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Legal Planet
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
In 1965, scientists sent LBJ a memo mentioning the risks of climate change. First of all, we would have had a very different understanding of the air pollution problem. We thought that the key to reducing air pollution was to require better pollution control devices. Download as PDF
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 14, 2023
Among the commenters was my colleague Sam Wilson , who passionately and effectively called on the EPA to follow the science and enact the strongest air pollution standards to protect people’s health. pollution is, even at low levels of concentration. EPA’s PM 2.5 Let’s look at them in more detail. This is frankly ridiculous.
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Legal Planet
AUGUST 26, 2021
This was a case under the Endangered Species Act. The Supreme Court interpreted the statute to place an absolute priority on preserving endangered species, regardless of the impact on the economy or other government goals. This decision made the Endangered Species Act the strongest of the environmental statutes. Michigan v.
Legal Planet
AUGUST 22, 2023
States and local air quality regulators have the legal authority to set particulate matter (PM), ozone, and nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions standards and adopt regulations for these pollutants when they are already in attainment of the national ambient air quality standards ( NAAQS ) set by the U.S.
The Energy Law Blog
DECEMBER 20, 2023
In doing so, the court found itself “in accord with the other courts of appeals, which have unanimously found there is no federal jurisdiction where state or local governments have brought state-law actions against energy companies for conduct relating to climate change.” District of Columbia v. Exxon Mobil Corporation, et al.,
Legal Planet
MARCH 21, 2024
Conservative groups have claimed since then that virtually every government regulation raises a major question. Fourth, unlike the Clean Power Plan, this regulation is not just about greenhouse gases and climate change. Climate change strengthens the argument on behalf of the new standards.
Law Columbia
MARCH 29, 2024
The report must detail the company’s “climate-related financial risk,” defined as: a material risk of harm to the company’s financial outcomes related to physical and transition risks of climate change. Notably, and unlike the SEC and California rules, EPA’s GHGRP is not directed at investors or consumers. See, e.g. , Rice v.
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