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Youngkin says he will take Virginia out of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative to save ratepayers money – The Washington Post. House votes to ‘disapprove’ of entering Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, defying Gov. EPA – Proposed Consent Decree, CleanAirAct Citizen Suit. Wolf – The Philadelphia Inquirer.
James successfully sued to subject Formosa to an environmental review over the 800 tons of toxic air pollutants as well as the 13.6 million tons of greenhouse gases that the project is expected to emit annually. Organizations such as EarthJustice and Rise St. USA: Formosa Plastics Corp., Texas, and Formosa Plastics Corp.,
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Anchorman Frank Blair reported that “a government scientist” had told colleagues at the American Geophysical Union that “over-pollution, unless checked, could so warm the earth in 200 years as to create a greenhouse effect, melting the Arctic ice cap and flooding vast areas of the world.”. Which brings us to this Earth Day.
But in this blog post, I unpack an aspect of the decision where I think it was more of a mixed bag: the court’s treatment of the international air pollution provision of the CleanAirAct, Section 115. The headline here is that the Second Circuit found that Section 115 authorizes the U.S. Alternatively, the U.S.
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Donald McEachin (D-VA), requires federal agencies to consider cumulative health impacts under the CleanWaterAct and CleanAirAct while making permitting decisions and creates a fund to assist communities and workers as they transition away from “greenhouse gas-dependent economies.”
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Army Corps of Engineers acted arbitrarily and capriciously when it concluded that the overall project was not a “major federal action” pursuant to NEPA. The court ruled that the plaintiffs were precluded from raising this argument because they did not raise greenhouse gas issues during the administrative process. Sierra Club v.
However, the world could avoid the more extreme scenarios in the report if governments sharply reduce carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions. This division s responsible for criminal and civil cases to enforce environmental laws, including the CleanAirAct and the CleanWaterAct.
Sean Casten (D-IL) ‘s Climate Risk Disclosure Act ( H.R. This bill requires publicly listed companies to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions and how climate change will impact their businesses to the Securities and Exchange Commission. EPA – Proposed Consent Decree, CleanAirAct Citizen Suit. Justice Dept.
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will halve its greenhouse gas emissions from 2005 levels. The Army Corps of Engineers is responsible for CleanWaterAct permitting, dams, aquatic ecosystem restoration projects and other issues. EPA – Proposed Consent Decree, CleanAirAct Citizen Suit. He signed it into law. Indianapolis Star.
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