Legal Planet
AUGUST 18, 2022
One option, a tax on carbon dioxide emissions, gets the most attention but seems politically impossible. The closest we’ve ever come to a carbon tax is a limited fee on methane emissions under the new IRA law. If a carbon tax were politically feasible, there would be a lot to be said in its favor.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JULY 19, 2023
They are literally putting their political interests and profits over our collective well-being. What we can’t do is waste precious time and money on options that would reinforce (or even expand) our dependence on fossil fuels, the root cause of the climate crisis.
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Legal Planet
AUGUST 26, 2021
This gave EPA the power to impose limits on carbon emissions by vehicles and industry. Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County (SWANC) v. UARG involved a regulation that required industry to cut carbon emissions for new facilities. Illinois Central Railroad v. This case is a century older. After Massachusetts v.
Enviromental Defense
DECEMBER 7, 2021
Industrial pipe discharging liquid waste. Ontario creating a system that is vulnerable to the perception of favoritism, where a donor or some other politically well connected person can arrange a closed door meeting and secure approval to do almost anything before Ontarians even get a look-in. HAZARDOUS SPILLS.
ESA
NOVEMBER 4, 2021
These two deals have the potential to improve conditions on Earth much more than anything in the rest of the NYT combined, but I had to dig to find it, because of other political events. Controlling the methane emissions, some of it from wasteful accidental release at natural gas wells, is critical for controlling global warming.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JULY 3, 2022
The majority 6–3 decision sharply curtails the EPA’s authority to set standards based on a broad range of flexible options to cut carbon emissions from the power sector—options such as replacing polluting fossil fuels with cheap and widely available wind and solar power coupled with battery storage. carbon emissions today.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JULY 11, 2022
We are at a game-changing moment for all of humanity, as climate science tells us exactly where we’re headed if we don’t reduce carbon emissions urgently. These communities contain the expertise, resilience, and knowledge that are necessary to plot the way forward—along with the political power necessary to win on issues of policy.
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