Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Filtration : Removing solid waste and material from water in the process of wastewater treatment. Fossil fuel : Any mineralized formerly organic material extracted from the ground and used in energy production: coal, natural gas, oil. 10 years later, the act was modified to include toxic pollutants and funded sewage.

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Government Law Waste Clean Air Act 52

Vermont Law

DECEMBER 24, 2024

A Brief History of Federal Superfund Legislation In 1980, Congress enacted The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), more commonly known as Superfund. The Climate Change Superfund Act (S.02129) United States allowed Guam to proceed with a cost-recovery claim against the U.S.

Climate Change 40

Climate Change Fossil Fuels Clean Water Act 2002 40

Vermont Law

DECEMBER 24, 2024

In 2017, several groups filed suit against the EPA for promulgating a rule to exempt CAFOs emissions from reporting requirements under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) and the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA).

Clean Air Act 40

Clean Air Act Carbon Dioxide Atmosphere Clean Water Act 40

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 26, 2025

laws, including: the Clean Air Act; the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) also known as Superfund; the Clean Water Act; the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA); the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA); and the Safe Water Drinking Act.

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Toxic Substances Control Act Clean Air Act 2016 Environmental Protection 159

Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

The federal district court for the Northern District of California denied Oakland’s and San Francisco’s motions to remand their climate change public nuisance lawsuits against five major fossil fuel producers to state court. Based Fossil Fuel Companies Filed Motions to Dismiss New York City’s Climate Change Lawsuit.

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2018 Clean Air Act Climate Change 2017 40

Vermont Law

DECEMBER 19, 2016

At a recent victory tour rally in West Allis, Wisconsin President-elect Trump succinctly stated his energy policy: “On energy we will cancel the restrictions on the destruction of American energy, including shale, natural gas and clean beautiful coal.”. [1]. into the atmosphere each year, with no end in sight.

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2016 Climate Change Fossil Fuels Clean Air Act 40