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Republican-Led States Challenge Biden's Tougher Soot Pollution Standards

Republican-led states challenge EPA's stricter soot pollution rule, while EPA emphasizes health benefits. Ongoing debate between environmental protection a...

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Robe & Gavel: SCOTUS continues February 2024 sitting

Welcome to the Feb. 19 edition of Robe & Gavel, Ballotpedia’s newsletter about the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and other judicial happenings around the U.S.

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Even Moderate Levels Of Radon Linked To Increased Risk Of Stroke, Study Reveals

Radon is a radioactive gas with no smell, taste or color that can make its way into homes. It causes about 21,000 lung cancer deaths in the U.S. every year, according to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates.

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Robe & Gavel: SCOTUS begins first week of January 2024 sitting

Welcome to the Jan. 8 edition of Robe & Gavel, Ballotpedia’s newsletter about the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and other judicial happenings around the U.S.

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Guntur-based company obtains U.S. agency certificate for PM10 monitor

A Guntur-based company, Vasthi Instruments Pvt Ltd, got the United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) certification for its new model V.air-9009 introduced for real time atmospheric particulate matter monitor for PM10 with beta attenuation.

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The Next Kids Climate Case: Genesis B. v. EPA

Another climate change lawsuit filed on behalf of children, this time against the Environmental Protection Agency.

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Americans Don't Much Like Federal Agencies

Yet another year of low ratings for the apparatus of the D.C. leviathan.

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SEC regulation slows ahead of expected climate disclosure rule

Economy and Society is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of the developments in corporate activism; corporate political engagement; and the environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) trends and events that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics.

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Unhealthy air quality lingers across parts of U.S. from drifting Canadian wildfire smoke

The Environmental Protection Agency says extensive swaths of the northern United States awoke to unhealthy air quality Monday morning or were experiencing it by midafternoon

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Federal appeals court halts EPA effort to impose air pollution plan in Missouri

A federal appeals court has put on hold an Environmental Protection Agency regulation aimed at reducing air pollution in Missouri, drawing criticism from environmentalists but praise from the state’s attorney general who called the proposal “unconstitutional overreach.”

The Independent UK

Supreme Court Limits EPA’s Regulatory Authority Over Wetlands

The EPA’s regulatory jurisdiction over the nation’s wetlands is limited, Supreme Court

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Supreme Court limits EPA’s regulatory authority over wetlands

The U.S. Supreme Court on May 25, 2023, unanimously held in Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that the EPA’s regulatory jurisdiction over the nation’s wetlands is limited. The decision echoes the court’s 2022 ruling in West Virginia v EPA, in which the justices limited the scope of the agency’s authority…

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Congress votes to rescind Biden administration emissions rules for heavy-duty trucks

WASHINGTON — The U.S. House voted 221-203 Tuesday, mostly along party lines, to overturn an Environmental Protection Agency rule to reduce smog- and soot-forming emissions from heavy trucks.

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151 House Republicans call on EPA to roll back proposed vehicle emission rules

WASHINGTON — More than 150 Republicans in the U.S. House asked Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan Monday to roll back the agency's proposed emissions standards that are expected to further push the auto industry to electric vehicles.

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Biden's strategy for cutting carbon emissions from electricity generation could extend the lives of fossil fuel power plants

On May 11, 2023, the Biden administration proposed new regulations to curb carbon pollution from existing power plants. The new rules replace the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan, which was proposed in 2015 but ran into multiple legal challenges and never took effect. Nonetheless, in a high-profile 2022 ruling, West…

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SCOTUS ruling to affect Clean Water Act

The fate of millions of acres of wetlands hinges on five vague words in the Clean Water Act

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Second Circuit weighs in on CFPB funding structure

The Checks and Balances Letter delivers news and information from Ballotpedia’s Administrative State Project, including pivotal actions at the federal and state levels related to the separation of powers, due process, and the rule of law.

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Darling-Baaka River fish kill treated as ‘pollution incident’ as EPA investigates causes

A fish kill in NSW's Darling-Baaka River will be treated as a "pollution incident" as the Environmental Protection Agency investigates it.

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EPA floats tighter ethylene oxide standards and worker protections

The federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing tighter limits on air emissions and new worker protections to reduce exposure to ethylene oxide, a colorless gas used to sterilize medical supplies and some food products that has been linked to cancer and other serious health conditions.

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Biden issues second veto of his presidency on Clean Water Act regulation

President Joe Biden (D) vetoed the second bill of his presidency on April 6, 2023. Biden vetoed H.J.Res.27, a joint resolution of disapproval under the terms of the Congressional Review Act (CRA) that sought to void an Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers rule from 2023 that specified…

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The EPA's watchdog is warning about oversight for billions in new climate spending

The Environmental Protection Agency received billions from President Biden's climate legislation, but the EPA inspector general warns there is "a high risk for fraud, waste and abuse."

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Biden vetoes CRA resolution seeking to nullify ESG rule

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PFAS might be everywhere – including toilet paper – but let's keep the health risks in context

The United States Environmental Protection Agency has announced new limits on the toxic “forever chemicals” – perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) – in drinking water.

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Regulating 'forever chemicals': 3 essential reads on PFAS

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is preparing to release a draft regulation limiting two fluorinated chemicals, known by the abbreviations PFOA and PFOS, in drinking water. These chemicals are two types of PFAS, a broad class of substances often referred to as “forever chemicals” because they are very persistent in…

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