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FRESH, June 14, 2022: Research Highlights Gaps in Federal Air Pollution Data

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Researchers find that federal data does not capture local variations in Ohio ’s air pollution. A Wisconsin judge delays enforcing an April decision that would limit the state’s power to clean up pollution. Regional Pollution Monitoring Misses Local Variation, Study Finds. Laura Gersony, Fresh Editor. In the News.

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California Wins Major Clean Air Act/Climate Change Case in D.C. Circuit

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The case involves a constitutional challenge brought by a coalition of conservative (“red”) states to E.P.A.’s In CAA section 209(a), Congress adopted a general ban on states’ ability to regulate auto emissions in favor of federal regulation. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

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Jobs and Environmental Regulation

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Labor Day is a good time to talk about an important topic: the impact of environmental regulation on jobs. In support of his deregulation campaign, President Trump promised to “cancel every needless job-killing regulation and put a moratorium on new regulations until our economy gets back on its feet.” manufacturing jobs.

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Federal Water Tap, April 10: EPA’s Proposed Strengthening of Air Pollution Standards Comes with Water Benefit

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The EPA agrees to a timeline for considering a petition to strengthen water pollution regulations for CAFOs. And lastly, the Department of Justice files a complaint against Norfolk Southern to recover pollution costs from the East Palestine train derailment. News Briefs Air Pollution Proposal The U.S.

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Supreme Court appears skeptical of EPA interstate air pollution rule

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The Supreme Court heard arguments on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) interstate air pollution rule Wednesday, with members of the court’s liberal minority expressing skepticism about the appropriateness of hearing the case but the conservative majority seeming amenable to blocking the rule.

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The New EPA Car Rule Doesn’t Violate the Major Questions Doctrine

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Conservative groups have claimed since then that virtually every government regulation raises a major question. None of these apply to the new car rule: The new rule is based on a legal provision that EPA has applied for decades to regulate cars, rather than an obscure and rarely used legal provision. Download as PDF

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 “Job-killing” or “Overheating the Economy”? Which Is It??

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“Job-killing regulations” is a longtime conservative meme. In fact, we might need even stricter environmental regulations to help cool the economy and cut inflation. In fact, we might need even stricter environmental regulations to help cool the economy and cut inflation. billion to $197.4

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