MGKF Law

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Bowfin KeyCon Holdings, LLC vs. Pa.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 30, 2022

Joe fought tirelessly to raise awareness on urban air pollution in the1980’s by establishing and distributing a daily regional air quality index report that is still used today. And in the early 2000’s when fracking was falsely seen as transitional energy, Joe purposely grew the legal team to oppose natural gas expansion.

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Renewable + Law

DECEMBER 22, 2020

On December 21, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) set forth its plans to amend the state’s clean air rules to adopt Low-Emission Vehicles (LEV) and Zero-Emission Vehicles (ZEV) standards, known as the Clean Cars Minnesota rule. and continuing until all parties are heard or until the ALJ adjourns the hearing.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 23, 2024

Exxon’s refineries in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Baytown, Texas, has also been in the news over a series of explosions in 1989, 1994 and 2021 that killed workers and caused major air pollution. Exxon's three largest refineries in Louisiana and Texas topped the 2021 list of emitters of small particulate matter air pollution in the U.S.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Exxon’s refineries in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Baytown, Texas, has also been in the news over a series of explosions in 1989, 1994 and 2021 that killed workers and caused major air pollution. Exxon's three largest refineries in Louisiana and Texas topped the 2021 list of emitters of small particulate matter air pollution in the U.S.

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

However, goods movement through the Ports is a major source of air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions in the L.A. The South Coast Air Quality Management District has reported that the Ports are “the single largest fixed source of air pollution in Southern California.”

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Greenbuilding Law

AUGUST 20, 2023

Buildings are one of Colorado’s top five sources of greenhouse gas emissions. As directed by a state law enacted in 2021, as HB 1286, the Colorado Health Department’s Air Pollution Control Division developed the newly finalized standards.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 22, 2022

cities move toward their greenhouse gas reduction goals via a cleaner national electric grid, increased vehicle and building electrification, and new distributed renewable energy resources. economy and to significantly contribute to its greenhouse gas reduction efforts. Still, how does a local government tap in? green banks”).

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Law and Environment

AUGUST 17, 2022

On August 7, the Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (Act), which would provide about $369 billion to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 40 percent below their 2005 levels by 2030 as well as reduce carbon emissions and invest in renewable energy. Tax Credits.

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Smith Enviorment

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The legislature put two provisions in the Appropriations Act of 2023 (House Bill 259) to prevent state agencies from adopting rules intended to reduce emissions of greenhouse gasses such as carbon dioxide (CO2) in the state. Other air quality provisions expedite permitting and construction of new or expanded sources of air pollutants.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

These communities are often already exposed to lots of air pollution from things like other industries, airports, and nearby highways. Similarly, a study from the Netherlands based on long-term testing also showed the country’s newest facility is emitting much higher levels of dioxin and furans than is allowed by European law.

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CEQA Developments

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

While TRPA had “jurisdiction by law” in that it exercises authority over resources affected by the project, it was not a responsible agency. Per the Court: “CEQA…does not require the lead agency to accept and utilize the threshold or significance standards which the jurisdiction-by-law agency used to determine the impact was significant.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 30, 2022

DEP Statement Acting Secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection Ramez Ziadeh issued this statement in response to the Supreme Court ruling-- “Governor Tom Wolf and DEP have been at the forefront of protecting the air we breathe and ensuring that communities are not bearing unfair burdens from regulations protecting air quality.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

In 2012, the company became infamous again when it unsuccessfully sued Ben-Jei Tsuang, a professor at the Department of Environmental Engineering in National Chun Hsing University, who published a paper linking high cancer rates in Mailiao, Taiwan, to toxic dioxin and heavy metals air pollution from the Six Naphtha Cracking plant.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 23, 2023

Of the many achievements of California’s legendary legislator Fran Pavley, one of the most remarkable is then-Assemblywoman Pavley’s modest bill, AB 1493, which directed California to become the first jurisdiction in the country to control greenhouse gas emissions from cars. Tom Carper and Rep.

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Smith Enviorment

JULY 12, 2022

Three key takeaways from the court’s decision: The Court did not rule that EPA lacks authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants or other sources. Section 111 of the Clean Air Act authorizes EPA to address air pollution from both new and existing sources if the pollutant endangers public health or welfare.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 19, 2022

Tom Wolf’s administration gets its way in Commonwealth Court, Pennsylvania will join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) in a matter of weeks. And that clean air RGGI promises to deliver? ” The new essay outlines what the coal and natural gas industries want to happen in Pennsylvania-- If Gov.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 25, 2022

EPA in defense of EPA’s authority to effectively regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act. The case involves a group of challenges to EPA’s ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from existing stationary sources under the 1970 Clean Air Act, a monumental piece of environmental and public health legislation.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 13, 2023

EPA , the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has regulated greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from motor vehicles under the Clean Air Act. Following the 2007 landmark Supreme Court case Massachusetts v. These emissions standards were significantly loosened in the last year of the Trump Administration. EPA , 549 U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2022

What it will really do is deregulate the oil and gas industry, attempt to prevent federal regulation of the coal industry and power plants, deny critical funding to DEP to regulate oil and gas drilling, withdraw Pennsylvania from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative and reopen state forest land for oil and gas leasing.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 11, 2022

.] -- “Exempt Pennsylvania from plant-closing EPA regulations such as the Wastewater Rule and the Cross State Air Pollution Rule.” [ Note: That’s not the way it works. A state cannot exempt itself from a federal law or regulation. A state cannot exempt itself from a federal law or regulation.

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