Fossil Fuels Government Pollution Control 
Union of Concerned Scientists
FEBRUARY 2, 2024
In December, the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service proposed regulations governing implementation of the 45V Clean Hydrogen Production Tax Credit , passed as part of 2022’s Inflation Reduction Act. To defend against such negative outcomes, Treasury must explicitly prohibit pollution offsets within the 45V framework.
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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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
OCTOBER 4, 2022
The new law creates a permitting process for polluting companies to capture carbon dioxide emissions and store them in underground chambers. The move represents a lifeline for fossil fuel use in a decarbonizing energy grid. Wisconsin faces difficulty enforcing pollution control from small farms. Looking Ahead.
Legal Planet
JUNE 30, 2022
CT , the Supreme Court said this: We hold that the Clean Air Act and the EPA actions it authorizes displace any federal common law right to seek abatement of carbon-dioxide emissions from fossil-fuel fired power plants. at 528–529. That description of the holding in AEP v. Milo Minderbinder would be very pleased. Download as PDF.
PA Environment Daily
MARCH 28, 2025
Air Permits In Pennsylvania In Pennsylvania, the Department of Environmental Protection, Allegheny County and the City of Philadelphia administer the federal Clean Air Act permit program for the federal government, issue and enforce Air Quality Permit limits and requirements in the Commonwealth.
PA Environment Daily
MARCH 11, 2022
Global market forces, not our abundance of domestic fossil fuels, set the price of oil, gasoline and natural gas in the United States and the world. Just because you have an abundant supply of something, doesn’t mean you control demand or the price. A state cannot exempt itself from a federal law or regulation. Read more here.
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