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What’s Been Killing U.S. Coal?

Legal Planet

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. In 2010, U.S. And what sparked the ensuing plunge in coal use starting with Obama’s presidency? The decline probably wasn’t due to environmental regulation. Another key factor is often overlooked.

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Ask a Scientist: It’s Getting Easier for US Car Owners to Go Electric

Union of Concerned Scientists

This has been particularly true in your home state of California, which historically has set the clean car agenda for the rest of the country because of its waiver under the Clean Air Act to set its own air pollution standards. California is also a leader in EV tax incentives.

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Sabin Center Files Amicus Brief in Support of EPA’s 2024 Vehicle Emissions Standards

Law Columbia

The case involves EPAs 2024 Vehicle Standards that set new air pollutant and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions standards for model year 2027 through 2032 Light- and Medium-Duty Vehicles, which have been challenged by states and industry groups. In 2007, the Supreme Court held in Massachusetts v.

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EPA’s Cross-State Air Pollution Rule Will Have A Dramatic Impact on Texas and Louisiana

The Energy Law Blog

By: Lesley Foxhall Pietras On August 8, 2011, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a far-reaching Clean Air Act rule intended to address the interstate transport of sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) from upwind to downwind states. See 76 Fed. 48208 (Aug. See David E.

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Improving EPA’s Latest Ozone Transport Rule

Acoel

The 2005 Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) provided smaller but significant air quality improvements following its implementation in 2010. This level of forced retirements is far in excess of any prior EPA projections of plant shutdowns resulting from implementation of a Clean Air Act rulemaking.

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Environmental Perspectives

Environmental Science

In general, environmental data are organized according to media, such as air or groundwater, analytical fraction, such as VOCs, and sampling round, such as 2014 data. For example, 2010 soil data are likely to still represent conditions whereas 2010 groundwater data may not. Clean Water Act. The Clean Air Act.

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Shell’s reckless divestment from Niger Delta

Corp Watch

Royal Dutch Shell: Overview of Controversial Business Practices in 2009 (SOMO, May7 2010). PERI Pollution Indexes Based on United States Environmental Protection Agency data ranking the top 100 worst polluters. References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m Risky Business: The New Shell by WWF-UK (2005).