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Cities & the Inflation Reduction Act

Law Columbia

Clean Air Act appropriating $2.25 An additional appropriation of $750 million is made for the same set of activities in ports located in nonattainment areas, as designated under Section 107 of the Clean Air Act. Clean Air Act. Section 60102 of the IRA adds a new Section 133 to the U.S.

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Reading the Tea Leaves: Biden’s and California’s Vehicle Regs at the D.C. Circuit

Legal Planet

EPA is an effort by conservative states and fuel suppliers to block EPA regulations of greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles under the Clean Air Act. I’m an appellate litigator with a focus on climate and Clean Air Act cases. For about 15 years I’ve been practicing in a very small firm.

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Trump’s America First Energy Plan Puts Industry First, Environment Last

Vermont Law

Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule. To rectify the increased financial burden that the administration claimed the CPP had on low-income and middle-class Americans, the ACE rule returns discretion to meet Clean Air Act standards to the states, theoretically allowing each state to set its own standards.

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Policy News: July 18, 2022

ESA

House Natural Resources Committee: The full committee voted to advance a bill ( H.R. The bill increases the authorized funding level for the Climate Adaptation Science Centers from $97 million in FY 2023 to $145 million in FY $145 million in FY 2027. The committee also approved a bill ( H.R. West Virginia v. EPA decision.

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Policy News: January 31, 2022

ESA

The bill also includes the Combating Sexual Harassment in Science Act ( H.R. 2695 ), the STEM Opportunities Act ( H.R. 204 ), the MSI STEM Achievement Act ( H.R. 2027 ) and Rural STEM Education Research Act ( H.R. Lawmakers have submitted over 500 amendments to the America COMPETES Act. Bill sponsor Rep.

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ESA Policy News: December 5, 2022

ESA

The bill authorizes $5 million for this study each year through Fiscal Year 2027. 5345 ) in the House of Representatives, which passed the House Natural Resources Committee last month. EPA – Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit. Mitt Romney (R-UT) and Sen.

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Policy News: May 28, 2021

ESA

The Rural STEM Education Research Act ( H.R. The MSI STEM Achievement Act ( H.R. 2027 ) directs NSF to research the barriers to increasing participation in STEM education at Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) and to increase these institutions’ awareness, capacity and participation to compete for federal research funds.

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