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The Second Circuit Takes on the Clean Air Act’s International Air Pollution Provision and Climate Change

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But in this blog post, I unpack an aspect of the decision where I think it was more of a mixed bag: the court’s treatment of the international air pollution provision of the Clean Air Act, Section 115. It is true that the Clean Air Act only authorizes direct regulation of domestic emissions.

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Policy News: July 12, 2021

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Amid competing House and Senate proposals to increase funding levels for the National Science Foundation, the House Appropriations Committee released its fiscal year (FY) 2022 spending bill covering NSF, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA. The bill includes $9.63 billion for NSF, a 13% increase over last fiscal year.

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Policy News: June 28, 2021

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House: The full House of Representatives voted to overturn a Trump administration rule that stopped the EPA from directly regulating methane emissions from the oil and gas industry. This measure effectively restores Obama-era methane regulations, which could eliminate emissions of 400,000 tons of methane through 2030.

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