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D.C. Circuit upholds California's GHG law against challenge, finding that the U.S. Chamber and NADA both lacked standing
Posted on 9 May 2011 by Thomas H. Clarke, Jr.

Prior posts have followed the development of California's greenhouse gas law. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce challenged EPA's 2009 waiver which allowed California to regulate GHG emissions. In Chamber of Commerce of the United States et al v... Read More

Tags: GHG , waiver , California , Climate Change , standing , Chamber of Commerce of the United States , clean cars , Clean Air Act , greenhouse gases , EPA , global warming

Environmental Protection Agency Affirms Greenhouse Gas Emissions Endangerment Finding
Posted on 2 Aug 2010 by Samantha Drake

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on July 29 denied 10 petitions challenging its Dec. 7 determination that greenhouse gas emissions are a threat to public health and must be regulated under the Clean Air Act. ... Read More

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