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California Must Not Abandon its Climate Leadership

Legal Planet

On November 8, the California Air Resources Board, or CARB, is slated to consider approving amendments to California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard. Meanwhile, CARB staff is proposing several amendments that will update the program without undermining its fundamental features.

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Making Fossil Fuels Pay for Their Damage

Legal Planet

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. 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. Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County (SWANC) v. Among other things, the Clean Air Act gives federal protection to wetlands. Illinois Central Railroad v. Army Corps of Engineers.

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Chesapeake Bay Journal: Proposed Encina Pyrolysis Chemical Plant To Break Down Plastic Waste Into Benzene, Toluene, Xylenes Proposed For Susquehanna River Shoreline In Northumberland County

PA Environment Daily

What we manufacture helps reduce waste, offsets the need to extract virgin resources and helps manufacturers achieve carbon reduction goals.” In order to divert political will from passing laws to reduce plastic use, they say chemical recycling is the solution. She also called the Encina project “greenwashing.” “The

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Shale Gas & Public Health Conference: Economically, Socially Deprived Areas In PA Have A Much Greater Chance Of Having Oil & Gas Waste Disposed In Their Communities

PA Environment Daily

In addition to this uptick in production, at the same time, we had a big increase in waste production. So actually about 98% of waste production from fracked wells is in the form of produced water. Where does this waste actually go? Are There Disproportionate Exposures From Waste? It has several different outlets.

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Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 11.23.23

PA Environment Daily

Pursue Your Constitutional Right To A Clean Environment In Pennsylvania House next voting day Dec. 11, 12, 13 -- Committee Schedule Senate next voting day Dec. to -25.7%) ] -- PUC: Proposed Settlement With PPL To Resolve Widespread Consumer Billing Issues, $1 Million Penalty -- MCall: PPL To Pay Fines, Forgive Costs Totaling $17.2

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Senate Appropriations Set To Consider $106.6 Million In Annual ‘Forever’ Taxpayer Subsidies For Use Of Natural Gas, Hydrogen

PA Environment Daily

Wolf, Senate, House Republicans Again Fail To Hold Conventional Oil & Gas Drillers Accountable For Protecting The Environment, Taxpayers On Hook For Billions [7.19.22] -- Conventional Oil & Gas Drillers Reported Spreading 977,671 Gallons Of Untreated Drilling Wastewater On PA Roads In 2021 [8.31.22] -- Penn State Study: Potential Pollution (..)