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Local Government Associations File Brief to the Supreme Court in Support of EPA’s Clean Air Act Authority

Law Columbia

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). In January 2021, the D.C. Read the brief here.

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Livestock Operations Are Responsible for Over Half of California’s Methane Emissions—Why Won’t CARB Regulate Them?

Legal Planet

To identify which fuels should be promoted, CARB calculates the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions from transportation fuels. In these “carbon intensity” calculations, CARB is not allowed to count reductions in greenhouse gas emissions that are already required by law. Agricultural operations are almost uniquely unregulated.

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West Virginia v. EPA Limits the Federal Government’s Power to Promote Clean Energy and Combat Climate Change

Law and Environment

EPA on Thursday, June 30, 2022, curbing the power of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants across the country. The decision focuses on EPA’s authority under a specific section of the Clean Air Act. What does this mean for clean energy projects?

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Should the official Atlantic hurricane season be lengthened?

Real Climate

But this also raises other questions: 1) Can we expect the season to continue to lengthen as global warming from increasing concentration of globally well mixed greenhouse gas (GWM-GHG) continues to warm the Atlantic SSTs? Emanuel 2021 ; Hall et al. 2021 ; Knutson et al. 57-70, 2021. 1321-1335, 2021. Zhang et al.

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Air District Targets Southern California Logistics Industry

Clean Energy Law

The Air Quality Management Plan (AQMP) is a regional blueprint prepared by the SCAQMD for achieving the standards. One of the most significant air quality challenges in the Basin is reducing emissions of the ozone precursor nitrogen oxides (NO x ) to meet the ozone standard attainment deadlines.

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D.C Circuit Court of Appeals Vacates Affordable Clean Energy Rule

Vorys Law

On January 19, 2021, the United States Court of Appeals for the D. EPA’s 2019 Affordable Clean Energy Rule (ACE Rule). The 2019 ACE Rule replaced the 2015 Clean Power Plan as a means of regulating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from power plants. Circuit issued an Order vacating U.S. The Court held that, while U.S.

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Protecting the Ocean Means Protecting Communities

Ocean Conservancy

billion tons of greenhouse gas emissions into our atmosphere—the equivalent of 300 coal-fired power plants—and these facilities are sited in predominantly low-income communities and communities of color. More plastic means more pollution—for the climate, coastal communities and our ocean. By 2030, plastic production will contribute 1.3

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