Legal Planet

MAY 11, 2023

Joe Manchin about holding up EPA nominations claiming “overreach” ) But this is not just about the political calculus of a president trying to make good on a climate pledge. So, EPA and the states have a shared responsibility to regulate “existing sources” — primarily power plants— under Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

establishing that heat-trapping emissions (or greenhouse gas emissions) are air pollutants covered by the Clean Air Act. The court further mandated that, under the Clean Air Act, the EPA must set protective standards for global warming pollutants if the agency found them to be harmful to human health and welfare.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 19, 2025

We share the concerns expressed by former EPA administrators who recently wrote that such cuts would render the agency incapable of protecting Americans from grave threats in our air, water and land. Another credible analysis found the benefits of the Clean Air Act exceeded its costs by more than 30 to one.

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Law Columbia

JULY 5, 2024

Before Friday, the Environmental Protection Agency had meaningful latitude to determine how to carry out its mandate under the Clean Air Act. If in 2025 Democrats hold the presidency and a majority in Congress, we may see an Inflation Reduction Act 2.0; if Trump wins, the regulatory vacuum will surely grow.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 9, 2025

Million People Are Impacted By General Oil & Gas Operations In Pennsylvania [PaEN] -- Liberty Energy, Range Resources Announce Support For Developing A Natural Gas Data Center Power Plant In Robinson Twp.,

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 2, 2024

I’m not including laws that simply incentivize clean energy or those that fund pure science, even though both are vitally important parts of climate policy. Climate first cropped up in the Clean Air Act of 1970. Next up was the Global Climate Protection Act of 1987 , which was signed by Ronald Reagan. .

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Law Columbia

MARCH 13, 2023

EPA , the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has regulated greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from motor vehicles under the Clean Air Act. While the Clean Air Act (CAA) has been amended multiple times since 1970, this basic requirement has remained untouched.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The majority said it “reluctantly” concluded that “the plaintiffs’ case must be made to the political branches or to the electorate at large” and “[t]hat the other branches may have abdicated their responsibility to remediate the problem does not confer on Article III courts, no matter how well-intentioned, the ability to step into their shoes.”

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

I learned this secret firsthand in the three years I just spent at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), first as Chief Counsel, then as Acting Administrator. The goal is to replace the most senior and influential senior federal staff with short term political loyalists. It’s true across agencies. To the contrary.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

establishing that heat-trapping emissions (or greenhouse gas emissions) are air pollutants covered by the Clean Air Act. The court further mandated that, under the Clean Air Act, the EPA must set protective standards for global warming pollutants if the agency found them to be harmful to human health and welfare.

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Arnold Porter

AUGUST 26, 2021

The bill also would establish a grant program under the Safe Drinking Water Act for assistance to community water systems affected by PFAS to pay for capital costs associated with treatment technologies. Maryland Enacted 2025 Ban on Cosmetic Products Containing Certain PFAS and Other Chemicals. The House bill ( H.R. N: 2021 Md.

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Beginning in January 2017, environmental policy disagreements between California and the federal government under President Trump quickly morphed into four years of outright legal and political warfare. Nor was it successful in stifling California’s own, multifaceted pollution control, climate change and public health initiatives.

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 24, 2025

The EO also refers to waivers granted to California under Section 209 of the Clean Air Act for its own Advanced Clean Cars II rule that aims to phase out new gas-powered vehicles by 2035. The EPA and NHTSA rulemakings are completed, as is Californias Section 209 waiver for Advanced Clean Cars II.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 24, 2024

This approach made sense because Congress intentionally writes fairly broad laws and leaves federal agencies, which are staffed by thousands of people with relevant expertise and are politically accountable to the public through the president, to craft regulations to implement them. CDC also recommends that people avoid drinking raw milk.

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ESA

APRIL 18, 2023

USFWS finalized the rule listing the species as an endangered species in late November 2022 and then delayed the rules’ effective date to March 31, 2023 after political pushback. EPA – Clean Air Act Advisory Committee Request for Nominations. Previously, the bat species was listed as a threatened species.

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Acoel

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Posted on February 4, 2025 by Jim Blackburn Today in the United States, there is no federal comprehensive statute addressing climate change. A global scientific and political consensus exists that we must achieve net zero emissions by 2050 if we are to have a chance at keeping global temperature increases below 2 degrees Centigrade.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

EPA reissued the proposed UCMR 5 on February 22, which was first issued during the Trump Administration and requires sample collection for 29 PFAS between 2023 and 2025. In addition, EPA requested nominations for the next CCL in 2018 but has not published the final. Biden Backed Congressional Action to Designate PFAS as Hazardous Substances.

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

When Donald Trump returns to the Oval Office in January 2025, his second presidency will have widespread implications for the energy industry, especially new investments, but not necessarily in the ways his supporters might expect. Negotiations on the 2025 tax bill will implicate many of the IRA’s provisions.

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ESA

APRIL 27, 2023

USFWS finalized the rule listing the species as an endangered species in late November 2022 and then delayed the rules’ effective date to March 31, 2023 after political pushback. EPA – Clean Air Act Advisory Committee Request for Nominations. Previously, the bat species was listed as a threatened species.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

The bill would amend Section 4 of TSCA to require EPA to issue a testing rule for all PFAS that would require manufacturers and processors of PFAS to develop information “likely to be useful in evaluating the hazard and risk posed by such substances in land, air, and water (including drinking water), as well as in products. 9, 2021).]]

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

’s climate policy: a finding under the Clean Air Act that greenhouse gases endanger public health and welfare. The Clean Air Act tasks EPA with regulating “pollutants” from numerous sources. And Project 2025 has the endangerment finding in its sights. First, some background.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

The policy details within each action roughly correspond with recommendations in Project 2025, the infamous policy agenda penned by figures from the first Trump administration and supported by several anti-climate organizations. But API is not just any trade association: It’s the largest oil and gas industry organization in the U.S.,

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