Legal Planet

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Dairy digesters feature prominently in CARB’s 2022 Scoping Plan, California’s sector-by-sector roadmap toward carbon neutrality, as a significant source of emissions reductions. In the United States, we already have a model for regulating emissions under the Clean Air Act.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 30, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency to limit greenhouse gas emissions from power plants under the Clean Air Act. Today’s decision does not change how we must respond to climate change: boldly, quickly, and with love for our neighbors. Supreme Court released its decision on West Virginia V.

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MGKF Law

JUNE 30, 2022

S. _ (2022). The major questions doctrine requires that a federal agency have “clear congressional authorization” when acting on issues of great “economic and political significance.” citing Utility Air Regulatory Group v. EPA 597 U. ” Id. EPA , 573 U.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 21, 2024

At the same time, to avoid repeats of prior destructive stop-start policy lapses while simultaneously signaling a long-term incentive off-ramp, policymakers scheduled the tax credit to begin phasing out for resources coming online in 2033 or after power sector emissions are below 25% of 2022 levels, whichever is later.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 8, 2023

The Sabin Center for Climate Change Law and Environmental Defense Fund have just launched IRAtracker.org. Source: iratracker.org The IRA is this country’s largest climate investment to date. For example, by selecting “EPA” on the database homepage, users can see a list of the IRA programs EPA is responsible for implementing.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 18, 2024

In late December, the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released proposed regulations for the Section 45V Clean Hydrogen Production Tax Credit. The tax credit, passed as part of 2022’s Inflation Reduction Act, provides a generous incentive for the production of clean hydrogen.

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Clean Energy Law

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The California Attorney General, the California Air Resources Board (CARB), and a group of environmental NGOs intervened in defense of Rule 2305. In October and November 2022, CTA and A4A filed motions for summary judgment and the District and defendant-intervenors filed oppositions in December 2022.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 3, 2024

There are several federal programs with funding available to target medium and heavy-duty ZEV transition, including: The Commercial Clean Vehicle Credit (45W) under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) assists fleets by defraying upfront costs associated with purchasing a clean vehicle, a tax credit of up to $40,000 per vehicle.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 30, 2025

.] -- The Allegheny Front: Advice From A Youth Climate Organizer; Preview Of Pittsburgh Youth Climate Summit -- StateCollege.com Guest Essay: Youth Know The Direction America Should Take - Im Listening - By Peter Buck, Director of Education At Penn State Sustainability -- Criminal Convictions; Record Penalties, Restitution Of Over $158.3

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 21, 2022

The discussion of technologies and measures in this paper may also provide context for permit development under the prevention of significant deterioration (PSD) program of the Clean Air Act, including in the assessment of the best available control technology (BACT) for GHG emissions from stationary combustion turbines.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 29, 2023

Steel Edgar Thomson Steel Plant Air Pollution Violations $1.5 Million Penalty, Settlement With Genesee & Wyoming Railroad Over Clean Air Act Violations [PaEN] -- TribLive: Allegheny County Health Dept. Steel Edgar Thomson Steel Plant Consent Decree Explained -- EPA Announces $1.35 Hits Contractors With $1.1

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 9, 2023

Steele, Environmental Health Project -- EPA/DOE To Provide More Than $1 Billion To Reduce Methane Emissions From Oil & Gas Sector -- Erie Times: Erie Coke (Coal) Plant Finally Gets Lawyers In Federal Clean Air Act Criminal Case -- Public News Service: PA Groups Support New EPA Carbon Pollution Standards For Coal, Gas Plants -- Feature: Comparing (..)

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 10, 2024

Million Agriculture Innovation Program -- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Blog: Our Streams In Winter - A Look Into The Challenges And Resilience Of Our Waterways Through The Season -- Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: Will Climate Change Add More Nutrient Pollution To Chesapeake Bay?

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Law Columbia

MARCH 14, 2024

These state-level “Climate Superfund” bills are modeled on the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), commonly known as Superfund, which imposes liability on multiple parties, including the generators of waste, for the cleanup of contaminated sites.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Of Justice Indicts Erie Coke (Coal) And Corporate Officer For Violating Federal Clean Air Act Over 4 Years [PaEN] -- Erie Times: Erie Coke (Coal), Ex-Plant Chief Indicted On Charges Of Violating Federal Clean Air Act -- Pittsburgh's Group Against Smog & Pollution Hosts Dec.

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SPR Law

JULY 15, 2022

On June 30, 2022, the U.S. The majority for the Court held that EPA’s “generation shifting” objectives found in the Obama Administration’s Clean Power Plan fell outside the meaning of the “best… The post SCOTUS Invokes Major Questions Doctrine to Restrict EPA Regulation of Greenhouse Gases appeared first on Sive Paget Riesel.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 2, 2023

Still, the fact that this draft rule follows the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (“IRA”) has enabled the EPA to be relatively stringent. The Clean Air Act requires that the EPA’s emission limits be based on the best system of emission reduction adequately demonstrated and accounting for cost , among other things.

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Law and Environment

AUGUST 17, 2023

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed a set of new rules intended to create a consistent, comparable, and reliable source of information regarding climate change impacts and sustainability efforts to inform and protect investors while facilitating further innovation in this evolving area. Background.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 9, 2025

The 250 mg/l limit of chlorides in groundwater contamination limit DEP established for the Moody study is significant because a Penn State study released in May 2022 found water runoff from conventional oil and gas wastewater dumping on dirt and gravel roads contained from 7,550 to 10,000 mg/l of chlorides. Read more here - page 50.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

4 - Repurposing Underutilized Lands For Energy - Marginal Farmlands, Abandoned Mine Sites, Brownfields [PaEN] -- EPA Awards $34 Million In Grants To Reduce Air Pollution At Schools; Highlights Efforts In Philadelphia [PaEN] -- DEP Awards $18.9 Million To 126 Municipalities To Support Local Recycling Programs [PaEN] -- DEP To Hold Nov.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 12, 2025

Methane Emissions EPA announced it would reconsider regulations for the oil and gas industry under Section 111 of the Clean Air Act and Subpart W of the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program. EPA also announced it would reconsider risk management rules that cover oil and natural gas refineries and chemical facilities.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 21, 2023

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 (IIJA) and the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) represent a radical change in federal climate policy. These changes come at a crucial time for the fight against climate change. Infrastructure to Meet Climate Goals —on Wednesday, April 12.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 6, 2021

When fully implemented, the Clean Power Plan was intended to cut carbon emissions 30% below the 2005 level by 2030. Compliance was set to begin in 2022, ramping up toward 2030 emission reduction goals. Coal is the worst culprit from the perspective of climate change. None of that has happened.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

DEP Announce $5.275 Million In Penalties, Plus $1.4 Million In Abandoned Well Plugging Funding Against Shale Gas Drilling Companies-- XTO Energy, Inc., DEP Announce $5.275 Million In Penalties, Plus $1.4 Million In Abandoned Well Plugging Funding Against Shale Gas Drilling Companies-- XTO Energy, Inc.,

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Law and Environment

JANUARY 12, 2023

In the interim, the industry can take voluntary steps to address these issues and build support for CDR as a central pillar of the technological solutions to climate change. Background: Carbon Dioxide Removal. A handful of regulatory schemes govern CDR, focused mainly on reporting in the geological sequestration context.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 12, 2024

In 1966, vehicles were responsible for nearly 60 percent of the 146 million tons of pollutants discharged into the air across the United States. At the end of 2022, there were more than 283 million. The fact is there are a lot more cars on the road than when you were a kid. In 1960, there were 61.6 That’s not healthy.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2023

"Natural gas pipelines are ubiquitous in our neighborhoods, cities, parks and rural communities and pipeline leaks are both safety risks, and a source of methane pollution that accelerates climate change,” said Erin Murphy, Senior Attorney for Environmental Defense Fund. 27 Released 1.1

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 22, 2023

States and local air quality regulators have the legal authority to set particulate matter (PM), ozone, and nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions standards and adopt regulations for these pollutants when they are already in attainment of the national ambient air quality standards ( NAAQS ) set by the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 30, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency's ability to reduce carbon pollution from existing power plants under the federal Clean Air Act. EPA does have authority to regulate carbon dioxide as a pollutant under the federal Clean Air Act and the Court’s ruling did not address that existing authority. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

. -- PA Forestry Assn. 138th Annual Symposium - What Makes A Healthy Forest; Awards Program Nov. 16 In State College [PaEN] -- Western PA Conservancy: Dec. 4 Webinar: Our Work Helps The Allegheny River Thrive -- Penn State Extension Hosts Dec. 12 On Oil & Gas Methane Emissions Reductions; Hydrogen Hubs [PaEN] -- DEP To Hold Nov. 26 to Nov.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Framework Convention On Climate Change (COP27) -- Inquirer Guest Essay: Here’s What Pennsylvania Can Learn From A World Climate Meeting -- Penn State: Can Low-Grade Geothermal Energy Be Recovered From Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells? -- U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 30, 2022

It agreed with settled science that carbon dioxide from the combustion of fossil fuels is the major source of greenhouse gases, and that climate change is real.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 8, 2024

in 2022 References: Gigantic sleaze scandal winds up as former Elf oil chiefs are jailed - Total to pay $15 mln to settle US false claims case Six Texas Oil Refineries Are Among the Nation’s Worst Benzene Polluters, Data Shows Total to pay $2.9 Yet in 2021, it was the second largest emitter of benzene, releasing 15.82 Total to pay $2.9

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

in 2022 References: Gigantic sleaze scandal winds up as former Elf oil chiefs are jailed - Total to pay $15 mln to settle US false claims case Six Texas Oil Refineries Are Among the Nation’s Worst Benzene Polluters, Data Shows Total to pay $2.9 Yet in 2021, it was the second largest emitter of benzene, releasing 15.82 Total to pay $2.9

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 2, 2024

in 2022 References: Gigantic sleaze scandal winds up as former Elf oil chiefs are jailed - Total to pay $15 mln to settle US false claims case Six Texas Oil Refineries Are Among the Nation’s Worst Benzene Polluters, Data Shows Total to pay $2.9 Yet in 2021, it was the second largest emitter of benzene, releasing 15.82 Total to pay $2.9

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Corp Watch

DECEMBER 14, 2023

in 2022 References: Gigantic sleaze scandal winds up as former Elf oil chiefs are jailed - Total to pay $15 mln to settle US false claims case Six Texas Oil Refineries Are Among the Nation’s Worst Benzene Polluters, Data Shows Total to pay $2.9 Yet in 2021, it was the second largest emitter of benzene, releasing 15.82 Total to pay $2.9

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

in 2022 References: Gigantic sleaze scandal winds up as former Elf oil chiefs are jailed - Total to pay $15 mln to settle US false claims case Six Texas Oil Refineries Are Among the Nation’s Worst Benzene Polluters, Data Shows Total to pay $2.9 Yet in 2021, it was the second largest emitter of benzene, releasing 15.82 Total to pay $2.9

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