2019, Carbon Emissions and Pollution Control - Environmental Professionals Connection

EPA’s Power Plant Carbon Rules Are Critical—and Complex. Here’s What to Know, and What to Watch.

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 20, 2023

A multi-decade legal history, including four Supreme Court decisions, has led to unimpeachable clarity on this one point: EPA has a statutory obligation to regulate carbon emissions from power plants under Section 111 of the Clean Air Act. EPA ruling, EPA can still establish rigorous carbon emissions standards.

Clean Air Act

Clean Air Act Fossil Fuels Carbon Emissions Clean Energy

French company to coordinate carbon capture project in Brazil

Corp Watch

MARCH 8, 2024

Oil giant Total is being sued by cities and NGOs for not fighting climate change hard enough Francois de Beaupuy | Fortune | January 28, 2020 Oil giant Total SA is being sued by 14 local governments and a handful of non-governmental organizations in France for not doing enough to reduce its carbon emissions and fight global warming.

2013

2013 2007 Fossil Fuels Government

Oil Giant's AFCON Sponsorship Denounced as Plot to Set Off Carbon Bombs Across Africa

Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

Oil giant Total is being sued by cities and NGOs for not fighting climate change hard enough Francois de Beaupuy | Fortune | January 28, 2020 Oil giant Total SA is being sued by 14 local governments and a handful of non-governmental organizations in France for not doing enough to reduce its carbon emissions and fight global warming.

2013

2013 2007 Fossil Fuels Government

Court orders 42 Ugandan families evicted to make way for oil project

Corp Watch

JANUARY 2, 2024

Oil giant Total is being sued by cities and NGOs for not fighting climate change hard enough Francois de Beaupuy | Fortune | January 28, 2020 Oil giant Total SA is being sued by 14 local governments and a handful of non-governmental organizations in France for not doing enough to reduce its carbon emissions and fight global warming.

2013

2013 2007 Fossil Fuels Government

Climate of fear: TotalEnergies implicated in repression of land and environmental defenders in East Africa

Corp Watch

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Oil giant Total is being sued by cities and NGOs for not fighting climate change hard enough Francois de Beaupuy | Fortune | January 28, 2020 Oil giant Total SA is being sued by 14 local governments and a handful of non-governmental organizations in France for not doing enough to reduce its carbon emissions and fight global warming.

2013

2013 2007 Fossil Fuels Government

Climate groups call for funding withdrawal of TotalEnergies’ Mozambique project

Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Oil giant Total is being sued by cities and NGOs for not fighting climate change hard enough Francois de Beaupuy | Fortune | January 28, 2020 Oil giant Total SA is being sued by 14 local governments and a handful of non-governmental organizations in France for not doing enough to reduce its carbon emissions and fight global warming.

2013

2013 2007 Natural Gas Fossil Fuels

South Africa gives go-ahead for TotalEnergies to drill offshore

Corp Watch

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Oil giant Total is being sued by cities and NGOs for not fighting climate change hard enough Francois de Beaupuy | Fortune | January 28, 2020 Oil giant Total SA is being sued by 14 local governments and a handful of non-governmental organizations in France for not doing enough to reduce its carbon emissions and fight global warming.

2013

2013 2007 Fossil Fuels Government

Green groups target TotalEnergies over Tanzania, Uganda projects

Corp Watch

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Oil giant Total is being sued by cities and NGOs for not fighting climate change hard enough Francois de Beaupuy | Fortune | January 28, 2020 Oil giant Total SA is being sued by 14 local governments and a handful of non-governmental organizations in France for not doing enough to reduce its carbon emissions and fight global warming.

2013

2013 2007 Fossil Fuels Government

Ask a Scientist: UCS Transportation Program Adds Equitable Mobility to its Portfolio

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 12, 2024

In 1963, a typical car—which ran on leaded gasoline without pollution control devices— emitted 520 pounds of hydrocarbons, 1,700 pounds of carbon monoxide, and 90 pounds of nitrogen oxide every 10,000 miles traveled. More than 20,000 Americans died prematurely in 2015 from tailpipe emissions, according to a 2019 study.

Nitrogen Oxides

Nitrogen Oxides Carbon Monoxide Electricity Law

Gov. Wolf Vetoes Resolution That Would Kill Carbon Pollution Reduction Program For Power Plants; General Assembly Failed To Act Within Statutory Deadlines

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 11, 2022

Tom Wolf vetoed and disapproved Senate Concurrent Regulatory Review Resolution 1, which would have disabled the Commonwealth’s opportunity to enter the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) and effectively achieve climate goals and reduce carbon emissions. Participating in RGGI would help toward achieving these goals.

Fossil Fuels

Fossil Fuels Greenhouse Air Pollution Carbon Emissions

November 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

A day after the court’s decision, BLM published a proposed rule to temporarily suspend or delay certain requirements until January 17, 2019. In addition, the company filed an appeal with the Washington State Pollution Control Hearings Board. California v. Bureau of Land Management , Nos. 17-cv-03804-EDL, 17-cv-3885-EDL (N.D.

2017

2017 Clean Air Act Climate Change Clean Water Act

Policy News: November 22, 2021

ESA

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The pact recognizes that world’s countries would need to reduce global carbon emissions by 45% from 2010 levels by 2030 levels to limit warming to 1.5 BLM – Notice of Intent To Amend the Moab, Price, and Vernal Resource Management Plans and Prepare Environmental Assessments To Comply With the 2019 Dingell Act. degrees Celsius.

2021

2021 Conservation Endangered Species Act Climate Change

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EPA’s Power Plant Carbon Rules Are Critical—and Complex. Here’s What to Know, and What to Watch.

French company to coordinate carbon capture project in Brazil

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Oil Giant's AFCON Sponsorship Denounced as Plot to Set Off Carbon Bombs Across Africa

Court orders 42 Ugandan families evicted to make way for oil project

Climate of fear: TotalEnergies implicated in repression of land and environmental defenders in East Africa

Climate groups call for funding withdrawal of TotalEnergies’ Mozambique project

South Africa gives go-ahead for TotalEnergies to drill offshore

Green groups target TotalEnergies over Tanzania, Uganda projects

Ask a Scientist: UCS Transportation Program Adds Equitable Mobility to its Portfolio

Gov. Wolf Vetoes Resolution That Would Kill Carbon Pollution Reduction Program For Power Plants; General Assembly Failed To Act Within Statutory Deadlines

November 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Policy News: November 22, 2021

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