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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

Abatement : The process of reducing the quantity, intensity, or saturation of a pollutant or other harmful substance by way of treatment. The Clean Air Act is an excellent example of this following the publication of Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring. Title III of the Act created EPCRA (see above).

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An Effective Strategy on Climate Change Requires State Action

Acoel

And importantly, the state plans are not limited to reducing carbon emissions from power plants but are economy-wide in scope, evaluating greenhouse gas reduction and clean energy opportunities in the electric supply, transportation, commercial and industrial, land use, and agricultural sectors.