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Climate Litigation Chart Updates – November 2016

Law Columbia

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had failed to fulfill its non-discretionary obligation under Section 321(a) of the Clean Air Act to conduct evaluations of loss or shifts in employment that might result from implementation of the Clean Air Act. Murray Energy Corp. McCarthy , No. 5:14 -cv-39 (N.D.

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Cars, Smog, and EPA

Legal Planet

The initial standard, set in the 1970 Clean Air Act, was 3.1 Achieving that standard was thought to be nearly impossible when Congress created this mandate, but the mandate forced the car companies to make technological breakthroughs with catalytic converters. grams per mile (gpm) for NOx.

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The evolution of US NOx standards for cars

Environment, Law, and History

The initial standard, set in the 1970 Clean Air Act, was 3.1 Achieving that standard was thought to be nearly impossible when Congress created this mandate, but the mandate forced the car companies to make technological breakthroughs with catalytic converters. EPA, 1973). grams per mile (gpm) for NOx.

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Science Silenced, Justice Denied: The Trump Administration’s Attack on NEJAC

Union of Concerned Scientists

Moreover, the Trump administration is resetting , or changing all of the membership of, both the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board and the Clean Air Act Science Advisory Committee. FACs also have workgroups assigned to them to focus on specific topics relevant to the committee.

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May 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

The first petition was filed by West Virginia and 18 other states that had intervened to defend the repeal and replacement rule, known as the Affordable Clean Energy rule. Supreme Court’s causation standard for the National Environmental Policy Act in Department of Transportation v. The company argued that the D.C. 66,496 (Dec.

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The California Legislature: Where Global Warming is Real and Science Still Matters

Union of Concerned Scientists

Cleaner cars, cleaner air Our Cleaner Cars, Cleaner Air Report showed that while pre-2004 cars make up fewer than 20% of the cars on the road, they are responsible for the majority of tailpipe pollution because they produce higher amounts of lung-damaging particulate pollution and contribute significantly more smog-forming nitrogen oxide emissions.

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Policy News: January 31, 2022

ESA

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. EPA – Clean Air Act Advisory Committee Meeting (Feb.

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