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E2 Law Blog
MAY 26, 2023
715 (2006), and embraced ever since in a series of rulemakings and jurisdictional determinations by the EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (ACE), the two federal agencies conferred by Congress with authority to oversee federal CWA implementation. United States , 547 U. at (slip op.
Law Columbia
MARCH 29, 2024
In 2008, Congress directed EPA to develop a rule to “require mandatory reporting of GHG emissions above appropriate thresholds in all sectors of the economy.” The basic idea underpinning preemption is that federal law may take precedence over state law where Congress intends for federal law to control. See, e.g. , Rice v. 218 (1947)).
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Legal Planet
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
1972 , Congress passes the Clean Water Act, which requires a federal permit for filling or dredging in “navigable waters,” defined as the “waters of the United States.” EPA , the Court adopts the restrictive Scalia test, which had been rejected by a majority of Justices in the 2006 Rapanos case. Here’s a timeline of the major events.
Vermont Law
FEBRUARY 25, 2018
The report breaks down these investments into four categories. In 2006, California enacted its landmark climate change law, the Global Warming Solutions Act, also known as AB (“assembly bill”) 32. [49]. Ramseur, The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative: Lessons Learned and Issues for Congress. last visited Feb. Jonathan L.
Environmental Progress
MARCH 11, 2021
Congress took questions relating to the security of America’s electricity supply seriously before more than a dozen states experienced energy shortages last month, but those events make this hearing all the more urgent. While energy sources across all categories failed in mid-February, they didn’t all fail equally.
ESA
NOVEMBER 22, 2021
EPA unveiled a proposed rule that would take the Navigable Waters Protection Rule off the books and reinstate long-standing regulations defining which streams and wetlands are subject to federal protection, a category known as “Waters of the U.S.,” Nations Agree to “Phase Down” Use of Coal at UN Climate Conference. Executive Branch.
ESA
JUNE 14, 2021
Scientist Elected to Congress. Congress would need to provide funding for NSF through the annual appropriations process or special legislation. Scientist Elected to Congress. She has close ties with Haaland, who endorsed her run for Congress. Biden’s First Reg Agenda Lays Out Plan to Roll Back Trump Environmental Rules.
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