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Groups Oppose Brampton Waste Incinerator Expansion and Demand Updates to Ontario Pollution Policy

Enviromental Defense

The Brampton facility owner recently completed a second Environmental Screening Report to get its proposal to expand annual waste burning capacity nearly four times to 900,000 tonnes per year rubber stamped by Queens Park. The expansion would mean a steep increase in highly toxic pollution linked to serious health problems.

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Making Fossil Fuels Pay for Their Damage

Legal Planet

A carbon tax could cover the economy without the need for scores of regulations tailored to each industry. It wouldn’t require placing bets on what zero carbon technologies will win out. It would provide an incentive for cutting carbon emissions, with the byproduct of cutting air pollution everywhere.

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Environmentalism and the Supreme Court

Legal Planet

The Court then held that greenhouse gases are covered by the Clean Air Act as a type of air pollutant. This gave EPA the power to impose limits on carbon emissions by vehicles and industry. Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County (SWANC) v. Illinois Central Railroad v. This case is a century older.

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How Green Tech Helps Create Sustainable Mobility in Cities

Earthava

However, one of its most pressing current challenges is reducing the carbon emissions from transportation, a sector that is one of the highest contributors to greenhouse gases. Moreover, electric vehicles don’t produce any harmful emissions, reducing the air pollutants in cities significantly.

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Ask A Scientist: What Energy Solutions to the Climate Crisis Are Within Reach?

Union of Concerned Scientists

One place to look is the power grid , responsible for a quarter of the United States’ carbon emissions. Further, the body of research on indoor air pollution continues to grow , showing more and more negative health impacts. But beyond more electric cars and solar panels, what can everyday people do?

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Tips for a More Sustainable Thanksgiving

Capaccio

When you buy local, you are helping to lower carbon emissions by minimizing the distance that your food has to travel. This means fewer trucks on the road, less air pollution, and a lower need for fossil fuel. Reduce Food Waste . You may even consider foregoing the dry cycle for air drying.

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House Environmental Committee Meets June 6 To Consider Bills On Environmental Impact Reports; Cryptocurrency Operations; Clean Hydrogen

PA Environment Daily

The legislation includes-- -- Impact Statements: House Bill 652 (Bullock-D-Philadelphia) requiring environmental impact reports on certain electric generation, waste management, sewage treatment and other facilities that are a major source of air pollution proposed in already burdened communities.