Physics World

OCTOBER 6, 2021

And how are they linked to wildfire, air pollution and other hazards? One key challenge is to quantify the different combinations of heat and humidity, then to link them with different health outcomes,” says Eunice Lo, a physicist-turned-climate scientist at the University of Bristol , UK. Where are they most likely?

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 7, 2022

A Judgment Awaits -- Environmental Health Project: Asthma And Air Pollution From Natural Gas Drilling/Facilities [PaEN] -- Evangelical Environmental Network Opposes House Resolution Disapproving Of Final Reg.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 23, 2023

Can We Expect More?

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 2, 2023

Note: In December, 2022, DEP finalized regulations reducing volatile organic compounds and methane from existing conventional and unconventional oil and gas facilities. Note: In December, 2022, DEP finalized regulations reducing volatile organic compounds and methane from existing conventional and unconventional oil and gas facilities.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 29, 2022

Republicans said the final regulations will increase the cost of electricity for individuals and businesses, have a negative impact on jobs and will not significantly reduce carbon pollution. It needs to be an informed decision with equal input from climate scientists and economists.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well Permit -- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Jan. 27 to Feb. 9 - More Abandoned Conventional, Shale Gas Wells; Spills, Venting Gas, Contaminated Water Supplies [PaEN] -- PA Utility Law Project, Public Citizen Host Feb.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 17, 2024

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in several cases that could severely hamper agencies’ ability to regulate based on evidence and expertise. This Court began eroding agencies’ ability to regulate based on the best available evidence with its West Virginia v. EPA decision in 2022. Now, it could go further.

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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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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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Legal Planet

APRIL 15, 2025

The news that started leaking last Friday is that the Trump administration wants to break up the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and essentially end NOAAs climate work by abolishing its primary research office and forcing the agency to instead help boost U.S.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

Federal Court Dismissed Challenge to Executive Order on Reducing Regulation. The court stated: “Any injury allegedly stemming from the prospect that the Executive Order has delayed the issuance of unspecified regulations relating to a broadly defined area of concern is too abstract and speculative to support standing.” Trump , No.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 19, 2022

When the Obama administration attempted to implement the Clean Power Plan , it said that the new standards would fight climate change, create tens of thousands of jobs in renewable energy and avoid up to 3,600 premature deaths from soot and smog. He emphasized that “The harms associated with climate change are serious and well recognized.”.

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Science Blogs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

A few general resources: Sidelining Science Since Day One: How the Trump administration has harmed public health and safety in its first six months by The Union of Concerned Scientists I Heart Climate Scientists. . pulling out of the Paris climate deal may make China great again. Trump regulators trigger pollution fight.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 4, 2021

The court rejected Berkeley’s jurisdictional grounds for dismissal (standing and ripeness) but found that the association failed to demonstrate that EPCA expressly preempted Berkeley’s ordinance because the ordinance “does not directly regulate either energy use or energy efficiency of covered appliances.” Energy Policy Advocates v.

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