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Fifth Circuit Rejects EPA’s Overreaching on CAA and MBTA

The Energy Law Blog

Clean Air Act The CAA gives the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) authority to issue emission control standards for new sources of pollution that fall within certain source categories. The MBTA protects 1,026 species of birds. 703(a); 16 U.S.C. § 65844 (Nov.

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Climate Litigation Chart Updates – November 2016

Law Columbia

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court decision that vacated the listing of the Beringia distinct population segment (DPS) of the Pacific bearded seal subspecies as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The plaintiffs charged that the U.S.

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