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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

Indoor air (pollution) : coming under OSHA rather than EPA, there are laws in place to ensure that employees work in a clean and safe environment with good ventilation. Indoor air is anything contained with a building. It prohibits the discharge of polluting chemicals into US waters unless a special permit is granted.

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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

The plaintiffs’ complaint asserting National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Clean Water Act, and Rivers and Harbors Act violations included allegations that the U.S. The federal district court for the Middle District of Louisiana enjoined work on the Bayou Bridge Pipeline in the Atchafalaya Basin in Louisiana.

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August 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

The final rule also adopted an interpretation of Clean Air Act Section 111 that required, as a predicate to establishing NSPS, a determination by EPA that a pollutant causes or contributes significantly to dangerous air pollution. temperature target. South Durban Community Environmental Alliance v.

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June 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

On May 26, 2021, the federal government and the oil and gas company developing the Willow Master Development Plan Project in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska filed briefs opposing the plaintiffs’ motions for summary judgment on claims that project approvals violated the Clean Water Act, NEPA, and the Endangered Species Act.

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February 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Army Corps of Engineers’ issue of a Section 404 permit under the Clean Water Act for a new petrochemical plant on the Mississippi River in Louisiana. The modified rule would have applied nationwide, with exceptions for Mexico’s three largest cities, where air pollution is of particular concern.

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The Trump Watch: What Does the New Administration Portend for the Environment?

Vermont Law

It was reckless for the Paris agreement to enter into force before the election,’ said the source, who works on Trump’s transition team for international energy and climate policy, speaking on condition of anonymity. [25]. Now we get it…that’s the whole point of regulatory deform!

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