Climate Change Fossil Fuels Pollution Control 
Union of Concerned Scientists
JULY 31, 2023
Record-setting heat , heavy rains, and wildfires scientifically linked to climate change are causing devastating and costly harm to people and communities across the country. As the proposed rule currently stands, however, it fails to fully reckon with the costs and consequences of carbon pollution from fossil fuel-fired power plants.
Law Columbia
FEBRUARY 23, 2022
Starting in 2017, cities, counties, and states across the United States have filed claims (see here and here ) in state courts against fossil fuel companies seeking redress for the climate harms their products have caused. By Korey Silverman-Roati. Background. Many of these cases asserted nuisance and other tort law claims.
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Circle of Blue
OCTOBER 4, 2022
Climate change could hike the cost of maintaining Ontario ’s transportation infrastructure by over $1.5 We work together to produce news and information about the impact of climate change, pollution, and aging infrastructure on the Great Lakes and drinking water. Laura Gersony, Fresh Editor. billion annually.
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 20, 2023
Through the Clean Air Act , and as affirmed—and reaffirmed—through multiple legal sagas, EPA is statutorily obligated to address carbon pollution from fossil fuel-fired power plants. Indeed, EPA still retains the ability to set strong standards that curtail carbon pollution at the scale, speed, and rigor required.
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 3, 2025
Given that math, the carbon pollution from producing hydrogen would be twice the amount reduced via burning hydrogen. Some fossil fuel industry proponents have pitched coupling carbon capture and storage (CCS) with the methane reforming process to limit the resulting carbon pollution.
Circle of Blue
JULY 12, 2022
The Ohio EPA spars with federal agencies over pollution control in Lake Erie. Why it matters: Global climate change has made extreme rainfall events more likely across the Great Lakes region. Steel invests $150 million in a fuel production plant in Minnesota’s Iron Range. Find all the work here. Other News.
PA Environment Daily
JANUARY 11, 2022
Final Form Regulation 7-559 authorizes Pennsylvania’s participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) under the authority of the Air Pollution Control Act. Wolf has prioritized addressing climate change, one of the most important global challenges of our lifetime. Other Reactions: -- Republican Sen.
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