Environment, Law, and History
OCTOBER 18, 2022
That’s primarily due to two key features of the CWA: first, a nationwide permit system designed to mandate aggressive application of pollution control technology to limit pollution from “point sources” such as factories and power plants.
Circle of Blue
JULY 28, 2021
The Hindustan Times reports that the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board identified six major drains as the main sources of the pollution. People familiar with the situation said potential investors were deterred by the plant’s old age, use of outdated technology, and poor environmental credentials. 30 CASES.
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Legal Planet
JUNE 30, 2022
After all, EPA had never regulated in that manner, despite having issued many prior rules governing power plants under Section 111. Congress specifically “entrust[ed] such complex balancing to EPA,” because that “expert agency” has the needed “scientific, economic, and technological resources” to carry it out. at 427–428.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 12, 2024
In 1963, a typical car—which ran on leaded gasoline without pollution control devices— emitted 520 pounds of hydrocarbons, 1,700 pounds of carbon monoxide, and 90 pounds of nitrogen oxide every 10,000 miles traveled. Cars and trucks are a lot cleaner than when I was growing up. Transit agencies in Washington, D.C.,
PA Environment Daily
MARCH 12, 2024
DEP said it has the statutory authority in the 1995 law that created the agency, the state Air Pollution Control Act and other laws to establish grant and funding programs to implement the Plan. Pennsylvania’s Climate Action Priority Plan is available online. Visit DEP’s Priority Climate Action Plan webpage for more information.
Union of Concerned Scientists
FEBRUARY 2, 2024
In December, the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service proposed regulations governing implementation of the 45V Clean Hydrogen Production Tax Credit , passed as part of 2022’s Inflation Reduction Act. To defend against such negative outcomes, Treasury must explicitly prohibit pollution offsets within the 45V framework.
Legal Planet
OCTOBER 10, 2022
To meet these goals, the state is facilitating burgeoning carbon capture and sequestration (or storage) (CCS) technologies that capture carbon from point sources to store, as well as carbon dioxide removal (CDR), which removes carbon from the atmosphere.
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