Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

The issue was whether state plans under the Clean Air Act only need to prevent violation of national air quality standards, or whether they must prevent deterioration in areas where the air is already cleaner than the standards. The ruling was a major boost to state renewable energy programs.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

This is defined as the ability or desire to sustain a resource at a certain level and based on three scientific principles: increased dependence on renewable energy, biodiversity, and chemical cycling. The Clean Air Act is an excellent example of this following the publication of Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring.

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Acoel

JULY 25, 2022

the Departments of Interior and Energy). For instance, executive orders could be issued to set goals for achieving economy-wide carbon neutrality by 2050, to establish targets for renewable energy use in state owned facilities, and to require the purchase of electric vehicles for state auto fleets.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 19, 2022

Outside of bird protection acts of the early 20 th century, protections for water, air and the atmosphere are a late 20 th -century development, created in the wake of Rachel Carson’s 1962 treatise on pesticides, Silent Spring.

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