Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

million in fines and upgrade pollution controls at its 240,000 b/d Port Arthur, Tex., French Oil Giant Total S.A. Total to pay $2.9 million, upgrade Port Arthur refinery Nick Snow | Oil & Gas Journal | May 2, 2007 Total Petrochemicals USA Inc. agreed to pay $2.9

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 19, 2023

million in fines and upgrade pollution controls at its 240,000 b/d Port Arthur, Tex., French Oil Giant Total S.A. Total to pay $2.9 million, upgrade Port Arthur refinery Nick Snow | Oil & Gas Journal | May 2, 2007 Total Petrochemicals USA Inc. agreed to pay $2.9

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The Energy Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

According to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, CSAPR requires Texas power plants to lower SO2 emissions by 46 percent and NOx emissions by 7 percent compared with 2009 levels. See Kate Galbraith and Ari Auber, Controversial Pollution Rule Still on Track for Texas, The Tex. Tribune, Sept.

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 16, 2023

million in fines and upgrade pollution controls at its 240,000 b/d Port Arthur, Tex., French Oil Giant Total S.A. Total to pay $2.9 million, upgrade Port Arthur refinery Nick Snow | Oil & Gas Journal | May 2, 2007 Total Petrochemicals USA Inc. agreed to pay $2.9

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Corp Watch

JUNE 7, 2023

USA: Coke Sued for Fraudulent Claims on Obesity-Promoting “VitaminWater” Center for Science in the Public Interest | January 15, 2009 Coke markets VitaminWater as a healthful alternative to soda by labeling its several flavors with such health buzz words as "defense," "rescue," "energy," and "endurance."

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 28, 2021

According to these computer simulations, pollution controls put into place between 2009 and 2020 are estimated to have lowered overall nitrogen by 13 percent, overall phosphorus by 14 percent and sediment by 4 percent.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 18, 2023

ORSANCO is an interstate pollution control agency for the Ohio River that works on behalf of eight signatory member states to improve water quality through monitoring, assessment, and public information programs that ensure the Ohio River is safe for recreation, drinking and industrial supplies.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 22, 2022

Many of the details remain to be determined by the EPA, but applications for funding will need to include “information regarding the degree to which greenhouse gas air pollution is projected to be reduced in total and with respect to low-income and disadvantaged communities.”

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

Louisiana, will spend more than $10 million on pollution controls to address air, water, and hazardous waste violations at two petrochemical plants in Point Comfort, Texas, and Baton Rouge, La. Department of Justice | September 29, 2009 The companies also have agreed to pay a civil penalty of $2.8 USA: Formosa Plastics Corp.,

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Smith Enviorment

JULY 12, 2022

EPA ) held that CO2 and other greenhouse gasses meet the definition of an air pollutant under the Clean Air Act. In 2009, EPA made a finding that six greenhouse gasses endanger public health and welfare because of their contribution to climate change. EPA decision or EPA’s 2009 endangerment finding. The West Virginia v.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Farmers who don’t agree to adopt the new pollution-control measures would lose the insurance subsidy. . In 2009, after years of advocacy that attracted insufficient government attention, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation sued the EPA to enforce the Clean Water Act and end nutrient discharges that were causing harmful blooms in the bay.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 13, 2023

The Court held that GHG emissions fit within the CAA’s definition of “air pollutant,” so “EPA can avoid taking further action only if it determines that greenhouse gases do not contribute to climate change or if it provides some reasonable explanation as to why it cannot or will not exercise its discretion to determine whether they do.”

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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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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

The anti-backsliding study was due in June 2009, 18 months after EISA’s enactment. In addition, the company filed an appeal with the Washington State Pollution Control Hearings Board. The company said it would soon file a federal lawsuit to pursue these claims. Millennium Bulk Terminals-Longview, LLC v.

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ESA

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Congress created CFLRP in 2009 to invest in landscape-scale restoration to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfire, enhance forest health, and support rural economies. CFLRP project proposals are developed collaboratively with USDA Forest Service staff and partners and are selected through a competitive process. 28, 2022.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Landfills -- Pittsburgh Homebuilding Startup - Module - Selected As One Of 6 New Ventures For The Housing Lab, Prioritizing Housing Equity, Sustainability [PaEN] -- New Allegheny County Sustainability Report Provides Overview Of Efforts Since 2009 [PaEN] -- NextPittsburgh: The New Allegheny County Sustainability Report Is Out, How Did Our Region Do? (..)

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ESA

JANUARY 31, 2022

This proposed rule contrasts the Fish and Wildlife Service’s 2004 and 2009 determinations that the species did not warrant protections. EPA and NOAA – Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program: Proposal To Find That Louisiana Has Satisfied All Conditions of Approval Placed on Its Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program.

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