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The Supreme Court’s Top-10 Environmental Law Decisions

Legal Planet

In this opinion dealing with a fairly technical issue under the Clean Air Act, Justice Stevens strengthened judicial deference to administrative agencies. This case was a deviation from Scalia’s pattern: he voted to uphold EPA’s air quality standards. 2587 (2022) (Chief Justice Roberts). NRDC, 467 U.S. EPA, 142 S.

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Hold Erie Coke Accountable Calls On EPA, DEP, Erie County & City To Form Erie Coke [Coal] Plant Community Working Group On Site Cleanup, Revitalization

PA Environment Daily

HECA intends to pursue the following items to fill remaining information gaps as it prepares to convene a public forum in fall 2023 on the status and future of the Erie Coke site." Foremost, citizens have the right to weigh-in on how the site is to be cleaned up and put to better use." In November 2022, the U.S. Read more here.

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EPA Releases Final Rule Setting Biofuels Growth from 2023 to 2025

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Hutton On June 21, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a final rule under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program that will establish the biofuel volume requirements from 2023 to 2025. Bergeson and Carla N. ” EPA states that the final rule strengthens U.S. Advanced biofuel 5.94

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DEP Notified Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County It Can No Longer Operate Under An Air Quality Construction Permit And Has 120 Days To Submit A Full Title V Air Quality Permit Application

PA Environment Daily

The Department of Environmental Protection notified the Shell Petrochemical Plant in Beaver County it will no longer be able to operate under an Air Quality Construction permit and must submit an application for a full Title V Air Quality Permit within 120 days. 12,671,044.75 12,671,044.75 Read more here. Read more here.

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The US Supreme Court is Operating Like a Rogue EPA

Union of Concerned Scientists

The US Supreme Court seems to have appointed itself as a rogue Environmental Protection Agency, seeking to protect polluters rather than the public. Globally, fine particulate pollution and ozone are tied to more than 8 million deaths each year according to a 2023 study in the British Medical Journal.

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The Major Questions Doctrine is a Fundamental Threat to Environmental Protection. Should Congress Respond?

Law Columbia

The Scramble to Identify Major Questions in Administrative Law In its June 2022 decision in West Virginia v. On June 30, 2023, the Supreme Court applied the major questions doctrine in Biden v. Env’t Prot. Nebraska , invalidating the Biden Administration’s student loan forgiveness program.

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ESA Policy News: February 6, 2023

ESA

The subcommittee funds the Interior Department, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Forest Service. The $425 million amount would represent a $57 million increase over FY 2023 levels. Lubchenco is ban from participating in National Academies activities and publications for five years, starting in August 2022.

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