Clean Air Act Fossil Fuels Law Politics 
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 29, 2023
According to the nonpartisan National Association of Attorneys General, a state attorney general’s job is to represent the public interest—not private, special interests—by, among other things, “enforcing federal and state environmental laws.” Here’s a roundup of what these AGs have been doing to make a bad situation worse.
Legal Planet
MAY 11, 2023
The EPA is proposing a new standard for fossil fuel-fired power plants to avoid 617 million metric tons of carbon dioxide through 2042. Joe Manchin about holding up EPA nominations claiming “overreach” ) But this is not just about the political calculus of a president trying to make good on a climate pledge.
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Legal Planet
MARCH 21, 2023
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 (IIJA) and the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) represent a radical change in federal climate policy. And with divided government at the federal level, these laws may well be the last nationwide legislative actions on climate change for years.
Legal Planet
MARCH 9, 2023
In rejecting EPA’s plan to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from existing power plants under Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act, the Court stated that “agency decisions of vast economic and political significance” (i.e., economic impacts, political significance), and when they identify a violation of the doctrine.
Legal Planet
AUGUST 7, 2023
Many of the claims are based at least in part on allegations of misrepresentations by the companies regarding climate science in order to promote their sales of fossil fuels. Are the lawsuits preempted by federal law? The other argument is that the Clean Air Act itself eliminates state lawsuits for interstate pollution.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JUNE 14, 2023
Those currently operating fossil fuel plants generate 25 percent of U.S. Coupled with the Inflation Reduction Act and the bipartisan infrastructure law , the standards would accelerate a transition that is already underway. global warming pollution, second only to the transportation sector.
Legal Planet
FEBRUARY 19, 2024
On the domestic front, the head of EPA managed to maneuver the Administration into endorsing federal authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act. The Kyoto Protocol may have led to emission reductions in Europe, but there was never any real prospect that the Senate would ever ratify the agreement.
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