Corp Watch

JANUARY 23, 2024

Smoke, Mirrors & Hot Air: How ExxonMobil Uses Big Tobacco’s Tactics to Manufacture Uncertainty on Climate Science (Union of Concerned Scientists, January 2007). Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians. Private Empire: Exxon Mobil and American Power by Steve Coll (Penguin Press, 2012).

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Smoke, Mirrors & Hot Air: How ExxonMobil Uses Big Tobacco’s Tactics to Manufacture Uncertainty on Climate Science (Union of Concerned Scientists, January 2007). Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians. Private Empire: Exxon Mobil and American Power by Steve Coll (Penguin Press, 2012).

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Corp Watch

JUNE 7, 2023

USA: Coke and Pepsi sued for creating a plastic pollution ‘nuisance’ Erin McCormick | The Guardian | February 27, 2020 Coke, Pepsi, Nestlé and other large companies are being sued by a California environmental group for creating a plastic pollution “nuisance” and misleading consumers about the recyclability of plastic.

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Smith Enviorment

JULY 12, 2022

Section 111 of the Clean Air Act authorizes EPA to address air pollution from both new and existing sources if the pollutant endangers public health or welfare. A 2007 Supreme Court decision ( Massachusetts v. EPA ) held that CO2 and other greenhouse gasses meet the definition of an air pollutant under the Clean Air Act.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 13, 2023

Following the 2007 landmark Supreme Court case Massachusetts v. 497 (2007), the Supreme Court reversed EPA’s denial. Since then, EPA has consistently regulated GHG emissions from motor vehicles, although the scope of EPA’s GHG emissions regulations has been the subject of a political tug-of-war. EPA , 549 U.S.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 14, 2023

EPA US Supreme Court decision in 2007 and the EPA’s follow-on Endangerment Finding and Cause or Contribute Finding in 2009, which ultimately set the stage for the agency to not only have the authority—but also the obligation—to regulate power plant carbon emissions.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2024

This legal battle has both a long history and enormous implications for California’s aggressive pollution control and climate change policies. Supreme Court acted this week, the latest chapter in this longstanding legal and political saga. Which brings us back to the two cases on which the U.S.

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