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Climate Change

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hendricks, Iyana
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated, 2020.
Colección:Climate Change and Its Causes, Effects and Prediction Ser.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1
  • U.S. Climate Change Regulation and Litigation: Selected Legal Issues(
  • Abstract
  • Introduction
  • Background
  • History of U.S. Climate Change Regulation and Litigation
  • Massachusetts v. EPA and Its Effects
  • Types of GHG Regulation and Related Litigation
  • Reducing GHG Emissions
  • Mobile Sources under the Clean Air Act
  • Light-Duty Motor Vehicles
  • Medium and Heavy-Duty Trucks
  • California Preemption Waiver
  • Aircraft
  • Other Mobile Sources
  • Executive Order Implications for GHG Regulation of Mobile Sources
  • Stationary Sources under Clean Air Act
  • Regulation of GHG Emissions under CAA Section 111
  • New Source Performance Standards under Section 111(b)
  • Emission Guidelines under Section 111(d)
  • Power Plants
  • Refineries
  • Regulation of Methane Emissions from Stationary Sources
  • Municipal Landfills
  • Sources from the Oil and Gas Sector
  • Venting and Flaring of Methane Gas
  • Regulation of GHG Emissions from Stationary Sources through Permits
  • Considering Climate Change in Agency Determinations/Actions
  • Endangered Species Act (ESA)
  • Polar Bear Listing
  • Polar Bear Critical Habitat Designation
  • Other Ninth Circuit ESA Cases
  • Other Recent ESA Cases Involving Climate Change Projections
  • Potential Implications
  • National Environmental Policy Act
  • Social Cost of Carbon
  • Threshold Barriers to Litigation
  • Standing Doctrine
  • Standing for Non-State Plaintiffs
  • Barriers to Common Law Claims
  • Common Law Nuisance and Political Question Doctrine
  • Displacement of Federal Common Law
  • The Public Trust Doctrine
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 2
  • International Climate Change Assistance: Budget Authority, FY2009-FY2019(
  • The Obama Administration
  • The Trump Administration
  • Issues for Congress
  • Chapter 3
  • Climate Change: Potential Economic Costs and Opportunities to Reduce Federal Fiscal Exposure(
  • Why GAO Did This Study
  • What GAO Found
  • Information on the Potential Economic Effects of Climate Change in the United States Could Help Federal Decision Makers Better Manage Climate Risks
  • The Federal Government Faces Fiscal Exposure from Climate Change Risks, but Our Past Work Shows an Absence of Government-Wide Strategic Planning
  • Federal Investments in Resilience to Climate Change Impacts Have Been Limited
  • The Federal Government Could Reduce Its Fiscal Exposure by Focusing and Coordinating Federal Efforts
  • Chapter 4
  • Attaching a Price to Greenhouse Gas Emissions with a Carbon Tax or Emissions Fee: Considerations and Potential Impacts*
  • Abstract
  • Introduction
  • Carbon Tax Design Considerations
  • Point of Taxation
  • Rate of Carbon Tax
  • GHG Emissions Target Approach
  • Marginal Benefits or "Social Cost of Carbon" Approach
  • Other Considerations
  • Border Carbon Adjustments