world in appreciation of Mother Earth. Leading up to Earth Day this year, I’ve been reflecting on the meaning and purpose of the annual celebration. It is made up of $4.75

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of total United States greenhouse gas emissions, with passenger cars and light-duty trucks being the largest source. of the Clean Air Act requires the Environmental Protection Agency to address this through emissions standards for air pollution from cars and trucks. Transportation accounts for. 27 percent. Section 202.

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DECEMBER 20, 2017

In particular, California and the nine states that comprise the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) have taken strong action to fill the void left by Trump’s defection from Paris. mpg by 2025. The Obama rules require a corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standard of 54.5

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DECEMBER 19, 2018

In September 2018, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed to loosen methane regulations over the oil and gas industry that would have otherwise harnessed $30 million dollars of wasted energy. Methane is a greenhouse gas with a global warming potential (GWP) over 28 times that of CO. Rollback of the Methane Rule.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 23, 2022

It is certainly true that the IRA uses “carrots” – principally in the form of tax credits – to incentivize actions that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), for instance, has been allocated over $1.5 That sector is also affected by an important new “stick” created by the IRA.

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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. These standards required each automobile manufacturer to reduce the average emissions from its vehicle fleet by approximately 5% per year between 2012 and 2025.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 31, 2022

On March 30, the House voted 126 to 72 to pass House Bill 637 (Struzzi-R-Indiana) designed to block the final DEP regulation establishing a Carbon Pollution Reduction Program covering power plants that’s consistent with the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. Read more here. Read more here. Read more here. This lawsuit is still pending.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 8, 2024

Colorado The state’s Air Quality Control Commission approved guidelines for the measurement and verification of oil and gas methane emissions, becoming the latest state to set stricter standards for tracking the potent greenhouse gas. Who knew cheese was such a pollution problem?) The package also includes six other laws.

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MARCH 27, 2022

We will continue to collaborate to advance the production and use of clean and renewable hydrogen to displace unabated fossil fuels and cut greenhouse gas emissions, which will include both technology and supporting infrastructure.” Read more here. Read more here. Summit Draft Statement -- Reuters: U.S.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2023

environmental organizations, and climate activists were appropriately enthused last summer when Democrats passed the Inflation Reduction Act. How is it possible that legislation billed as an environmental protection statute ends up as a primary threat to clean water and communities? The statute also includes $19.5

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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. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) orders granting three petitions for extensions of small refinery exemptions from renewable fuel standards. Chao , No.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 27, 2022

WITF Smart Talk: Is EPA Committed To Restoring Chesapeake Bay? -- York Conservation District Hosts March 4 Manure Management Plan Workshop; DEP Conducting Farm Compliance Inspections [PaEN] -- ErieT Guest Essay: PA Shortchanges Environmental Protection, Tell Lawmakers To Fully Fund It Now - Rep. During 2020 -- Rep.

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DECEMBER 26, 2021

Vitali -- Morton Family Partners With French Valley Conservancy To Donate 340 Acres In Crawford County -- Farm Families Partner With Dept. 17 [PaEN] -- ScrantonT: Lackawanna River Heritage Trail Receives Great Greenway/Trail Designation -- SunburyDI: Friends Group Formed For R.B.

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MARCH 14, 2022

Maryland State Senate Committee advances a bill to reduce the state’s greenhouse gas emissions. Lawmakers give the Environmental Protection Agency a 3.5% Mission: Iconic Reefs 2022–2025 Priorities provides guidance on these highest priority actions. . Supreme Court hears Clean Power Plan case. International.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 3, 2024

Radical right-wing policy strategists already have an elaborate battle plan for a second Trump administration and it includes a scorched-earth approach to dismantling environmental protections and climate policies. This latest document is dripping with disdain for federal bureaucracies, especially environmental regulators.

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JUNE 14, 2021

Climate: The Environmental Protection Agency does not list a timetable to act on a new carbon dioxide rule for existing power plants. CEQ is also planning to revive guidance on how to factor greenhouse gas emissions and climate change into NEPA reviews, after Obama-era guidance was yanked by the Trump administration.

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JANUARY 24, 2024

It’s called “Schedule F,” and it could be used to strip employment protections from as many as 50,000 federal employees. He’s one of the main contributors to Project 2025 , the battle plan for a Trump transition (read more on the architects of this plan here ). Vought told the New York Times last year. Others simply quit or retired.

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APRIL 3, 2023

The state of Texas and industry groups sued the federal government, arguing that the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. This bill sets a goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions for U.S. Greenhouse Gas Monitoring and Information System; Number NNH23ZDA009L. EPA case before implementing the rule. 1840 & S.

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APRIL 12, 2024

Courts) This week California and the Biden Administration’s Environmental Protection Agency won a critically-important environmental lawsuit in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit Courthouse (credit: U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

billion to spend through fiscal year (FY) 2026 on weather, ocean and climate research and forecasting while the Environmental Protection Agency receives $264 million for climate change research and development. Currently, 45% of the Amazon River basin is protected. NOAA also receives $765 climate adaptation and resilience.

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