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Legal Planet
APRIL 25, 2024
And they will raise other arguments — primarily, that the technologies that EPA is relying on to reduce emissions aren’t ready for prime time. Under the Clean Air Act, nationwide EPA air pollution rules can only be challenged in the D.C.
Legal Planet
MAY 11, 2023
Joe Manchin about holding up EPA nominations claiming “overreach” ) But this is not just about the political calculus of a president trying to make good on a climate pledge. So, EPA and the states have a shared responsibility to regulate “existing sources” — primarily power plants— under Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act.
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Law and Environment
MAY 12, 2023
The proposed rule would apply to new and existing gas plants and existing coal plants—new coal plants are separately regulated—and promises to significantly cut carbon and other harmful air pollutant emissions from fossil plants over the next two decades and beyond. Emphasis added.] The Court rejected this approach.
Legal Planet
JULY 20, 2023
Both the car and power plant regulations involve major portions of the economy, but that is a normal attribute of Clean Air Act regulations. EPA does not claim “virtually unlimited power to rewrite” the Clean Air Act. And both are involve large compliance costs, though again that isn’t unusual.
Legal Planet
AUGUST 24, 2023
That’s quite different from the standards for industrial pollution sources, which Congress has always delegated to EPA. The reason may have been the high political stakes in the car industry or the relatively easier task of setting standards for new products in a single industry using a single energy process.
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. and Sierra Club v.
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 20, 2023
Which means the consequences of these polluters unabashedly continuing to pollute aren’t just severe—they’re compounding. The IRA gave us effective tools for cleaning up the power sector through dedicated support for the rapid and widescale deployment of renewable resources and the technologies that support them.
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