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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

Abatement : The process of reducing the quantity, intensity, or saturation of a pollutant or other harmful substance by way of treatment. Fossil fuel : Any mineralized formerly organic material extracted from the ground and used in energy production: coal, natural gas, oil. Indoor air is anything contained with a building.

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February 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

The Washington Supreme Court concluded that the Washington Clean Air Act did not grant the Department of Ecology authority to regulate indirect greenhouse gas emissions of businesses and utilities whose products ultimately generate such emissions. Gallaher v. City of Santa Rosa , No. SCV265711 (Cal.

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