2017 Fossil Fuels Pollution Control 
Union of Concerned Scientists
MAY 21, 2025
are formed indirectly in the atmosphere from other toxic pollutants also emitted from tailpipes. percent of US CO 2 emissions , are all from fossil fuel combustion in our vehicles, with the vast majority coming from pick-up trucks, SUVs and cars. Internal combustion vehicles are largely to blame, since PM 2.5 Secondary PM 2.5
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 10, 2025
Trumps political appointeesmany with a record of science denial or close ties to the industries theyre supposed to be regulatingare threatening to stop enforcement and roll back rules on chemical safety, clean transportation, emissions standards, pollution control, and other important issues.
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Law Columbia
FEBRUARY 23, 2022
Starting in 2017, cities, counties, and states across the United States have filed claims (see here and here ) in state courts against fossil fuel companies seeking redress for the climate harms their products have caused. By Korey Silverman-Roati. Background. Many of these cases asserted nuisance and other tort law claims.
Circle of Blue
JULY 12, 2022
The Ohio EPA spars with federal agencies over pollution control in Lake Erie. Unusually wet conditions lifted the lake to record levels in 2017 and 2019, damaging property and critical infrastructure across the St. Steel invests $150 million in a fuel production plant in Minnesota’s Iron Range. Lawrence River basin.
Columbia Climate Law
NOVEMBER 9, 2017
3] “Congress believed that increased use of these sources of energy would reduce the demand for traditional fossil fuels,” and it recognized that electric utilities had traditionally been “reluctant to purchase power from, and to sell power to, the nontraditional facilities.” [4] U-18090, May 31, 2017 Order (Mich. Footnotes. [1]
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 11, 2024
As we now know, fossil fuel companies lied about it for decades to protect their profits. Now that there is a desperate need to slash global warming emissions worldwide to avoid the worst consequences of climate change, it is critical to rapidly phase out the use of all fossil fuels. What accounts for that?
Union of Concerned Scientists
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
While some who drive past these refineries don’t have to live near them or work in them, those who do can be harmed by the well-documented effects of refinery pollution on human health. The fossil fuel industry has systematically contaminated our environment with a wide range of toxic chemicals for over a century.
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