Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

What is Environmental Law? Often subject to specific environmental protections, especially when “endangered” (see above). 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. It came into effect in 1993.

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Government Law Waste Clean Air Act 52

Law Columbia

MARCH 14, 2024

These state-level “Climate Superfund” bills are modeled on the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), commonly known as Superfund, which imposes liability on multiple parties, including the generators of waste, for the cleanup of contaminated sites.

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Fossil Fuels Climate Change Regulations Carbon Dioxide 64

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The National Aeronautics and Atmospheric Administration offered to fly an airplane equipped with the world’s most sophisticated air samplers over Houston to monitor air pollution. Meanwhile, residents and rescue crews continued to feel sick, despite assurances from officials that the air pollution posed no health threat.

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Government Air Pollution Law Fossil Fuels 321

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

DEP safeguards Pennsylvania’s Environmental Rights Amendment, which affirms Pennsylvanians constitutional right to clean air, pure water, and preservation of natural resources. Pennsylvania’s public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come.

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Clean Energy 2023 Climate Change 2024 85

Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

For instance, the court found that the Natural Resources Defense Council—which contended that one of its members suffered harm due to delay of “rules to curb climate change”—had not identified a particular rule or regulatory action that would address the member’s concerns. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.

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2018 Clean Air Act Climate Change 2017 40

Vermont Law

DECEMBER 19, 2016

But we need not fear for adverse environmental impacts that the highly expected regulatory rollback might cause. The Trump Administration is firmly committed to conserving our wonderful natural resources and beautiful natural habitats,”. [42]. This cloud, too, has a silver lining.

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2016 Climate Change Fossil Fuels Clean Air Act 40