Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Westlaw searches for “global warming” and “greenhouse effect” pick up only a handful of citations before 1985. The other article about nuclear power also observed in passing that “coal combustion may disrupt global weather patterns by increasing the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, creating a ‘greenhouse effect.’”.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 30, 2022

CT , the Supreme Court said this: We hold that the Clean Air Act and the EPA actions it authorizes displace any federal common law right to seek abatement of carbon-dioxide emissions from fossil-fuel fired power plants. In 2011, in AEP v. at 528–529. We answered no, given the existence of Section 111(d).

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 26, 2021

The case involved the lynchpin of the Clean Air Act, EPA’s power to set national air quality standards. The Court then held that greenhouse gases are covered by the Clean Air Act as a type of air pollutant. Among other things, the Clean Air Act gives federal protection to wetlands.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Shortly thereafter, the Supreme Court ruled that EPA had the authority to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from passenger cars and trucks under Massachusetts v. EPA , and Congress finalized the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 , requiring increasing fuel economy standards.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 30, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency to limit greenhouse gas emissions from power plants under the Clean Air Act. Supreme Court released its decision on West Virginia V. EPA, a crucial case concerning the authority of the U.S. The group is the youth wing of the York County-based Evangelical Environmental Network.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 23, 2021

But in this blog post, I unpack an aspect of the decision where I think it was more of a mixed bag: the court’s treatment of the international air pollution provision of the Clean Air Act, Section 115. The headline here is that the Second Circuit found that Section 115 authorizes the U.S. Alternatively, the U.S.

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Vermont Law

APRIL 8, 2022

Juris Doctor Candidate (VLGS '23) and Staff Editor for the Vermont Journal of Environmental Law April 8, 2022 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) establishes air quality standards under the Clean Air Act. (1) 11) Global warming, in part, is a result of greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere.

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Acoel

JULY 5, 2022

EPA as a decision depriving EPA of an important tool to address climate change under the Clean Air Act. First Court did not eliminate the Agency’s ability to require greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions reductions under section 111 or any other section of the Clean Air Act. McKinstry, Jr.

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Environment, Law, and History

JANUARY 12, 2022

In particular, he said, “reliance upon coal, on the other hand, could aggravate the ‘greenhouse effect,’ whereby excess carbon dioxide (which accompanies coal burning) traps heat inside the earth’s atmosphere, thus possibly melting the icecaps and raising the level of the oceans.”

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Columbia Climate Law

APRIL 24, 2020

EPA , the lawsuit challenging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s repeal of the Clean Power Plan and the dangerously weak replacement rule. The Clean Power Plan was the Obama Administration’s rule regulating greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel-fired power plants, the nation’s largest stationary source of climate pollution.

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Smith Enviorment

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The legislature put two provisions in the Appropriations Act of 2023 (House Bill 259) to prevent state agencies from adopting rules intended to reduce emissions of greenhouse gasses such as carbon dioxide (CO2) in the state. Prohibit cap and trade programs for CO2 emissions. Prohibit emission standards for new vehicles.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 6, 2023

Critically, and as we’ll discuss in greater depth shortly, hydrogen combustion (as opposed to its use in fuel cells) also leads to greater emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx), a toxic group of pollutants regulated under the Clean Air Act. All this is not to say there is no place for hydrogen in a clean energy future.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 29, 2024

This post is the third in a series of blogs that address specific legal features of the rule: Part One offered a summary of the final rule, and delved into the materiality threshold that was added throughout the rule, including for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions disclosure.

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Legal Planet

JULY 12, 2023

The bench trial took place last month in the state capitol, Helena, where 16 youth plaintiffs ages 5 to 22 made the case that Montana’s unwavering promotion of fossil fuels violates the state constitution’s guarantee to a “clean and healthful environment.” We can’t tell,” Running reportedly answered.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 30, 2022

The Good The Supreme Court left the EPA’s overall ability to regulate greenhouse gases intact. It agreed with settled science that carbon dioxide from the combustion of fossil fuels is the major source of greenhouse gases, and that climate change is real. Related Articles This Week: -- U.S.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 13, 2023

EPA , the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has regulated greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from motor vehicles under the Clean Air Act. billion tons of carbon dioxide emissions by 2050. billion tons of carbon dioxide emissions by 2050.

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Law and Environment

AUGUST 17, 2023

The proposal requires companies to report information related to “Scope 1” direct carbon emissions (think fuel use and greenhouse gases), “Scope 2” indirect carbon emissions (e.g., purchased energy and electricity), and for some companies to report on information related to “Scope 3” carbon emissions (i.e.,

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Smith Enviorment

JULY 12, 2022

Supreme Court issued a decision striking down an Obama era rule regulating carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from existing power plants. EPA held the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan Rule exceeded EPA’s authority under the Clean Air Act. The Clean Power Plan Rule.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 31, 2022

The database collects Congress’s references to climate change, along with related terms and concepts like global warming and greenhouse gases. That approach would have required a shift from coal to energy sources that emit less carbon dioxide. International license.

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The Energy Law Blog

JANUARY 6, 2010

By Stephen Wiegand On December 15, 2009, EPA published in the Federal Register its final endangerment findings with respect to greenhouse gases. In its findings published on December 15, EPA concluded that six greenhouse gases taken in combination may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health and public welfare. See 74 Fed.

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Greenbuilding Law

OCTOBER 30, 2021

If there was any question that the judiciary was a coequal and political branch of government, last Friday after President Biden was wheels up to attend the COP26 Glasgow climate conference, the Supreme Court agreed to review the Environmental Protections Agency’s authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.

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The Energy Law Blog

APRIL 7, 2010

By Stephen Wiegand EPA recently announced its position regarding the timing of the regulation of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act’s Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) Program. In Massachusetts v. EPA, 549 U.S.

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Columbia Climate Law

APRIL 1, 2020

The COVID-19 policy defines “routine requirements” to include those imposed by EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP), under which approximately 9,000 entities are required to report annually on their greenhouse gas emissions.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 25, 2017

Those impacts—sometimes irksome, sometimes devastating—are increasingly obvious, and the causal mechanisms that connect them to the emission of greenhouse gases increasingly well understood. EPA , the decision in which the Supreme Court rejected EPA’s arguments for not treating greenhouse gas emissions as pollutants under the Clean Air Act.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 24, 2022

. -- Takes Away DEP’s Authority To Regulate Carbon Pollution: The bill takes away DEP’s existing statutory authority to reduce carbon pollution from power plants and other sources. This provision has nothing to do with increasing natural gas or oil production in the Commonwealth. Wolf announced the initiative in 2019. Read more here.

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The Energy Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

By Jillian Marullo House Bill 788, signed into law on June 14, 2013, authorizes the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (“TCEQ”) to regulate emissions of carbon dioxide and five other greenhouse gases (“GHG”) “[t]o the extent that greenhouse gas emissions require authorization under federal law.”

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2023

Methane, the primary component of natural gas, is a potent greenhouse gas over 80 times more powerful than carbon dioxide in the near-term. Recently, EPA issued a protective supplemental proposal under the federal Clean Air Act to reduce methane pollution from new and existing sources in the oil and gas sector.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 3, 2018

The SAFE Vehicle Rule proposes changes to EPA’s greenhouse gas emissions standards and DOT’s Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards for light duty vehicles in model years (MY) 2021 through 2025. The rule will substantially increase vehicle greenhouse gas emissions. The rule will also increase upstream greenhouse gas emissions.

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Columbia Climate Law

DECEMBER 2, 2019

The emissions make a significant contribution to climate change because methane is a highly potent greenhouse gas which, in the first 20 years after it is released, traps approximately 84 times more heat in the earth’s atmosphere than carbon dioxide (on a per ton basis).

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Environmental Protection Agency is in the middle of adopting rulemakings under the federal Clean Air Act that will require natural gas infrastructure operators to more carefully monitor methane emissions and develop plans to meet new emission limits. Applegate noted the U.S. Read more here - supplemental EPA rule. “And

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ESA

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Youngkin says he will take Virginia out of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative to save ratepayers money – The Washington Post. House votes to ‘disapprove’ of entering Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, defying Gov. Ocean CDR is a set of strategies to sequester carbon dioxide in ocean waters. International.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 20, 2021

Additionally, the executive order articulated a new federal policy of listening to science , prioritizing environmental justice, improving public health, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and bolstering climate resilience. The Biden administration is now poised to wield that tool to make a meaningful dent in greenhouse gas pollution.

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 6, 2014

The first pillar, “ Cut Carbon Pollution in America ,” describes policies aimed at combatting the causes of climate change, principally by cutting carbon dioxide emissions. These facilities account for around 40% of all carbon pollution in the United States. The Climate Action Plan presents three policy “pillars.”

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Law Columbia

MARCH 14, 2024

These state-level “Climate Superfund” bills are modeled on the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), commonly known as Superfund, which imposes liability on multiple parties, including the generators of waste, for the cleanup of contaminated sites.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 7, 2019

In addition, the court rejected the contention that the Clean Air Act or foreign affairs doctrine completely preempted the plaintiffs’ claims and also indicated that federal common law would not provide a basis for complete preemption. The court dismissed the proceedings 11 days after the effective date of the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Methane is a potent greenhouse gas that traps about 80 times as much heat as carbon dioxide, on average, over the first 20 years after it reaches the atmosphere and is responsible for approximately one third of the warming from greenhouse gases occurring today. EPA is also seeking peer review of the report.

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Columbia Climate Law

MARCH 19, 2019

This comment letter is part of the Center’s ongoing work to respond to regulatory rollbacks of greenhouse gas emission standards. The Center also recently published a new report on Overcoming Impediments to Offshore Carbon Dioxide Storage – Legal Issues in the U.S. and Canada (Romany M.

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