Law Columbia
JANUARY 25, 2022
The case concerns the scope of the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from existing fossil fuel power plants under Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act (CAA).
Legal Planet
DECEMBER 6, 2021
The Clean Power Plan (CPP) was the Obama Administration’s signature climate effort. This 2015 regulation aimed to move state power grids away from coal and toward renewable energy. Even without the Clean Power Plan, carbon emissions from power generators fell about 15% from the 2015 level.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 20, 2023
Multiple lines of analysis make clear that regardless of how cheap wind and solar power get, without directly addressing pollution from coal and gas plants, the country’s clean energy transition will not happen fast enough. Section 111 of the Clean Air Act constrains how EPA sets standards—but gives states wide latitude in implementation.
PA Environment Daily
NOVEMBER 17, 2022
On November 17, Erie Coke Corporation, along with a corporate officer, have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on among other charges, Violation of the Clean Air Act, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today. The eight-count Indictment, returned on Nov. The eight-count Indictment, returned on Nov.
Law and Environment
NOVEMBER 1, 2021
On the other hand, government regulation is about making hard choices – and the structure of the Clean Air Act leaves us without a mechanism to make those hard choices. Otherwise, the phrase “adequate margin of safety” would have little meaning. The NAAQS-setting process is supposed to be purely scientific.
Real Climate
APRIL 2, 2021
and European Clean Air Acts and Amendments of the 1970s ( Mann and Emanuel 2006 ; Dunstone et al. 2015 ) are not clearly supported. 737-738, 2015. 2013 ; Sobel et al. 2016 ), a reduction of Saharan dust concentration since the 1970s ( Evan et al. 2009 ), a quiescent period of volcanic eruptions ( Mann et al.
Clean Energy Law
JULY 16, 2019
CCR Rule Damage Cases: EPA also reviewed the CCR damage cases evaluated for the agency’s 2015 CCR Rule. EPA explained that “[i]n any cases where releases might occur, the 2015 CCR Rule includes both closure and corrective action provisions that could be used to remedy those releases.”. What’s Next?
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