Air Pollution Politics Regulations 
Legal Planet
MARCH 12, 2025
Heannounced 31 actions that will obliterate protections for cleaner air, cleaner water, and a more stable climate. And buried within the list of 31 is a huge bombshell: the “reconsideration” of EPA’s finding that greenhouse gases endanger public health and welfare under the Clean Air Act. Who will do the work?
Legal Planet
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
On November 8, the California Air Resources Board, or CARB, is slated to consider approving amendments to California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard. We progress despite regular cries of impending doom from regulated industries and their enablers. But it’s never easy. It’s what CARB must do again now.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
Another statistic, one that’s not so favorable: Laredo is among the top 20 locations for heightened cancer risk, thanks to a medical sterilization plant emitting a toxic pollutant that increases the risk of leukemia, particularly for children. Take Covid-19.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JULY 9, 2024
If governments bypass or undermine science and public comments in policy making, our health could be in jeopardy from increased pollution, cases of foodborne illnesses, politically-driven medicine approvals or disapprovals, and more. This is a major federal law that governs if a chemical will be regulated, limited, or even banned.
Legal Planet
AUGUST 18, 2022
One option, a tax on carbon dioxide emissions, gets the most attention but seems politically impossible. If a carbon tax were politically feasible, there would be a lot to be said in its favor. If a carbon tax were politically feasible, there would be a lot to be said in its favor. Americans just don’t buy the idea.
Legal Planet
AUGUST 22, 2023
States and local air quality regulators have the legal authority to set particulate matter (PM), ozone, and nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions standards and adopt regulations for these pollutants when they are already in attainment of the national ambient air quality standards ( NAAQS ) set by the U.S.
Legal Planet
OCTOBER 25, 2021
Cost-benefit analysis is required for all major regulations. However, since Ronald Reagan’s first days in office, Presidents have ordered agencies to make cost-benefit analysis for major regulations a major part of their decisions. Q: How does an agency determine the cost of a regulation? Those laws are a minority.
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