Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

In particular, he said, “reliance upon coal, on the other hand, could aggravate the ‘greenhouse effect,’ whereby excess carbon dioxide (which accompanies coal burning) traps heat inside the earth’s atmosphere, thus possibly melting the icecaps and raising the level of the oceans.”

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

They are water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, ozone, CFCs, and hydrofluorocarbons. The Clean Air Act is an excellent example of this following the publication of Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring. We are already seeing the depletion of the ice caps and rising sea levels.

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Government Law Waste Clean Air Act 52

Environmental Science

JULY 22, 2018

It describes fluctuations between the sea level atmospheric pressure from the areas known as the Azores High and the Icelandic Low although these are not set in stone (8). The greenhouse gases are methane, water vapor, nitrous oxide and carbon dioxide (12). Deforestation. The Human Impacts on Climate.

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Atmosphere Climate Change Ocean Greenhouse 52

Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

The court stated that the issue arose “because a necessary and critical element of the hydrological damage caused by defendants’ alleged conduct is the rising sea level along the Pacific coast and in the San Francisco Bay, both of which are navigable waters of the United States.” ExxonMobil Corp. applied federal common law.

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2018 Clean Air Act Climate Change Endangered Species Act 40

Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2021

The Clean Air Act provision at issue authorizes small refineries to petition EPA “for an extension of the exemption … for the reason of disproportionate economic hardship.” The ACE Rule replaced the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan.

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2021 Climate Change Fossil Fuels Greenhouse 45