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The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) began regulating greenhouse gases (GHGs) under the Clean Air Act ("CAA" or "Act") from mobile and stationary sources of air pollution for the first time on January 2, 2011. Standards for mobile sources have been established pursuant to Section 202 of the CAA, and GHGs from stationary ...
Light Pollution in the United States is not federally regulated. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in charge of most environmental regulations, does not manage light pollution. [31] 18 states and one territory have implemented laws that regulate light pollution to some extent.
The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) are air pollution standards issued by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The standards, authorized by the Clean Air Act, are for pollutants not covered by the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) that may cause an increase in fatalities or in serious, irreversible, or incapacitating illness.
Since the EPA first started regulating clean air in the 1970s, emissions of the most common air pollutants have dropped by almost 80%. But around Houston, there's still a long way to go.
Air Quality Law (Air Pollution by Ozone) Regulations P.I. 530/2002; Air Quality Law (Amendment) Law 53(I)/2004; Air Quality Law (Annual Emission Ceilings for Certain Atmospheric Pollutants) Regulations P.I. 193/2004; Air Quality Law (Limit Values for Benzene and Carbon Monoxide in Ambient Air) Regulations P.I. 516/2002; Air Quality (Ozone in ...
The Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee was tasked in 2021 with reissuing recommendations. A 2022 report by the group said a majority of the members supported strengthening the air quality ...
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. [11]
(The Center Square) - The Environmental Protection Agency has issued a waiver to allow California and the twelve other states that have adopted its emissions standards to ban gas-powered cars in 2035.