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Protecting Public Health Is Complicated. But Science Can Help, and the Time Is Now.

Union of Concerned Scientists

Reports informing decisions Minnesota passed a cumulative impacts law in 2008 that implemented a method that required facilities to include a report on potential health impacts when applying for a permit. But we cannot stop there. Overburdened communities are not being protected fast enough by these incremental approaches.

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What’s Been Killing U.S. Coal?

Legal Planet

It then tread water for a few years and began a steep decline in 2008, going from half of U.S. Since around 2008, natural gas use has been the mirror image of coal use. But the growth of f racking began in earnest around 2008, and it drove down the price of gas. electricity to about one-fifth today.

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2022 Winter Olympics: Will China Cut Down Air Pollution In Time?

Breezometer

The 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing has China pulling out all the stops to cut down on air pollution, which can impact people worse during intense physical activity. 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing - The Air Quality Problem. pollution in the 1st quarter of 2021 was 21% higher than in 2019 (!). Will they manage?

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Profs. William Boyd and Alex Wang Join Prof. Ted Parson in Emmett Institute Faculty Leadership

Legal Planet

Last year, Alex led a team of researchers in developing a policy report focused on lessons from California’s climate and air pollution policies. His applied research is focused on solutions to environmental problems in China. His new working paper considers how “constructive competition” between the U.S.

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Air pollution tweets from U.S. embassies saving lives, study finds

Environmental News Bits

By tweeting real-time local pollution data in developing countries, U.S. embassies helped spur measurable improvements in air quality, a new study finds. In 2008, the U.S. embassies saving lives, study finds.

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D.C. Circuit Vacates EPA’s Cross-State Air Pollution Rule

The Energy Law

Wiegand On August 21, 2012, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit vacated EPA’s Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR). Circuit’s remand in 2008 of EPA’s Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR), which was EPA’s prior attempt at implementing the good neighbor provision. By Stephen W.

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New Analysis Shows Truck Manufacturers’ Scare Tactic Just a Bunch of Hot Air

Union of Concerned Scientists

The two industry-funded studies ( NERA 2008 and ACT Research 2022 ) claim much higher impact on sales than either the academic (RZW 2018) or government ( EPA 2021 ) studies. Four studies purporting to examine whether a pre-buy effect occurred on heavy-duty truck sales can’t agree on the magnitude or timing of any such effect.

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