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First and foremost, despite some fossilfuel interests swinging for the fossilfuel-favored fences, the Supreme Court’s decision in West Virginia v. First and foremost, despite some fossilfuel interests swinging for the fossilfuel-favored fences, the Supreme Court’s decision in West Virginia v.
My last post argued that EPA should immediately repeal the Obama Administration’s Clean Power Plan. It attempted to move away from fossilfuels and toward zero-carbon sources like solar power to supply electricity. The Clean Power Plan was based on section 111(d) of the CleanAirAct.
The majority 6–3 decision sharply curtails the EPA’s authority to set standards based on a broad range of flexible options to cut carbon emissions from the power sector—options such as replacing polluting fossilfuels with cheap and widely available wind and solar power coupled with battery storage.
That’s a far cry from just six years ago, when EVs were considered a niche technology (and the fossilfuel baron Charles Koch and his minions wanted to keep it that way). Today, the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) projects that 50 percent of US passenger car sales could very well be electric by 2030.
Despite the generous funding opportunities and holistic flexibilities baked into ACF, confusion around and misinformation about the rule may undermine this much-needed shift away from fossil-fueled trucks and buses. What is the total cost of ownership for ZEVs compared to diesel trucks?
By 2030, plastic production will contribute 1.3 On December 1, Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), Representative Jared Huffman (D-CA-02), Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), and Representative Alan Lowenthal (D-CA-47) introduced new legislation, the Protecting Communities from Plastic Act (S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had failed to fulfill its non-discretionary obligation under Section 321(a) of the CleanAirAct to conduct evaluations of loss or shifts in employment that might result from implementation of the CleanAirAct. Murray Energy Corp. McCarthy , No. 5:14 -cv-39 (N.D.
leader in cleaning up the light duty fleet quietly released its own proposal in August: the Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has proposed to improve fuel economy of passenger cars and trucks steadily from 2027 through 2032 and heavy-duty pickups and vans from 2030 to 2035.
Perhaps most importantly, this rule doesn’t even attempt to grapple with the question of how to eliminate emissions from trucks, focusing exclusively on fossil-fuel powered engines to the exclusion of electrification. And manufacturers have committed to up to 60 percent of their new truck sales in 2030 being electric.
USA: Coke, EPA to reach settlement in CleanAirAct ammonia violation charges Shane O'Halloran | Food Engineering Mag | March 19, 2014 EPA alleged 27 violations at a Minute Maid juice processing facility in Michigan. Water supply in several parts of Sri Lanka including its commercial capital Colombo had to be suspended.
The Clean Power Plan was the Obama Administration’s rule regulating greenhouse gas emissions from fossilfuel-fired power plants, the nation’s largest stationary source of climate pollution. The rule was expected to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by approximately 30% by 2030.
In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. In the Niger River Delta, the company was responsible for an average of 2,976 spills a week between 1976 to 1991, on the land of the Ogoni people. References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m
Corporation Shell Plc (Royal Dutch Shell) Image Image Products Liquefied Natural Gas, Lubricants, Natural gas, Petrochemicals, Petroleum The Corrib gas project of Royal Dutch Shell - Photo Credit William Murphy Summary Royal Dutch Shell is a fossilfuel exploration company. References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m
Corporation Shell Plc (Royal Dutch Shell) Image Image Products Liquefied Natural Gas, Lubricants, Natural gas, Petrochemicals, Petroleum The Corrib gas project of Royal Dutch Shell - Photo Credit William Murphy Summary Royal Dutch Shell is a fossilfuel exploration company. References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m
Corporation Shell Plc (Royal Dutch Shell) Image Image Products Liquefied Natural Gas, Lubricants, Natural gas, Petrochemicals, Petroleum The Corrib gas project of Royal Dutch Shell - Photo Credit William Murphy Summary Royal Dutch Shell is a fossilfuel exploration company. References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m
In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. In the Niger River Delta, the company was responsible for an average of 2,976 spills a week between 1976 to 1991, on the land of the Ogoni people. References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m
In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. In the Niger River Delta, the company was responsible for an average of 2,976 spills a week between 1976 to 1991, on the land of the Ogoni people. References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m
Corporation Shell Plc (Royal Dutch Shell) Image Image Products Liquefied Natural Gas, Lubricants, Natural gas, Petrochemicals, Petroleum The Corrib gas project of Royal Dutch Shell - Photo Credit William Murphy Summary Royal Dutch Shell is a fossilfuel exploration company. References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m
The agency estimates that in 2030, the proposal would reduce methane from covered sources by 87 percent below 2005 levels. Oil and natural gas operations are also significant sources of other health-harming air pollutants, including smog-forming volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and toxic air pollutants such as benzene.
Here, we still want to cut global warming emissions by replacing polluting cars with clean vehicles and ramping up renewable energy to phase out fossilfuel powerplants. We could take advantage of Wyoming wind and Nevada solar so California could more quickly shut down fossil-fuel powerplants.
Attorneys general (AGs) in the five states most vulnerable to climate change, however, are doing the exact opposite: Instead of defending their constituents, they are defending the fossilfuel industry. Moody also jumped in head-first to protect the fossilfuel industry.
EPA as a decision depriving EPA of an important tool to address climate change under the CleanAirAct. First Court did not eliminate the Agency’s ability to require greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions reductions under section 111 or any other section of the CleanAirAct. Posted on July 5, 2022 by Robert B.
The plaintiffs alleged that Peabody (and a number of other fossilfuel companies) caused greenhouse gas emissions that resulted in sea level rise and damage to their property. Murray Energy Sought Supreme Court Review of Fourth Circuit’s Dismissal of CleanAirAct Jobs Study Case. Foster , No. decision Sept.
The EPA is proposing a new standard for fossilfuel-fired power plants to avoid 617 million metric tons of carbon dioxide through 2042. So, EPA and the states have a shared responsibility to regulate “existing sources” — primarily power plants— under Section 111(d) of the CleanAirAct.
New Jersey Federal Court Remanded Hoboken’s Climate Case Against FossilFuel Companies to State Court. As a threshold matter, the court found that it would not be prudent to wait for federal courts of appeal to issue decisions in fossilfuel companies’ appeals of remand orders in other climate change cases.
EPA in defense of EPA’s authority to effectively regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the CleanAirAct. Our client is Tom Jorling, a former Senate staffer and EPA official who was directly involved in drafting the Act in 1970. (We The Clean Power Plan never went into effect.
The Washington Supreme Court concluded that the Washington CleanAirAct did not grant the Department of Ecology authority to regulate indirect greenhouse gas emissions of businesses and utilities whose products ultimately generate such emissions. Trump , No. 4:19-cv-00028 (D.
Those currently operating fossilfuel plants generate 25 percent of U.S. The report also found that 173 coal plants are scheduled to close by 2030—54 percent of the fleet—and another 55 by 2040. Meanwhile, between 2012 and 2022, installed wind and solar power more than tripled , according to American Clean Power.
World leaders have made several major commitments at the meeting to date: Almost 90 countries joined an agreement to cut their methane emissions by 30% by 2030 from 2020 levels. More than 100 countries pledged to halt deforestation by 2030. EPA – Proposed Consent Decree, CleanAirAct Citizen Suit.
3277 ) to codify a Trump administration regulation that limited states’ ability to block fossilfuel projects under the Clean Water Act. EPA – CleanAirAct Advisory Committee Meeting (Dec. EPA – Proposed Consent Decree, CleanAirAct Citizen Suit. Lands and Waters By 2030.
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 For the first time, the pact calls for a “phase down” the use of coal and fossilfuel subsidies. More than 100 countries pledged to halt deforestation by 2030.
fossilfuel production, according to lots of reporting based on budget documents. Meanwhile, EPA has posted a roster of nearly 50 coal-fired power plants that took the administrations offer on the Email us for a free pass on compliance with the CleanAirAct. Deep breath.
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