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May 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Columbia Climate Law

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.

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Policy News: April 11, 2022

ESA

Supreme Court reinstates Trump administration Clean Water Act regulation. Maryland General Assembly passes major climate legislation. The choices available to us are no longer ideal,” said Kristina Dahl, a principal climate scientist at the Union of Concerned Scientists, an NGO. Executive Branch.

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Policy News: May 28, 2021

ESA

EPA Administrator Michael Regan announced that the agency will rewrite a Trump administration regulation that limited state’s ability to block pipeline and fossil fuel export facilities under the Clean Water Act. Climate Change Forces Brutal Choices at National Parks – The New York Times. What to Save?

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