Clean Water Act Greenhouse Ozone 
Union of Concerned Scientists
JULY 9, 2024
Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) were developed to replace a type of chemical that impacted the ozone layer in our upper atmosphere, but these replacements are potent greenhouse gases. Phasedown of hydrofluorocarbons There are several rules that inform and facilitate the phasedown of hydrofluorocarbons.
Union of Concerned Scientists
SEPTEMBER 30, 2024
However, since major US environmental laws are enacted to protect the air, water, and land separately (i.e. the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act), as a result, EPA programs are often implemented narrowly, not holistically.
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Environmental Science
SEPTEMBER 7, 2018
For example, the ongoing debate over the impact of certain pesticides in agriculture , greenhouse gas emissions are often a battle between the science and industry's attempts to muddy the science and government lobbying to roll back legislation (2). Typically used in conjunction with “greenhouse gas” but some emissions are not GHGs.
Environmental Science
SEPTEMBER 14, 2018
The banning of DDT, the Clean Water Act, banning of shooting eagles, protected nest sites and targeted restoration programs means this majestic bird of prey has gone from just 500 at the low point to 70,000 today. Also, we know that the use of DDT also killed a great many more (30).
Law Columbia
SEPTEMBER 10, 2021
Circuit found that FERC failed to address the significance of a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulation that the petitioners argued required use of the social cost of carbon or another methodology to assess the impacts of the projects’ greenhouse gas emissions. Vecinos para el Bienestar de la Comunidad Costera v.
Union of Concerned Scientists
DECEMBER 12, 2023
The Cuyahoga fire, along with a major oil spill off the coast of Santa Barbara that same year, galvanized national attention and led to the first Earth Day, a slew of new air and water protection laws, and the creation of new federal departments to administer them, including the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ESA
JANUARY 31, 2022
Supreme Court to hear Clean Water Act case. White House: President Biden met with the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology after a meeting of the council, which focused on efforts to improve monitoring of greenhouse gas emissions and accelerate innovation in energy technology. Executive Branch.
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