2022 Clean Air Act Politics 
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 20, 2023
Through the Clean Air Act , and as affirmed—and reaffirmed—through multiple legal sagas, EPA is statutorily obligated to address carbon pollution from fossil fuel-fired power plants. The Supreme Court clipped the agency’s wings in its 2022 West Virginia v. EPA decision, but it did not ground EPA.
Legal Planet
OCTOBER 26, 2023
What has not been abundant is the political will to enact these reforms, and CARB’s reluctance to initiate a rulemaking reflects this trend. 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.
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PA Environment Daily
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
“DEP’s job is to protect people and the environment from pollution, and increasing minimum setback distances from fracking sites should be an obvious next step to protect everyone in the Commonwealth regardless of one’s politics.” There is no evidence that shale gas development can be done without harm to human health,” said Alison L.
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. West Virginia v. EPA 597 U. ” Id. EPA , 573 U.
PA Environment Daily
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
Because these regulations are required under the Clean Air Act, failure to submit them in final form to U.S. EPA by December 16, 2022, will result in EPA imposing non-discretionary sanctions, and the federal government would thus withhold nearly $1 billion of transportation funding ? Read more here. Williams, Esq.,
PA Environment Daily
FEBRUARY 22, 2022
On February 22, PennFuture President and CEO Jacquelyn Bonomo announced her retirement, effective July 2022, after a 37-year career in environmental advocacy. Pennsylvania, like much of the world, is in the midst of historic social, political, and economic changes that are putting enormous stresses on our environmental resources and laws.
Law Columbia
MARCH 14, 2024
Under the CERCLA approach adopted by the Climate Superfund bills, large fossil fuel producers and refiners are held strictly liable for costs arising from their products’ GHG emissions, regardless of whether they are deemed to have acted improperly. No federal statutes explicitly preempt state Climate Superfund laws, and different U.S.
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