Sentences with phrase «air act sets»

The Ontario Ending Coal for Cleaner Air Act sets maximum fines for anyone who violates the ban and enshrines the health and environmental benefits of making coal - fired electricity illegal in law.

Proponents for the CSA argue that the Clean Air Act sets unachievable goals, especially for tropospheric ozone and nitrogen oxide pollution.

A Labor government would present another Clean Air Act setting out how we would handle air contamination.»

Other environmental laws like the Clean Air Act set the federal level of regulation as a minimum, not a maximum, for the states, says Rena Steinzor, a law professor at the University of Maryland.

Not exact matches

Despite the President's federal agenda, California — which has the largest automobile market in the country — can set its own standards thanks to a waiver in the Clean Air Act, which grants the state considerable influence over the auto industry, the Times reports.

What's more, it looks increasingly likely that the EPA will attempt to revoke the Clean Air Act waiver that allows California to set its own air quality standards (and thus its own fuel economy standardAir Act waiver that allows California to set its own air quality standards (and thus its own fuel economy standardair quality standards (and thus its own fuel economy standards).

She called for a new Clean Air Act and said Government must rewrite its Air Quality Strategy immediately, commit to removing the most polluting vehicles from the roads as soon as possible and set up a national network of Clean Air Zones.

This year, the governor set goals to ensure clean air and water that include the Clean Water Infrastructure Act, set to invest $ 2 billion in water infrastructure throughout the state.

State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman and 13 other attorneys general from various states and the District of Columbia filed on Thursday a notice to sue the federal agency to force it to comply with those requirements set by the Clean Air Act.

But any attempt to seriously undercut the Clean Air Act through budget riders would almost certainly be rejected by the president, setting the stage for a new round of budget showdowns.

With no chance of Congress enacting legislation to make these targets into actual U.S. law, the White House is depending on using existing authority under the Clean Air Act and other laws to set regulations in place on power plant emissions, heavy - duty vehicles and more.

In the Arctic, which acts as an air conditioner for the world but where some of the fastest climate - related changes are occurring, the countries agreed to set standards on shipping, fishing, and oil and gas exploration and development, and to base decisions on scientific evidence.

However, the Clean Air Act is not the ideal vehicle for cutting greenhouse gas emissions, Parenteau said, suggesting that pricing carbon would yield better and faster results than setting compliance targets for individual states.

Only polluters above 25,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent a year, regional cap and trade suspended until 2017, EPA to set stationary source performance standards in 2016, some Clean Air Act provisions excluded

The EPA sets standards for six principal air pollutants to meet its obligation under the Clean Air Act to protect the health of the American public, including vulnerable populations, by an adequate margin of safeair pollutants to meet its obligation under the Clean Air Act to protect the health of the American public, including vulnerable populations, by an adequate margin of safeAir Act to protect the health of the American public, including vulnerable populations, by an adequate margin of safety.

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EPA has positioned itself to determine the stringency of fuel economy standards, set climate policy for the nation, and even amend provisions of the Clean Air act — powers Congress never delegated to the agency.

The endangerment finding thus sets the stage for eco-litigation groups to transform the Clean Air Act into an economic suicide pact.

42 USC 7609, PL 91 - 604, Clean Air Act of 1970 This act set National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS), to protect public health and welfare, and New Source Performance Standards (NSPS), that strictly regulated emissions of a new source entering an arAct of 1970 This act set National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS), to protect public health and welfare, and New Source Performance Standards (NSPS), that strictly regulated emissions of a new source entering an aract set National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS), to protect public health and welfare, and New Source Performance Standards (NSPS), that strictly regulated emissions of a new source entering an area.

At the coalface, sophisticated five - link suspension systems lurk at both ends, acting as the core for a handling set - up that includes optional air suspension (as tested), optional four - wheel steering (as tested) and an optional sports suspension set - up atop the conventional fixed - rate dampers and steel springs.

The S7's standard adaptive air suspension delivers a smooth ride along with capable handling, a deft balancing act that once again sets this Audi apart.

It often seems that when someone has an ax to grind with a company, they simply set up a website designed to act as a sounding board to air their grievances against said company.

California has a legal right, under every version of the Clean Air Act past and present, to set their own pollution standards.

In December 2012, NRDC issued a report showing one way to make major reductions in carbon pollution at lower cost with bigger benefits than many would expect by using the Clean Air Act to set state - specific targets for carbon pollution limits.

This is why and how such an approach could work: Supreme Court Decision Sets Legal Precedent Since the 2007 ruling by the Supreme Court that carbon dioxide emissions are a pollutant subject to regulation by the EPA under the Clean Air Act, a legal precedent exists,

«In proposing endangerment without attaching regulations, the EPA recognizes that the framework of the Clean Air Act poses a unique set of legal and, ultimately, economic problems.»

This way, the EPA can set ghg emissions standards under the Clean Air Act and the NHTSA can establish Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, as amended by the Energy Independence and Security Act.

Under Section 111 (d) of the Clean Air Act, the EPA standards for greenhouse gas emissions from existing sources set reduction targets at 25 percent below 2005 levels by 2020 and 30 percent by 2030.

The Clean Air Act empowers the federal government to set tailpipe emissions standards, but a waiver granted to California allows the state to impose stricter air pollution standards than those set by the feAir Act empowers the federal government to set tailpipe emissions standards, but a waiver granted to California allows the state to impose stricter air pollution standards than those set by the feair pollution standards than those set by the feds.

After a scientific review required every five years by the federal Clean Air Act, the Obama EPA tightened the national smog standard in 2015 to 70 parts per billion, down from the 75 ppb limit set during the Bush administration.

Under the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act and other environmental laws, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has the responsibility and authority to set and enforce emissions limits for pollutants deemed harmful to human health and the environment.

One reasonably certain approach for getting there would be for the EPA to set a National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for carbon dioxide under Section 108 of the Clean Air Act, using the President's prior declaration of a carbon pollution emergency as the legal basis for invoking that particular section of the law.

But he added that as a plan B, the president is setting up a regulatory system that will allow the US to regulate greenhouse gases under the existing Clean Air Act.

The authority to set auto emission standards was initially granted to the federal government by the 1970 Clean Air Act (CAA).

Because the only statewide clean air laws that already existed were in California, and they were more stringent than the new federal legislation, the federal act gave waiver authority to California, allowing it to adopt tougher standards than those set nationally.

The lawsuit follows on the heels of a similar suit from nine states over the Bush administration's exemption of coal - fired plants from parts of the Clean Air Act, a move that set the stage for the creation of the cap - and - trade system.

The bill directs the EPA to set greenhouse gas standards under the Clean Air Act for new heavy - duty vehicles by the end of 2010 and for new marine vessels, locomotives, and aircraft by the end of 2012.

The act set up a structure for oil spill response (mostly, local fishermen trained to respond to oil spills by using air quality equipment, booms, and skimmers) and an Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, which can provide up to $ 1 billion worth of cleanup for any «oil liability incident.»

As discussed elsewhere, EPA has positioned itself to determine the stringency of fuel economy standards for the auto industry, set climate policy for the nation, and even amend provisions of the Clean Air act — powers Congress never delegated to the agency.

For example, Jason Burnett has argued that the EPA might have to use the performance - standards portions of the Clean Air Act, which would involve setting overall goals and working with states to meet those targets.

Usually when the EPA regulates pollutants under the Clean Air Act, the agency sets an emissions limit for each facility.

But assuming that Congress does not eliminate (save as part of a carbon - tax deal) EPA's greenhouse gas authority under the Clean Air Act - which would severely hinder future Democratic Administrations, as they would need to control both houses to restore it - the ability of a Trump Administration to set back U.S. climate progress is going to be limited.

The state has the ability to set its own greenhouse gas standards — not fuel efficiency standards — for vehicles under section 209 of the Clean Air Act and an EPA - granted waiver.

The bill preserves key Clean Air Act tools for sources not in the program, and it calls on EPA to continue setting tough emission standards to reduce global - warming pollution from cars and trucks.

Under the Clean Air Act, EPA typically sets standards and states implement them.

This standard was adopted under Section 111 (b) of the Clean Air Act, which applies to new, modified, and reconstructed power plants, and requires EPA to set a numerical performance standard based on the best available technology that has been adequately demonstrated.

• Along with 350.org, petitioned the EPA to set a national, science - based pollution cap of 350 ppm for CO2 under the Clean Air Act.

Most importantly, EPA can set standards for methane emissions under the Clean Air Act.

The Clean Air Act requires EPA to identify categories of facilities that are major sources of toxic air pollutants and set emission standards for each category, such as cement kilAir Act requires EPA to identify categories of facilities that are major sources of toxic air pollutants and set emission standards for each category, such as cement kilair pollutants and set emission standards for each category, such as cement kilns.

California traditionally has had special authority under the Clean Air Act to set limits on air pollutants that are tougher than federal standarAir Act to set limits on air pollutants that are tougher than federal standarair pollutants that are tougher than federal standards.