Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 12, 2024
The plan cuts power plant and industrial ozone pollution that wafts from central parts of the nation into eastern states. According to the American Lung Association, nearly 120 million people in the nation—one of every three—lives with unhealthy levels of particle and ozone pollution. Bush administration.
Environmental Science
SEPTEMBER 7, 2018
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) : A group of inert chemical used in many industrial and everyday processes such as our refrigerators that are not broken down at lower atmospheric levels and rise to the upper levels, destroying ozone. They are water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, ozone, CFCs, and hydrofluorocarbons.
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Law Columbia
JULY 6, 2017
The court agreed with the magistrate’s conclusion that the plaintiffs failed to state a claim for violation of a nondiscretionary duty under the Endangered Species Act and that the court therefore lacked jurisdiction. The proposed project involves construction of three new water intakes to divert water from the Sacramento River.
ESA
OCTOBER 24, 2022
Senate considering annual defense policy bill, which includes authorizes funding for tropical forest and coral reef conservation. Rob Portman (R-OH) reauthorizes the Tropical Forest and Coral Reef Act through FY 2027 and authorizes $20 million a year for the program. Executive Branch. President Biden designates a new national monument.
ESA
NOVEMBER 9, 2022
USFWS: The agency granted threatened species protections for the Emperor Penguin ( Aptenodytes forsteri ) under the Endangered Species Act. The Emperor Penguin is native to Antarctica and is the world’s tallest and heaviest penguin species. Antarctic ozone hole shrinks slightly – The Hill.
Law Columbia
SEPTEMBER 10, 2021
In an unpublished judgment, the court rejected the petitioners’ other NEPA arguments regarding project design and capacity and cumulative ozone impacts. The court also found that judicial economy and conservation of resources weighed in favor of a stay. Vecinos para el Bienestar de la Comunidad Costera v. 20-1045 (D.C. Missouri v.
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.
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