Keyword: Clean Air Act

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Biden EPA Revives Waters of the United States

04.01.2023 -

Just before the New Year, the administration of US president Joe Biden revived Waters of the United States, a section of former president Barack Obama’s Clean Air Act...

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NGOs sue US Chemical Safety Board

02.01.2018 - Led by the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, several non-profit organizations are suing the US Chemical Safety Board (CSB) for omissions on emissions – more...

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Senate Confirms Chemicals Lawyer for EPA

17.11.2017 - US president, Donald Trump, has engaged a new executor for his drive to reverse key environmental legislation implemented under his predecessor, Barack Obama. Just as the world...

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US States Sue EPA over Chemical Accident Rule Delay

04.08.2017 - A coalition of attorneys general from 16 Democrat-led US states including California, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Mexico, Oregon...

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EPA Chief Warns States Over Emission Rules

16.03.2015 - Gina McCarthy, head of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has warned state governments that it will enforce regulations to slash carbon emissions from power plants even...

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US Extends List of Climate-Friendly Refrigerants

04.03.2015 - As part of the Obama administration's Climate Action Program, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has expanded the list of Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP)...

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EPA Fines DuPont for Clean Air Act Violations

13.01.2015 - The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has fined DuPont $531,000 for violating provisions of the Clean Air Act at its chemical manufacturing plant in Deepwater, New Jersey...

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DuPont Fined Nearly $1.3 Million for Discharge Violations

01.09.2014 - DuPont has agreed to pay fines of $1.275 million to the US federal government for eight alleged releases of harmful levels of hazardous substances at its Belle, West Virginia...