Legal Planet
OCTOBER 10, 2023
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.
Union of Concerned Scientists
SEPTEMBER 14, 2023
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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Law Columbia
DECEMBER 9, 2024
EPAs 2024 Vehicle Standards EPA derives its authority and mandate to promulgate rules regulating mobile sources like light- and medium-duty vehicles from Section 202 of the Clean Air Act. Since 2010, EPA has been regulating GHG emissions and other air pollutants from new motor vehicles.
Law Columbia
OCTOBER 25, 2017
First, new research has traced to just 90 fossil fuel firms the following percentages of anthropogenic carbon dioxide and methane emissions, global mean surface temperature (GMST), and global sea level rise (GSL): From 1880 to 2010: GHGs: 57% GMST: 42–50% GSL: 26–32%. From 1980 to 2010: GHGs: 43% GMST: 29–35% GSL: 11–14%.
Law Columbia
JUNE 27, 2024
The Energy Policy & Conservation Act (EPCA) preempts state and local laws and regulations “ relating to fuel economy standards or average fuel economy standards for automobiles.” The ACF implements a 2020 Executive Order that set a goal for 100 percent zero-emission drayage trucks in the state by 2035.
The Energy Law Blog
APRIL 7, 2010
497 (2007), the Supreme Court held that greenhouse gases are “pollutants” under the Clean Air Act but left open the specific question of whether greenhouse gases could be regulated under the PSD Program. On March 29, 2010, EPA announced its final decision regarding the reconsideration. EPA, 549 U.S.
Acoel
JUNE 29, 2022
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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