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FRESH, October 4, 2022: Carbon Dioxide Storage and Transport Emerges as Political Flashpoint

Circle of Blue

Climate change could hike the cost of maintaining Ontario ’s transportation infrastructure by over $1.5 Indiana regulates the underground storage of carbon dioxide. Wisconsin ’s environment agency once again begins drafting rules to limit PFAS pollution. . . — Laura Gersony, Fresh Editor. billion annually.

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Biden’s Proposed Power Plant Rule is a Solid First Step

Legal Planet

Image via PickPik On May 23, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) proposed emission limits and guidelines for carbon dioxide from fossil fuel-powered plants. The EPA may also consider implementing faster timelines generally to account for the drastic action climate change demands.

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Ask a Scientist: Top Takeaways from the New EPA Carbon Pollution Rules

Union of Concerned Scientists

Given the EPA has the responsibility and the obligation to address carbon pollution, these standards—the first to limit carbon emissions from existing coal- and gas-fired power plants—are long overdue. Those currently operating fossil fuel plants generate 25 percent of U.S. Not even close. JM: That’s right.

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The Gas Utility Industry is Gaslighting Us

Union of Concerned Scientists

Fifty Years of Disinformation It’s no longer a secret that the US oil industry was well aware as early as 1957 that its products threaten the climate. As we now know, fossil fuel companies lied about it for decades to protect their profits. What accounts for that?

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2021-2022 California Environmental Legislation: What’s Been Enacted?

Legal Planet

Climate Change Mitigation. The Governor approved a notable slate of climate legislation with a package that includes more stringent greenhouse gas (GHG) emission targets and measures designed to reduce the state’s reliance on fossil fuels.

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EPA Finalizes Rule To Reduce Methane Emissions From Oil & Gas Infrastructure; DEP’s Oil & Gas Methane Regulations 1 Year Old

PA Environment Daily

Oil and natural gas operations are the nation’s largest industrial source of methane, a climate “super pollutant” that is many times more potent than carbon dioxide and is responsible for approximately one third of the warming from greenhouse gases occurring today. Methane pollution, however, is a global problem.

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Gov. Wolf Vetoes Resolution That Would Kill Carbon Pollution Reduction Program For Power Plants; General Assembly Failed To Act Within Statutory Deadlines

PA Environment Daily

Final Form Regulation 7-559 authorizes Pennsylvania’s participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) under the authority of the Air Pollution Control Act. Wolf has prioritized addressing climate change, one of the most important global challenges of our lifetime. Other Reactions: -- Republican Sen.