Climate facts — and fancy

By Chris Hamby

Truth and fiction, from God’s role to the culpability of cows

Excerpts from this story referencing "Clean Air Act":

"… lation of greenhouse gases as pollutants is an impermissible misuse of the Clean Air Act.Facts: The Clean Air Act instructs the EPA to set standards for emissions …"

"… s as pollutants is an impermissible misuse of the Clean Air Act.Facts: The Clean Air Act instructs the EPA to set standards for emissions of a wide range of air po …"

"… he U.S. Supreme Court ruled that greenhouse gases are pollutants under the Clean Air Act.  In 2009, the EPA issued a finding that these emissions may endanger …"

EPA reminds Republicans cap-and-trade used to be GOP idea — and it worked for acid rain

By John Solomon

The Obama administration is turning the tables on Republican foes of climate regulation, demonstrating not only that cap-and-trade works — i

Excerpts from this story referencing "Clean Air Act":

"… was started by one of their own, George H. W. Bush.A 1990 revision of the Clean Air Act shepherded by the first President Bush imposed overall emission caps on su …"

Frustrated green groups to sue ExxonMobil, saying Texas regulator isn’t regulating

By Chris Hamby and Elizabeth Lucas

Tired of waiting for state regulators to take meaningful action, two environmental groups are preparing to file a lawsuit against the nation

Excerpts from this story referencing "Clean Air Act":

"… e progress, but if it was up to the state and there wasn’t the [federal] Clean Air Act, the state wouldn’t do anything,” Carman said.Indeed, a pair of relate …"

"… bil reached an agreement with the EPA to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Air Act at six of its refineries around the country, including Baytown. ExxonMobil …"

"… s by Environment Texas and the Sierra Club. The suits are all based on the Clean Air Act, which allows private citizens to sue to enforce the law.In a June 2009 se …"

"… n the heated race for governor.The permits are “fully compliant with the Clean Air Act” and have helped reduce air pollution, a spokeswoman for Gov. Rick Perry …"

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Explaining the climate change strategy

By Marianne Lavelle

Global warming is bad for public health — that’s the essence of a formal “finding” that the Environmental Protection Agency is set to make l

Lobbyists rush to block EPA action on climate change

By Marianne Lavelle

Like a lot of industry groups, the farm lobby says it would prefer that Congress tackle climate change rather than leaving the job to the bu

Excerpts from this story referencing "Clean Air Act":

"… deration’s senior director for congressional relations, says the EPA’s Clean Air Act permitting system — the vehicle for its proposed climate change regulati …"

"… businesses, but the courts are unlikely to allow EPA simply to rewrite the Clean Air Act,” he says. Holmstead, one of the lobbyists who advised Murkowski on her …"

"… court struck down that rule in 2008, finding no explicit authority in the Clean Air Act for what EPA did. Holmstead argues the agency has gone further this time …"

"… Supreme Court case that found greenhouse gases were a pollutant under the Clean Air Act, paving the way for EPA regulation.Meanwhile, the EPA is working to finali …"

Smog-forming and toxic gases 'consistently' undercounted, major study finds

By Bill Dawson

HOUSTON, May 31, 2002 — In a discovery with national implications, a group of government, academic and private researchers involved in a $20

Excerpts from this story referencing "Clean Air Act":

"… unhealthy” levels of ozone are measured, three decades after the first Clean Air Act became law. The estimate was for the 1998-2000 period, the latest with com …"

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Bush's choice of EPA advisers signals tilt toward industry

By Josey Ballenger

February 12, 2001 — The composition of the team that advised George W. Bush on the Environmental Protection Agency during his transition to

Excerpts from this story referencing "Clean Air Act":

"… years, $1,000 of that directly to Bush.Having acted as lead counsel on the Clean Air Act for the House Energy and Commerce Committee when Republicans were in the m …"

"… recycling and waste reduction. He played a key role in re-authorizing the Clean Air Act in 1990 and drew attention to restoring the health of natural systems, inc …"

"… lities.”Environmental Defense’s Krupp was a key figure behind the 1990 Clean Air Act, created the group’s widely hailed “scorecard.org” toxins database, …"

Commentary: Lawsuit against Clean Air Act by members of Congress

By Curtis Moore

WASHINGTON, September 5, 2000 — For nearly a quarter-century, almost since the very day of his swearing in as a U.S. senator, Utah Republica

Excerpts from this story referencing "Clean Air Act":

"… ator, Utah Republican Orrin Hatch and others have waged war on the federal Clean Air Act, using virtually any and every weapon at hand. But when Hatch, former Whit …"

"… or the District of Columbia blocking enforcement of a key provision of the Clean Air Act. (The Supreme Court has agreed to review the appeals court’s decision in …"

"… ons of the appeals court’s decision sweep far beyond the confines of the Clean Air Act, and cast a shadow over virtually every federal law, ranging from laws tha …"

"… s in the outcome of the case was by no means academic. Gray was one of the Clean Air Act’s harshest and most tenacious critics, and his lobbying clients at the t …"

Judge rejects Exxon attempt to end lawsuit over refinery pollution

By iWatch News

Court boosts environmental advocates seeking stronger enforcement

Excerpts from this story referencing "Clean Air Act":

"… s will be able to press a case in which they accuse Exxon of violating the Clean Air Act thousands of times over the last five years by releasing toxins well above …"

"… ve failed to do the job expected of them in curtailing emissions under the Clean Air Act.The environmental groups assert that the refinery and chemical plant have …"

"… ral jury convicted Citgo Petroleum Corp. of two criminal violations of the Clean Air Act, having found that that company’s refinery in Corpus Christi, Texas, aff …"

EPA appears firm on limiting air toxics at coal power plants

By Evan Bush

Industry, Republicans aim to stall what agency considers life-saving limits on mercury and other emissions

Excerpts from this story referencing "Clean Air Act":

"… the EPA’s proposed changes, even as their own practices to sidestep the Clean Air Act were highlighted in a government study.On Capitol Hill, industry represent …"

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