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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). Regulating power plant emissions is a complex undertaking. Post, at 20.

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2021-2022 California Environmental Legislation: What’s Been Enacted?

Legal Planet

Implementation of these new laws will be the true test of that statement, but they provide an exciting starting point. Prior to this new law, the state was required by law to ensure that statewide greenhouse gas emissions be reduced to at least 40% below the 1990 level by 2030. Climate Change Mitigation.

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DEP Signs Consent Order Including $10 Million In Penalties, Local Payments With Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County To Resolve Air Quality Violations; Plant To Restart May 24

PA Environment Daily

Under the COA, Shell will pay a civil penalty of $4,935,023 – and as required by Act 57 of 2011, 25 percent of this penalty will be directed to local communities. Until Shell can prove their facility can operate within the law, the Shapiro administration and PADEP must order a temporary shut down." Josh Shapiro.

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Improving EPA’s Latest Ozone Transport Rule

Acoel

EPA MATS Regulatory Impact Analysis, 2011. The 2028 deadline proposed in the less stringent alternative is more realistic, and is consistent with timelines under other federal regulations. Greater compliance flexibility, and smaller adverse job impacts, could be achieved by an incremental approach to pollution control upgrades.

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Third District Addresses Significant CEQA Issues In Mixed Decision On Placer County’s EIR For Specific Plan/Rezoning Allowing Development of Martis Valley Timberlands

CEQA Developments

City of Rocklin (2011) 197 Cal.App.4th While TRPA had “jurisdiction by law” in that it exercises authority over resources affected by the project, it was not a responsible agency. Miller Starr Regalia has had a well-established reputation as a leading real estate law firm for fifty years. Citing Clover Valley Foundation v.

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China’s Waste Ban Exposes Missing Links in Recycling

Vermont Law

China also required stricter pre-shipment inspections to enforce existing laws, such as the import ban on electronic waste (e-waste). However, most of the world’s recycling is exported to lower-income countries, where recycling is cheaper to process due to weak law enforcement and informal sector recycling with no pollution controls.

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July 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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 cities also have filed a motion to amend their complaints to withdraw federal common law public nuisance claims that they added after the district court denied remand.

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