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Catch 22 at the Supreme Court

Legal Planet

In 2011, in AEP v. 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. 410 (2011). 7411(b)(1)(B); see also §7411(a)(2). 7411(b)(1)(B); see also §7411(a)(2).

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First District Holds LA’s Water Allocations To Agricultural Lessees Were Authorized Under Existing Leases And Did Not Constitute Or Implement A Separate “Project” Subject to CEQA Review

CEQA Developments

The case provides guidance to practitioners on when and how CEQA applies to public contracts, and also regarding the appropriate contents of the administrative record in CEQA litigation challenging staff level actions implementing existing leases. acre feet per acre (2011-12) to zero acre feet per acre (2015-16).

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Michigan’s ‘Very Big Opportunity’ in Infrastructure Windfall

Circle of Blue

As the administrator since 2018 of EGLE’s water infrastructure financing section, the unit that oversees the SRFs in Michigan, Green is in a position to guide decisions that will influence the quality of the state’s water systems as communities look to reverse the decades-long decline in fundamental public works. . More Demand Than Dollars.

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Climate Litigation Chart Updates – November 2016

Law Columbia

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. The court rejected Exxon’s argument that it could withhold documents based on an accountant-client privilege under Texas law. and non-U.S. United States v.

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A Diverse Federal Scientific Workforce Benefits All of Us

Union of Concerned Scientists

At the Union of Concerned Scientists, one of our top priorities is reminding the public—and at times, the government—that a robust workforce of federal scientists is necessary for representing the interests of ordinary people. Chao, was a career federal scientist who served the US Army and then the government for 45 years.

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The Chemical Compound—August 2021

Arnold Porter

Our primary focus continues to be on chemical substances which are the subject of regulatory activity or scrutiny by various government agencies and potential litigants. The change in Administrations has prompted a considerable change in emphasis and new activities at EPA that are significant and which are noted in this edition.

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Mitigating Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Transportation Sector: A Cap-and-Invest Approach

Vermont Law

This post is part of the Environmental Law Review Syndicate, a multi-school online forum run by student editors from the nation’s leading environmental law reviews. . The government sets an overall emissions target¾the cap¾and determines which facilities will be covered. Cap-and-trade programs generally operate as follows. [13].