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The Top-Ten Lower Court Decisions on Environmental Law

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The issue was whether state plans under the Clean Air Act only need to prevent violation of national air quality standards, or whether they must prevent deterioration in areas where the air is already cleaner than the standards. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (2007). Ruckelshaus (1973).

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Sabin Center Files Amicus Brief in Support of EPA’s 2024 Vehicle Emissions Standards

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The Sabin Centers brief underscores the essential role local governments play in addressing the climate crisis, highlighting their frontline position in mitigating and managing climate impacts. In 2007, the Supreme Court held in Massachusetts v.

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Six Sleeper Proposals in Project 2025

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Since a 2007 Supreme Court decision, EPA has been charged with issuing CO2 standards for cars and trucks, which in effect require less fuel use. Standards for cars should be set by the Department of Transportation alone; EPA should limit itself to regulating emissions from automobile air conditioning systems. Embracing gas guzzlers.

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Does Deregulation Hypercharge the Economy>?

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My hypothesis is that if Zeldin and NAM are right, the biggest environmental decisions should nudge the unemployment rate up or down by half a point or more, both because of their direct economic impact and because they signal the governments commitment to increasing or decreasing regulation more broadly. April 2007. unemployment.

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Trump’s Earth Day Purge

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The agencies and institutions that sustained Americas program of environmental protection are being pulled into the government-wide purge of people and policies viewed as a threat to Trumps authoritarian impulses, and what his aides call the woke and weaponized bureaucracy.

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Trump 2.0, Day One: Considerations for Cities and Community Partners

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Still, they set in motion a range of near- and medium-term actions that the Trump administration will take to undercut the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), eliminate the Justice40 commitment, and roll back other federal climate and clean energy programs. Still, broader uncertainty around tax credits remains. In addition to EO No.

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Sabin Center Files Two Amicus Briefs Supporting EPA’s 2024 Power Plant Rules

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The Sabin Center’s two briefs highlight (1) the crucial role that local governments play in responding to the climate crisis and how EPA’s Power Plant Rules support local climate action; and (2) the maturity of CCS technology which will allow EPA’s standards to be met at power plants. In 2007, the Supreme Court held in Massachusetts v.