Clean Air Act Deforestation Environmental Protection Regulations 
Environmental Science
SEPTEMBER 7, 2018
Humanity has been aware of its environment far longer than there have been laws to protect environments. However, the term “environmental law” does not just cover government legislation. These are not “laws” per se but act as such within a regulatory framework. As it is a waste, it serves no purpose on its own.
Environmental Science
SEPTEMBER 14, 2018
It is a practice and a philosophy, utilizing scientific tools and methods with applied ethics, and, where necessary, regulation and environmental law to limit the use of certain materials. Working to maintain biodiversity is conservation (regulate), making it illegal to build in a designated wilderness zone is preservation (eliminate).
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Environmental Science
JULY 22, 2018
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) are now heavily regulated since it was discovered how much their release was damaging the ozone layer - the gas level protecting the planet from the sun's most harmful rays. Deforestation. Aerial pollution became a big problem and the matter came to a head in the 1960s.
Law Columbia
MARCH 6, 2018
Federal Court Dismissed Challenge to Executive Order on Reducing Regulation. The court stated: “Any injury allegedly stemming from the prospect that the Executive Order has delayed the issuance of unspecified regulations relating to a broadly defined area of concern is too abstract and speculative to support standing.” ExxonMobil Corp.
Law Columbia
SEPTEMBER 10, 2021
Circuit found that FERC failed to address the significance of a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulation that the petitioners argued required use of the social cost of carbon or another methodology to assess the impacts of the projects’ greenhouse gas emissions. The states appealed the dismissal of the case.
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.” Virginia Federal Court Said Challenge to NEPA Regulations Was Not Justiciable. Washington State Dairy Federation v. 52952-1-II (Wash. June 29, 2021).
Law Columbia
FEBRUARY 10, 2020
Circuit Declined to Speed Up or Slow Down Challenges to Withdrawal of California Waiver and Preemption of State Authority to Regulate Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) orders granting three petitions for extensions of small refinery exemptions from renewable fuel standards. Chao , No.
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