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In a case that could open the door to more citizen suits to enforce mobile source provisions of the CleanAirAct—a category of enforcement actions that has so far failed to gain much traction—the 10 th Circuit Court of Appeals recently issued an opinion broadly upholding a non-profit organization’s standing.
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It describes fluctuations between the sealevel atmospheric pressure from the areas known as the Azores High and the Icelandic Low although these are not set in stone (8). Cutting down tree canopies without replacing it passively increases climate change by the simple fact that trees and other vegetation are carbon sinks (15).
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Circuit’s January opinion vacating EPA’s repeal and replacement of the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan regulations for controlling carbonemissions from existing power plants. The states asserted counts under the Administrative Procedure Act and of ultra vires action. 66,496 (Dec. 15,2 2009).
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