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In Massachusetts v. EPA, a group of states succeeded in compelling EPA to promulgate rules to regulate CO 2 emissions under the clean air act [9] States have spurred federal action by bringing suit against emitters directly, such as when California sued General Motors [10] and a number of states sued power companies, both over carbon emissions ...
In 2006 EPA promulgated regulations that would not require oil and gas facilities to obtain storm water runoff permits, if the runoff is "composed entirely of storm water", [15] which is defined as composed of "precipitation runoff" and "not contaminated by contact with or that has not come into contact with, any overburden, raw material ...
This was up from 18.4 billion gallons in 2016. Ethanol supporters and oil companies alike criticized this target. [9] On July 28, 2017, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals rejected the EPA's 2015 waivers. [10] On June 22, 2016, the EPA announced that it was considering changes to the enforcement of blending standards.
The Environmental Protection Agency just recently proposed new regulations for gasoline in the United States. The new rules would significantly reduce the sulfur, nitrogen oxide, and benzene ...
Section 202(a)(1) of the Clean Air Act requires the Administrator of the EPA to establish standards "applicable to the emission of any air pollutant from…new motor vehicles or new motor vehicle engines, which in [her] judgment cause, or contribute to, air pollution which may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health or welfare" (emphasis added). [3]
Oil and gas rights offshore are owned by either the state or federal government and leased to oil companies for development. The tidelands controversy involve the limits of state ownership. Although oil and gas laws vary by state, the laws regarding ownership prior to, at, and after extraction are nearly universal.
Between coal and gas plants, the EPA's new regulations are projected to eliminate 1.38 billion metric tons of carbon pollution through 2047, the same as preventing the annual emissions of 328 ...
The EPA updated regulations target six of the chemicals. EPA regulations applauded by advocates Rockland Water Coalition members — a conglomeration of environmental groups — have been ...