emissions

May 15, 2023

In a Choose Your Own Adventure – Approach, EPA Proposes Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for New and Existing Power Plants

Today, the US Environmental Protection Agency released its long-awaited proposal for New Source Performance Standards for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New, Modified, and Reconstructed Fossil Fuel-Fired Electric Generating Units; Emission Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Existing Fossil Fuel-Fired Electric Generating Units; and Repeal of the Affordable Clean Energy Rule (Proposed GHG Rule). This article… Continue reading

Greenhouse Gas

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May 17, 2018

EPA Air Chief Supports Draft House Bill Revising CAA ‘Modification’ Definition

Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) has introduced a discussion draft of a bill that proposes to revise the definition of “modification” in the Clean Air Act (CAA) to “clarify when a physical change in, or change in the method of operation of, a stationary source constitutes a modification or construction.” Continue reading

Air

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January 11, 2017

VW Agrees to $4.3 Billion Settlement of Diesel Emission Claims

On January 11, 2017, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Volkswagen AG (VW) has agreed to plead guilty to three criminal felony counts and pay a $2.8 billion criminal penalty for selling approximately 590,000 diesel vehicles in the U.S. that had installed defeat devices to cheat on emissions tests mandated by the Environmental Protection… Continue reading

Air, Consumer Law and Environment

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April 28, 2010

Carbon Disclosure Project Confirms That Current Greenhouse Gas Trends Will Not Meet Obama’s US Reduction Targets

According to the Carbon Disclosure Project, current greenhouse gas emissions from S&P 100 companies for the years 2007-2009 show that the US cannot achieve the 2020 target reductions recommended by President Obama in November 2009. At their current trajectory, US companies will produce a 3.66% absolute increase in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 and possibly… Continue reading

Air, Climate Change

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emissions

In a Choose Your Own Adventure – Approach, EPA Proposes Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for New and Existing Power Plants

EPA Air Chief Supports Draft House Bill Revising CAA ‘Modification’ Definition

VW Agrees to $4.3 Billion Settlement of Diesel Emission Claims

Carbon Disclosure Project Confirms That Current Greenhouse Gas Trends Will Not Meet Obama’s US Reduction Targets