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Defending EPA’s Authority to Fight Climate Change – at the Supreme Court

Legal Planet

EPA in defense of EPA’s authority to effectively regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act. Our client is Tom Jorling, a former Senate staffer and EPA official who was directly involved in drafting the Act in 1970. (We The court then paused the litigation while EPA revisited the issue.

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May 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Circuit Decision Vacating Affordable Clean Energy Rule. Circuit’s January opinion vacating EPA’s repeal and replacement of the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan regulations for controlling carbon emissions from existing power plants. If you know of any cases we have missed, please email us at columbiaclimate@gmail.com. .

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November 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Murray Energy Sought Supreme Court Review of Fourth Circuit’s Dismissal of Clean Air Act Jobs Study Case. Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit in the federal district court for the District of Columbia seeking to compel the U.S. Foster , No. 34-2016-CR-00187 (N.D.

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Policy News: October 25, 2021

ESA

The UN website describes the aim of the meeting, “The COP26 summit will bring parties together to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.” could cut emissions 80 percent below 2005 levels by 2050. EPA – Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit.

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February 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

The Washington Supreme Court concluded that the Washington Clean Air Act did not grant the Department of Ecology authority to regulate indirect greenhouse gas emissions of businesses and utilities whose products ultimately generate such emissions. Oregon Court Reinstated Clean Energy Ballot Initiatives.

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