Corp Watch

JANUARY 26, 2024

In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. PERI Pollution Indexes Based on United States Environmental Protection Agency data ranking the top 100 worst polluters. References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 25, 2024

In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. PERI Pollution Indexes Based on United States Environmental Protection Agency data ranking the top 100 worst polluters. References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. PERI Pollution Indexes Based on United States Environmental Protection Agency data ranking the top 100 worst polluters. References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. PERI Pollution Indexes Based on United States Environmental Protection Agency data ranking the top 100 worst polluters. References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 3, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency et al. Instead, the Court has ruled that, though the agency can still regulate carbon emissions, it must do so narrowly and set standards solely based on options available at individual power plant facilities, such as efficiency measures to improve plant-level heat rates.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. PERI Pollution Indexes Based on United States Environmental Protection Agency data ranking the top 100 worst polluters. References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 9, 2024

In the underlying statutory text , the threshold for “clean hydrogen” is clearly defined: 0.45 kg CO 2 e per kilogram of hydrogen produced, with carbon emissions assessed on a lifecycle basis as already defined in a long-standing section of the Clean Air Act.

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 13, 2023

In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. PERI Pollution Indexes Based on United States Environmental Protection Agency data ranking the top 100 worst polluters. References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m

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Corp Watch

MARCH 8, 2024

Oil giant Total is being sued by cities and NGOs for not fighting climate change hard enough Francois de Beaupuy | Fortune | January 28, 2020 Oil giant Total SA is being sued by 14 local governments and a handful of non-governmental organizations in France for not doing enough to reduce its carbon emissions and fight global warming.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

Oil giant Total is being sued by cities and NGOs for not fighting climate change hard enough Francois de Beaupuy | Fortune | January 28, 2020 Oil giant Total SA is being sued by 14 local governments and a handful of non-governmental organizations in France for not doing enough to reduce its carbon emissions and fight global warming.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 2, 2024

Oil giant Total is being sued by cities and NGOs for not fighting climate change hard enough Francois de Beaupuy | Fortune | January 28, 2020 Oil giant Total SA is being sued by 14 local governments and a handful of non-governmental organizations in France for not doing enough to reduce its carbon emissions and fight global warming.

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Corp Watch

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Oil giant Total is being sued by cities and NGOs for not fighting climate change hard enough Francois de Beaupuy | Fortune | January 28, 2020 Oil giant Total SA is being sued by 14 local governments and a handful of non-governmental organizations in France for not doing enough to reduce its carbon emissions and fight global warming.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Oil giant Total is being sued by cities and NGOs for not fighting climate change hard enough Francois de Beaupuy | Fortune | January 28, 2020 Oil giant Total SA is being sued by 14 local governments and a handful of non-governmental organizations in France for not doing enough to reduce its carbon emissions and fight global warming.

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Law Columbia

JULY 6, 2017

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) lacked authority to administratively stay portions of new source performance standards for the oil and gas sector for which it had granted requests for reconsideration. Fourth Circuit Said West Virginia District Court Lacked Jurisdiction to Consider Coal Companies’ Clean Air Act Jobs Study Lawsuit.

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Oil giant Total is being sued by cities and NGOs for not fighting climate change hard enough Francois de Beaupuy | Fortune | January 28, 2020 Oil giant Total SA is being sued by 14 local governments and a handful of non-governmental organizations in France for not doing enough to reduce its carbon emissions and fight global warming.

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Oil giant Total is being sued by cities and NGOs for not fighting climate change hard enough Francois de Beaupuy | Fortune | January 28, 2020 Oil giant Total SA is being sued by 14 local governments and a handful of non-governmental organizations in France for not doing enough to reduce its carbon emissions and fight global warming.

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Law and Environment

AUGUST 17, 2023

The proposal requires companies to report information related to “Scope 1” direct carbon emissions (think fuel use and greenhouse gases), “Scope 2” indirect carbon emissions (e.g., purchased energy and electricity), and for some companies to report on information related to “Scope 3” carbon emissions (i.e.,

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Acidification : Reducing the pH rating of a substance making it more acidic in nature, for example, increased carbon emissions lead to the oceans absorbing more of it, increasing acidification and damaging ecology such as coral bleaching. Often subject to specific environmental protections, especially when “endangered” (see above).

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 12, 2024

The US Supreme Court seems to have appointed itself as a rogue Environmental Protection Agency, seeking to protect polluters rather than the public. Considering the rulings the court has already made and rulings it is expected to make this term, there is hardly any aspect of air, water or land that is not losing protection.

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JUNE 30, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency's ability to reduce carbon pollution from existing power plants under the federal Clean Air Act. EPA does have authority to regulate carbon dioxide as a pollutant under the federal Clean Air Act and the Court’s ruling did not address that existing authority.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had failed to fulfill its non-discretionary obligation under Section 321(a) of the Clean Air Act to conduct evaluations of loss or shifts in employment that might result from implementation of the Clean Air Act. Murray Energy Corp. McCarthy , No.

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ESA

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Scientific provisions in the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee bill is largely similar to the House bill: The Fish and Wildlife Service receives $200 million for Endangered Species Act recovery plans and $9.7 The Environmental Protection Agency receives $100 million for air quality and climate research.

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JULY 22, 2018

Cutting down tree canopies without replacing it passively increases climate change by the simple fact that trees and other vegetation are carbon sinks (15). Kennedy announced the formation of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Clean Air Act although neither would come into effect during his presidency.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 19, 2022

Outside of bird protection acts of the early 20 th century, protections for water, air and the atmosphere are a late 20 th -century development, created in the wake of Rachel Carson’s 1962 treatise on pesticides, Silent Spring. Climate Change on the Docket.

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MGKF Law

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Circuit granted the Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) motion to stay the vacatur of the Trump administration’s Clean Power Plan Repeal Rule until EPA conducts further rulemaking on the issue in the case of American Lung Association v. On February 22, 2021, the D.C. 19-1140 (D.C.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

President John F Kennedy introduced the Clean Air Act in the US as one of many introduced in developed nations with heavy industry (15). Deeper into the 1960s, Richard Nixon signed the executive order creating the Environmental Protection Agency. It is not technically a subcategory of the science of conservation.

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Legal Planet

MAY 11, 2023

still does not limit carbon emissions from existing power plants, which generate 25 percent of our greenhouse gases. Today’s the day for the long-awaited release of Environmental Protection Agency regulations to tackle planet-warming pollution by the nation’s power plants. In the year 2023, the U.S.

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Cresforum

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Conservatives have overseen some of the most enduring legacies of American environmental policy. KEEP ALL OPTIONS ON THE TABLE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS Government should not pick winners and losers, but instead support all possible technological options available to avoid, reduce, capture and sequester greenhouse gases.

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Cresforum

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Conservatives have overseen some of the most enduring legacies of American environmental policy. The all of the above approach to clean energy is the principal reason the U.S. has been able to reduce carbon emissions more than any other country. But nothing could be further from the truth.

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Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

She had previously worked in EPA’s air and radiation office where she “played a key role in the administration’s efforts to address . Prior to working for the EPA, McCarthy worked as the Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection. [4]. global warming. as well as curb traditional pollutants.”. [3].

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DECEMBER 8, 2017

of total United States greenhouse gas emissions, with passenger cars and light-duty trucks being the largest source. of the Clean Air Act requires the Environmental Protection Agency to address this through emissions standards for air pollution from cars and trucks. Transportation accounts for.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 8, 2024

On May 8, the PJM Interconnection issued a statement on the US Environmental Protection Agency's final rule setting New Source Performance Standards for Greenhouse Gas Emissions and its potential impact on electric grid reliability.

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Legal Planet

MAY 16, 2024

In this opinion dealing with a fairly technical issue under the Clean Air Act, Justice Stevens strengthened judicial deference to administrative agencies. This case was a deviation from Scalia’s pattern: he voted to uphold EPA’s air quality standards. NRDC, 467 U.S. 837 (1984 ) (Justice Stevens). Sweet Home, 515 U.S.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The court held that the City’s claims were not completely preempted by the Clean Air Act and also was not persuaded by the companies’ argument that the claims necessarily arose under federal common law. The companies argued that even if state law did apply, the Clean Air Act and foreign affairs doctrine would preempt the claims.

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Columbia Climate Law

MAY 8, 2020

Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) 2018 rule in which EPA decided to expand the D.C. The plaintiffs alleged among other things that the defendants the two projects’ cumulative impacts on carbon emissions. Australian Bushfire Survivors Sued New South Wales Environmental Protection Agency for Climate Action.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 14, 2023

Last month, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed new power plant carbon pollution standards that, if strengthened, would go a long way to help meet the Biden administration’s goal of slashing carbon emissions in half from 2005 levels by the end of this decade. What would they accomplish?

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Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2021

Circuit’s January opinion vacating EPA’s repeal and replacement of the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan regulations for controlling carbon emissions from existing power plants. The states asserted counts under the Administrative Procedure Act and of ultra vires action. Seven weeks after the U.S. 66,496 (Dec.

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