Tag: Clean Air Act
US Justice Department sues Michigan to block climate change lawsuits
President Donald Trump’s administration is preemptively suing the state of Michigan to block climate change lawsuits against oil and gas companies.
How the Great Lakes region inspired the first Earth Day
On the heels of the anti-war protests that were taking 1960s college campuses by storm, Wisconsin Sen. Gaylord Nelson was inspired to use that same momentum to create a protest so large that it would create an environmental movement.
An estimated 20 million Americans gathered on what would become known as Earth Day, with thousands of college campuses and high schools across the country engaged in the action.
Don’t Worry, China Will Help Build US Offshore Wind Farms
An offshore wind service vessel built in a Chinese shipyard is on its way to the US, but what will it do once it gets there?
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Breathe Deep, America. Carbon Dioxide Is Good For You!
The EPA proposes to rescind all rules regulating the amount of carbon dioxide industry and utilities can dump into the atmosphere.
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US Agency Says Congress Can’t Repeal California’s 2035 ZEV Mandate
Under the Clean Air Act, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has historically granted California waivers to set stricter air pollution regulations on vehicles, power plants, and industry within its borders. That deal was reached decades ago so that California wouldn’t be dragged down by more lax federal regulations. Donald … [continued]
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