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What Happened During the Montana Youth Climate Trial

Legal Planet

The bench trial took place last month in the state capitol, Helena, where 16 youth plaintiffs ages 5 to 22 made the case that Montana’s unwavering promotion of fossil fuels violates the state constitution’s guarantee to a “clean and healthful environment.” This is not supposed to be a town hall or a popularity contest,” he said.

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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

What is Environmental Law? 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.

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Industry’s Tactics to Expose You to More Soot Pollution

Union of Concerned Scientists

But the oral comments also included several speakers representing the industries producing a substantial amount of this deadly air pollution. Their main arguments include two disturbing tactics that come straight out of the disinformation playbook : casting doubt on the science, and pressing the EPA to violate a law passed by Congress.

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Environmental Perspectives

Environmental Science

Non-scientists and imprecise scientists use a more layman concentration unit of “parts per million” which tells you nothing about the sample type and can be interpreted incorrectly for air samples. For concentration, use the metric system of mass per unit volume or mass per unit mass if you want a job from me in environmental science.

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Keep on Trucking

Legal Planet

Last week, EPA finalized its new rule imposing emission limits on new heavy trucks. The new regulation was clearly a massive undertaking. EPA’s formal announcement of the new rule is 1100 pages long. The accompanying summary of comments on the proposed rule and EPA’s responses is another 2000 pages.

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Conservation: History and Future

Environmental Science

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. Most sciences are about looking for answers to problems within the data generated and devising tests to solve them. Sponsored Content.

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Dissecting the Attacks on the Endangerment Finding

Legal Planet

Understanding the Endangerment Finding Two requirements must be met before a substance can be regulated under the Clean Air Act. First, it has to qualify as an air pollutant. There, the Court said that EPA had to consider cost when EPA applied a law that authorized EPA to issue appropriate regulations.