Sentences with phrase «new clean air act»

That's because the new Clean Air Act rules won't just cut down on greenhouse gas emissions, but they'll cut down on other harmful pollutants as well — and save millions of lives in the long term.

In December 2011, the Environmental Protection Agency released new Clean Air Act «National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants.»

According to a new study, enforcing the new Clean Air Act requirements would create a jobs

Cycling and walking charity Sustrans» chief executive Xavier Brice said: «The new Government must urgently improve the quality of the air that we breathe through an ambitious new Clean Air Act which tackles tailpipe emissions but also encourages a real shift in how people travel to the least polluting of all modes — walking and cycling.

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.

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Cuomo said the new law closes a «dangerous loophole» in the state's Clean Indoor Air Act, which limits cigarette smoking in public places.

New York has filed a complaint pushing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under the Clean Air Act to curb ground - level smog pollution that blows into New York.

New York State wants to extend the provisions of its 14 - year - old Clean Indoor Air Act to also include e-cigarettes, effectively banning their use in most restaurants, bars and workplaces.

The case, handled under the leadership of Western New York District U.S. Attorney William Hochul, is only the second successful criminal trial against the Clean Air Act in the nation.

Coalition members want the Senate to pass a bill that extends the provisions of New York's 14 - year - old Clean Indoor Air Act to also include e-cigarettes, effectively banning their use in most restaurants, bars and workplaces.

Work for the Ship Canal Commons project was performed under the Environmental Restoration Program (ERP) authorized by New York state's 1996 Clean Water / Clean Air Bond 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.

For example, the Clean Air Act and other environmental laws contain «technology - forcing» provisions to drive the development of new technological solutions to pollution problems.

Another Clean Air Act provision requires large new stationary sources of pollution, such as power plants and factories, to meet pollution limits based on what can be achieved by the «best available control technology,» which ensures continuous improvement over time.

Salem Station became a target in the late 1990s, when environmental, health and civic groups launched a campaign to force Massachusetts to clean up what they called the «Filthy Five» — a group of coal - and oil - fired power plants built before 1977 and grandfathered under the Clean Air Act from meeting new air pollution standclean up what they called the «Filthy Five» — a group of coal - and oil - fired power plants built before 1977 and grandfathered under the Clean Air Act from meeting new air pollution standClean Air Act from meeting new air pollution standarAir Act from meeting new air pollution standarair pollution standards.

New York City's Clean Heat Program was launched in 2010 to eliminate the use of residual diesel fuel oils — diesel - based fuels that remain after gasoline and distillate fuels have been removed from crude — in residential buildings, in order to help address city air pollution levels that historically failed to meet the minimum criteria for federal Clean Air Act standarair pollution levels that historically failed to meet the minimum criteria for federal Clean Air Act standarAir Act standards.

Trump could also direct the EPA not to issue any new regulations, with the exception of statutes that legally require them (such as the Clean Air Act).

Here Train ignores abundant new evidence, piling up in the aftermath of Mass. v. EPA, that Congress never meant to regulate greenhouse gases through the Clean Air Act.

That's getting easier to do, thanks to new laws that many states have passed against lighting up; meanwhile, the Clean Air Act prevented 160,000 early deaths in 2010 alone, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates.

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In a surprising move to some, VW pushed full - steam ahead with its New York reveal of the 2016 Volkswagen Passat, despite calamitous allegations the automaker blatantly deceived the EPA and knowingly violated the Clean Air Act with its use of «defeat devices» on four - cylinder turbodiesel engines.

Yesterday Brian asked whether the new EPA will be tougher on coal and, seemingly on clockwork, the EPA answered: Announcing that it would be filing a lawsuit against Louisiana Generating, a subsidiary of NRG Energy for violations of the Clean Air Act.

In fact, the biggest thing that Bush has succeeded in doing in his attack on the Clean Air Act is to allow the older dirty plants to continue operating while remaining «grandfathered» so that they do not need to install the anti-pollution equipment that newer plants have.

We forget that some of the greatest policy solutions in U.S. history were created within compromise and great debate — like the New Deal and Clean Air Act.

Here's another possibility: In 1970, Congress amended the Clean Air Act to tackle, among other pollutants, nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, and lead (the new rules were slowly phased in over the next decade).

Enviros and industry types alike tend to agree that it would be better to have new climate legislation from Congress than to have the Obama administration address climate change under the Clean Air Act, which is not particularly well - suited for regulating greenhouse gases.

Green argued that a new bill might actually work faster than regulation under the Clean Air Act, since the latter would almost inevitably get tied up in litigation.

The settlement resolved a lawsuit filed against AEP in 1999 for violating the New Source Review of the Clean Air Act.

«Air quality is a critical issue in New Jersey, and violations of the Clean Air Act that affect our air quality will not be tolerated,» said Attorney General Paula DAir quality is a critical issue in New Jersey, and violations of the Clean Air Act that affect our air quality will not be tolerated,» said Attorney General Paula DAir Act that affect our air quality will not be tolerated,» said Attorney General Paula Dair quality will not be tolerated,» said Attorney General Paula Dow.

This new administration will be tempted to bring back Clean Air Act regulation and other administrative measures to control greenhouse gas emissions, perhaps with even greater stringency than the Obama administration contemplated.

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Newer generating plants are regulated under a different section of the Clean Air Act, under standards that new combined - cycle gas plants can easily meet.

Under Section 111 of the Clean Air Act, the EPA outlined regulations for new and existing power plants, first with New Source Performance Standards on new power plants under Section 111 (new and existing power plants, first with New Source Performance Standards on new power plants under Section 111 (New Source Performance Standards on new power plants under Section 111 (new power plants under Section 111 (b).

Through case studies, key recommendations for new rules, and descriptions of best practices, this working paper can help state officials to determine how best to structure future state - level policies — including measures for complying with forthcoming national emissions standards under the Clean Air Act — to reduce methane emissions from natural gas development.

That's because it sees the latest international agreement on Global Warming as a way to help defend its sweeping new regulations on generating electricity, which are themselves unlawful under the Clean Air Act.

When the Clean Air Act was written in 1970, the bill's author, Edmund Muskie, had exempted existing power plants from the new pollution limits — he figured the older plants would get retired soon anyway.

The report, Assessing the Impact of Potential New Carbon Regulations in the United States, estimates the economic impacts associated with an EPA regulatory regime imposed under Section 111 of the Clean Air Act and based on the Obama Administration's emissions reduction goals.

Tough new amendments to the Clean Air Act followed in December 1970 and by April 1971, EPA announced the first air pollution standarAir Act followed in December 1970 and by April 1971, EPA announced the first air pollution standarair pollution standards.

The $ 30 million overhaul was made without installing, as required under the New Source Review requirements of the Clean Air Act, the best available technology to minimize emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides — pollutants that harm human health by contributing to heart attacks, breathing problems, and other health problems, the suit alleges.

Defining CCS systems as a so - called Best Available Control Technology for new power plants under the Clean Air Act's New Source Review prognew power plants under the Clean Air Act's New Source Review progNew Source Review program

-- Title VIII of the Clean Air Act, as added by section 331 of this Act, and amended by section 222 of this Act, is further amended by adding after part D the following new part:

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed Clean Air Act standards to cut carbon pollution from new power pla...

The EPA on April 17 [2009] proposed new regulations to control carbon dioxide (CO2) and five other «greenhouse gases» as «pollutants» under section 202 (a) of the Clean Air Act.

Last month, for instance, scholars from the law schools of Columbia University, New York University and the University of California, Los Angeles, released a report that suggested there is a provision in the Clean Air Act that would allow the E.P.A. to require states to reduce emissions that endangered other countries if such countries provided reciprocal protections to the United States.

The Obama administration's plan to repurpose the Clean Air Act rather than propose new legislation to combat climate change acknowledged that the courts offered a better shot than Congress.

Beyond pricing instruments, the other approaches include regulation under the Clean Air Act, energy policies not targeted exclusively at climate change, public nuisance litigation, and NIMBY and other public interventions to block permits for new fossil - fuel related investments.

This article proposes reforms for the new source review program under the Clean Air Act, which provides important health and environmental benefits but has become a significant impediment to the growth and modernization of the US manufacturing sector.

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Since Tuesday, the coal industry and their allies in Congress have already begun attacking the President with the same rhetoric they've been using since the passage of the Clean Air Act 30 years ago — and surprise, surprise the sky hasn't fallen every time we've issued new safeguards for cleanClean Air Act 30 years ago — and surprise, surprise the sky hasn't fallen every time we've issued new safeguards for clean aAir Act 30 years ago — and surprise, surprise the sky hasn't fallen every time we've issued new safeguards for cleanclean airair.

So the Senate Managers plainly state that the Senate «receded to» the House amendment's provision «amending section 111 of the Clean Air Act relating to new and existing sources.»