2008 Air Pollution Regulations 
Legal Planet
OCTOBER 10, 2023
It then tread water for a few years and began a steep decline in 2008, going from half of U.S. The decline probably wasn’t due to environmental regulation. The passage of the 1970 Clean Air Act and its major 1990 Amendments don’t show up at all in a graph of coal use. electricity to about one-fifth today. In 2010, U.S.
Union of Concerned Scientists
SEPTEMBER 30, 2024
It was a big step towards providing adequate health protections, but Environmental regulations need to look at people, not just pollutants—and the way to get there is by assessing cumulative impacts. But the requirements in the rule were developed considering that one carcinogen from that one type of facility. But we cannot stop there.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 3, 2022
I’ve written previously about how the truck industry is fighting regulations at the state and federal level with everything they’ve got. One of the scare tactics truck manufacturers have been pushing is the old industry canard of job-killing regulations. Why would truck regulations impact jobs? Source: ERM 2022 ).
Legal Planet
JULY 29, 2021
Boyd is recognized as one of the country’s leading energy and environmental law scholars and has written pathbreaking articles on public utilities, risk regulation, forestry, and the role of science and technology in environmental law. His applied research is focused on solutions to environmental problems in China.
PA Environment Daily
JUNE 3, 2022
The Environmental Quality Board is scheduled to meet on June 14 to vote on a revised final regulation reducing volatile organic compounds and methane emissions from unconventional (shale gas) wells and facilities. In the executive summary of the revised regulation applying to only unconventional shale gas facilities DEP maintains “.Act
PA Environment Daily
APRIL 25, 2025
On April 25, the Department of Environmental Protection announced the release of the 2024 Climate Change Action Plan Update and 2024 Climate Impacts Assessment Report. Read more here. Click Here for a copy of the 2024 Climate Action Plan Update. Rate Increase For Philadelphia Gas Works [PaEN] -- PUC To Investigate Proposed 11.4%
Legal Planet
MAY 30, 2023
The decision strips key environmental protections from the Clean Water Act by narrowly defining which bodies of water can be regulated under the Act, making it the most important water-related case in decades. EPA case, having to do with regulating air pollution. But this decision is about more than wetlands and water.
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