Legal Planet
NOVEMBER 15, 2021
The decision at the Glasgow climate conference to phase down fossil fuels is an important step forward — and not just because of climate change. We think of fossil fuels as a source of climate change, but that’s only a one part of the problem. Fossil fuels are a case in point. Consider coal.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JULY 1, 2024
For example, regulations under the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act, which often rely on broad and ambiguous statutory mandates, are now vulnerable to unfavorable rulings at the hand of activist judges. This could hinder efforts to implement climate policies at the federal level.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
OCTOBER 17, 2024
It is mind- bog -gling, syllable pun intended, that scientists still do not know how many wetlands lost protection in last year’s crippling of the Clean Water Act by the Supreme Court. Alito famously said that carbon dioxide from fossil fuel burning, a key contributor to global warming, is not a pollutant.
Circle of Blue
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
Funded by the Erb Family Foundation and the Joyce Foundation, the project comes on the 50 th anniversary of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, a high point of environmental diplomacy, and the U.S. Clean Water Act, a pivotal piece of American environmental law. Once Cleared Harmful Blooms. did it once before. .
Circle of Blue
JANUARY 26, 2023
This is the first story in a series of reports from the Great Lakes News Collaborative that will investigate contemporary water pollution challenges in the Great Lakes region. You can think of chloride as a permanent pollutant in the water,” said Christe Alwin of the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy.
Law and Environment
SEPTEMBER 12, 2022
However, the reforms will apply equally to fossil fuel projects, essentially giving oil and gas project developers a fast track. The NRDC recently tweeted encouraging people to attend a protest of the reforms being hosted by People vs. Fossil Fuels.
PA Environment Daily
APRIL 4, 2025
"While IRGs proposal appealed to people unfamiliar with this dirty process, in reality, it would just create another facility encouraging our societal addiction to plastic and leading to more burning of fossil fuels. In Pennsylvania, like in the rest of the country, plastic pollution is a major problem.
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