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Environmentalism and the Supreme Court

Legal Planet

If you’re an anti-regulatory conservative, you’d probably flip these designations. The Court then held that greenhouse gases are covered by the Clean Air Act as a type of air pollutant. This gave EPA the power to impose limits on carbon emissions by vehicles and industry. Illinois Central Railroad v.

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Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 5.25.23

PA Environment Daily

. -- Choose Clean Water Coalition Recognizes 2023 Clean Water Champions [PaEN] -- DEP Signs Consent Order Including $10 Million In Penalties, Local Payments With Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County To Resolve Air Quality Violations; Plant To Restart May 24 [PaEN] -- Pittsburgh Business Times: Environmental Groups Say Shell Should Have Done More (..)

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The Climate Commitment Act: A Promise to Washington's Communities

Washington Nature

View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Nature Conservancy in WA (@conserve_wa). 1 allowance = 1 metric ton of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. of Ecology the power to enforce air quality standards against polluters. Washington’s Climate Commitment Act (CCA) goes into effect on January 1, 2023.

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Duquesne Light Expanding Public Electric Vehicle Charging Offerings In Allegheny, Beaver Counties

PA Environment Daily

“As part of our commitment to create a clean energy future for all in the Pittsburgh region, DLC is increasing opportunities for customers and communities to experience the many benefits of electric mobility while addressing one of our area’s largest sources of carbon emissions and air pollution —?transportation,”

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21 Projects Honored With The 2023 Governor's Award For Environmental Excellence

PA Environment Daily

A sampling protocol was developed, as well as a field sampling tool using Field Maps in ESRI to record data for reporting purposes. -- Natural Lands for the Bryn Coed Farm Conservation: In 2017, Natural Lands acquired a 1,505-acre mosaic of forest and fields known as Bryn Coed Farms—which means “wooded hill” in Welsh.

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Using the Free Market to Affect Change: An Argument for Environmental Taxes

Vermont Law

to reducing their carbon emissions. which will implement national standards to govern carbon pollution from power plants. the Paris Agreement) that will require periodic, rigorous accounting and management of total national emissions. social cost of carbon. to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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IPCC report urges for action to limit global warming to 1.5C

Edouard Stenger

To limit climate change to runaway levels, the report mentions a deadline and a target: in the next 12 years we need to essentially halve global emissions. If renewables are booming and energy efficiency is gaining some traction, greenhouse gases emissions are still growing and the atmospheric concentration of carbon is still rising.