Legal Planet

JUNE 17, 2021

True, methane is a potent greenhouse gas. Because methane contributes to ozone pollution, emissions cause immediate health effects as well as warming effects. That warming could trigger other greenhouse gas emissions. This program can cushion the economic impact of the transition to clean energy.

Politics 232

Politics Atmosphere Greenhouse Ozone 232

Clean Energy Law

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

The Basin does not meet the state or federal ambient air quality standards for ozone and particulate matter, and existing regulations have to date proved insufficient to bring the Basin into compliance. The SCAQMD is the local agency responsible for attaining these clean air standards in the Basin.

Ozone 130

Ozone Regulations 2020 2019 130

Greenbuilding Law

JULY 9, 2023

This makes methane reduction crucial for addressing the urgency of climate change and buying time for the development and implementation of longer term greenhouse gas strategies. Co Benefits for Human Health : Methane is a key precursor of tropospheric ozone (ground level), a harmful air pollutant.

Climate Change 52

Climate Change Carbon Dioxide Atmosphere Fossil Fuels 52

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 27, 2023

Rapid, deep cuts to fossil fuel use are necessary to address the climate crisis The power sector is second only to the transportation sector in terms of total US greenhouse gas emissions, making up about a quarter of overall emissions. It must not respond by watering the protections down based on industry disinformation.

Fossil Fuels 214

Fossil Fuels Electricity 2014 Climate Change 214

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 8, 2023

Pennsylvania has approximately 840 such sites and operators such as Stronghold claim that burning it for energy is environmentally beneficial because it encourages the removal of these piles, and the waste ash can be used for fill and reclamation projects. Bitcoin mining does not help clean energy.

Nuclear Power 86

Nuclear Power Fossil Fuels Waste Air Pollution 86

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 25, 2023

Pennsylvania has approximately 840 such sites and operators such as Stronghold claim that burning it for energy is environmentally beneficial because it encourages the removal of these piles, and the waste ash can be used for fill and reclamation projects. Bitcoin mining does not help clean energy.

Climate Change 60

Climate Change Nuclear Power Fossil Fuels Waste 60

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 11, 2022

This is to say nothing of the other respiratory illnesses caused or exacerbated by smog (ozone), another dangerous byproduct of fossil fuels, or the risks borne by the 310,896 PA kids who attend school within a half mile of an oil and gas facility.

Fossil Fuels 97

Fossil Fuels Natural Gas Ozone 2006 97

Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Energy Conservation. We live in an age of dwindling fossil fuels and inaction on renewable energy. Also, with many species going extinct in the industrial age and many more threatened with extinction to the extent that there soon became an official list (16) , conservation won out with the same elements of preservation.

Conservation 52

Conservation Law Natural Resources Fossil Fuels 52

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Hydrogen is an indirect greenhouse gas that can lead to the formation of ozone and methane. Conclusion There is no silver bullet to addressing emissions reduction; it will require consideration and advancement of a range of policies and standards, including clean hydrogen and carbon capture with appropriate priorities and safeguards.

Carbon Dioxide 40

Carbon Dioxide Natural Gas Fossil Fuels Environmental Protection 40

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. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission , No. 20-1045 (D.C.

2021 40

2021 Endangered Species Act Climate Change Fossil Fuels 40

Columbia Climate Law

MAY 8, 2020

EPA of a 2015 rule barring replacement of ozone-depleting substances with hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), which are powerful greenhouse gases. Circuit vacated the 2015 rule to the extent that it prohibited continued use of HFCs by companies that previously switched to HFCs from an ozone-depleting substance. In Mexichem , the D.C.

2020 40

2020 Endangered Species Act Climate Change Greenhouse 40

Law Columbia

MARCH 13, 2023

EPA , the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has regulated greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from motor vehicles under the Clean Air Act. More than 180 local governments nationwide have committed to 100% clean energy, and many more have set ambitious renewable energy goals that fall short of a complete transition.

Clean Air Act 55

Clean Air Act Air Pollution Climate Change Regulations 55

Legal Planet

MAY 24, 2022

Scenario #4: The Court entirely strips EPA of power to regulate greenhouse gases. One workaround would be for California to sharply increase the stringency of its regulations for particulate and ozone-producing emissions by vehicles, which it would still have the right to do. EPA , something the parties did not request.

Fossil Fuels 218

Fossil Fuels Clean Air Act Regulations Ozone 218

ESA

MAY 9, 2022

This goal directs 40 percent of the overall benefits of certain federal investments in environmental cleanup, climate mitigation and clean energy to disadvantaged communities. This conclusion matches the conclusion of another analysis of ozone air quality standards released in 2020 during the Trump administration.

2022 52

2022 Ozone Conservation Natural Resources 52

ESA

APRIL 11, 2022

This latest report looks at mitigation — or what the world can do to stop pumping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. or 2 degrees without a radical reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and electrifying many of the things that currently run on fossil fuels. NOAA: Greenhouse gases spiked in 2021, with a record methane jump – Axios.

2022 98

2022 Fossil Fuels Clean Water Act Climate Change 98

ESA

JUNE 14, 2021

CEQ is also planning to revive guidance on how to factor greenhouse gas emissions and climate change into NEPA reviews, after Obama-era guidance was yanked by the Trump administration. EPA – 2021 Annual Joint Meeting of the Ozone Transport Commission and the Mid-Atlantic Northeast Visibility Union (June 15).

2021 98

2021 Endangered Species Act Ocean Climate Change 98

ESA

JANUARY 31, 2022

White House: President Biden met with the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology after a meeting of the council, which focused on efforts to improve monitoring of greenhouse gas emissions and accelerate innovation in energy technology. View the White House readout. ESA Correspondence for Policymakers.

2022 52

2022 Climate Change Clean Water Act Ozone 52

ESA

MAY 17, 2021

This bill requires publicly listed companies to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions and how climate change will impact their businesses to the Securities and Exchange Commission. Spain approves ‘milestone’ clean energy climate bill – Al Jazeera. The House Financial Services Committee approved Rep.

2021 60

2021 Clean Air Act Ocean Climate Change 60