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EPA in defense of EPA’s authority to effectively regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the CleanAirAct. Our client is Tom Jorling, a former Senate staffer and EPA official who was directly involved in drafting the Act in 1970. (We The Clean Power Plan never went into effect.
of the CleanAirAct requires the Environmental Protection Agency to address this through emissions standards for air pollution from cars and trucks. ParisAgreement. with a major component of the agreement involving the reduction of emissions and better management in the energy sectors. 27 percent.
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