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CleanAirAct. It is significant because if its huge public health benefits and because it has provided the basis for EPA regulation of greenhouse gases. In public health terms, what makes air pollution distinctive is the millions of people exposes to common pollutants such as particulates and smog. Pavley Act.
Because while this decision does still recognize EPA’s authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, it simultaneously sharply curtails the agency’s ability to do so. EPA did not revoke EPA’s underlying authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the CleanAirAct. ” Justice Kagan, dissenting.
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Risky Business: The New Shell by WWF-UK (2005). Environmental Groups Sue Shell Oil for CleanAirAct Violations at Deer Park Refinery and Chemical Plant Mike Metzger | Environment Texas | January 7, 2008 Sierra Club and Environment Texas filed a lawsuit today in federal district court against Shell Oil Company and several affiliates.
Risky Business: The New Shell by WWF-UK (2005). Environmental Groups Sue Shell Oil for CleanAirAct Violations at Deer Park Refinery and Chemical Plant Mike Metzger | Environment Texas | January 7, 2008 Sierra Club and Environment Texas filed a lawsuit today in federal district court against Shell Oil Company and several affiliates.
Risky Business: The New Shell by WWF-UK (2005). Environmental Groups Sue Shell Oil for CleanAirAct Violations at Deer Park Refinery and Chemical Plant Mike Metzger | Environment Texas | January 7, 2008 Sierra Club and Environment Texas filed a lawsuit today in federal district court against Shell Oil Company and several affiliates.
Risky Business: The New Shell by WWF-UK (2005). Environmental Groups Sue Shell Oil for CleanAirAct Violations at Deer Park Refinery and Chemical Plant Mike Metzger | Environment Texas | January 7, 2008 Sierra Club and Environment Texas filed a lawsuit today in federal district court against Shell Oil Company and several affiliates.
Risky Business: The New Shell by WWF-UK (2005). Environmental Groups Sue Shell Oil for CleanAirAct Violations at Deer Park Refinery and Chemical Plant Mike Metzger | Environment Texas | January 7, 2008 Sierra Club and Environment Texas filed a lawsuit today in federal district court against Shell Oil Company and several affiliates.
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