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FRESH, October 4, 2022: Carbon Dioxide Storage and Transport Emerges as Political Flashpoint

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Indiana regulates the underground storage of carbon dioxide. Wisconsin ’s environment agency once again begins drafting rules to limit PFAS pollution. . In central Illinois , residents are reluctant to make way for an underground carbon dioxide pipeline. CO2 STORAGE: Indiana Gov. Environmental Protection Agency.

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2021-2022 California Environmental Legislation: What’s Been Enacted?

Legal Planet

To meet these goals, the state is facilitating burgeoning carbon capture and sequestration (or storage) (CCS) technologies that capture carbon from point sources to store, as well as carbon dioxide removal (CDR), which removes carbon from the atmosphere. Ecological Conservation. A Few Notable Vetoes.

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Emerging Local Legal Pathways for Building Electrification: Air Pollution and Land Use Regulation in New York City & Brookline, Massachusetts

Law Columbia

2317, which would amend the City’s building code to limit greenhouse gas emissions from new and renovated buildings to 50 kilograms of carbon dioxide per million BTUs. The New York City bill also offers a useful model for using air pollution control authority to regulate building emissions.

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Biden’s Proposed Power Plant Rule is a Solid First Step

Legal Planet

Image via PickPik On May 23, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) proposed emission limits and guidelines for carbon dioxide from fossil fuel-powered plants. To avoid the same fate as the Obama Administration’s Clean Power Plan, which was struck down by the conservative Supreme Court in West Virginia v.

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U.S. Supreme Court Decision Did Not Affect EPA’s Ability To Regulate Carbon Dioxide As A Pollutant, Has No Impact On DEP's RGGI Power Plant Carbon Pollution Reduction Program

PA Environment Daily

EPA does have authority to regulate carbon dioxide as a pollutant under the federal Clean Air Act and the Court’s ruling did not address that existing authority. The Court ruled EPA did not have explicit Congressional authorization to adopt a rule to shift power generation toward renewable sources.

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EPA Finalizes Rule To Reduce Methane Emissions From Oil & Gas Infrastructure; DEP’s Oil & Gas Methane Regulations 1 Year Old

PA Environment Daily

Oil and natural gas operations are the nation’s largest industrial source of methane, a climate “super pollutant” that is many times more potent than carbon dioxide and is responsible for approximately one third of the warming from greenhouse gases occurring today. Read more here.]

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Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

PA Environment Daily

School Campus Could Save $10 Million -- Scranton Times: Renewable Natural Gas Plant Operator At Keystone Landfill Begins Test Drilling For Underground Carbon Dioxide Storage -- Protecting Clean Water Together: Starting To Think About The Garden? Of Environmental Professionals Inviting Presentation Proposals For Annual Conference Sept.