Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Total was fined $398 million in 2013 for bribing government officials in Iran to win contracts. million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75 million in 2013. million fine Emily Pickrell | Houston Chronicle | September 20, 2013 Total Petrochemical will pay an $8.8 In the U.S. Total settles U.S. agreed to pay $398.2

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Total was fined $398 million in 2013 for bribing government officials in Iran to win contracts. million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75 million in 2013. million fine Emily Pickrell | Houston Chronicle | September 20, 2013 Total Petrochemical will pay an $8.8 In the U.S. Total settles U.S. agreed to pay $398.2

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Total was fined $398 million in 2013 for bribing government officials in Iran to win contracts. million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75 million in 2013. million fine Emily Pickrell | Houston Chronicle | September 20, 2013 Total Petrochemical will pay an $8.8 In the U.S. Total settles U.S. agreed to pay $398.2

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The Energy Law Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

Arguments in the “core legal issues” brief include: The Clean Air Act does not authorize EPA to make such sweeping changes to how electricity is generated and transmitted in the United States. The Clean Power Plan usurps authority given to States by the U.S. Constitution and the Clean Air Act.

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The Energy Law Blog

JUNE 2, 2020

On appeal, the Ninth Circuit addressed (1) whether California’s state nuisance law presented a federal question, and (2) whether the claims were completely preempted by the Clean Air Act. 251, 258 (2013) (citing Grable & Sons Metal Products, Inc. Minton , 568 U.S. Darue Engineering & Manufacturing, 545 U.S.

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The Energy Law Blog

JULY 1, 2013

By Lesley Foxhall Pietras On June 24, 2013, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and the American Lung Association in the litigation involving EPA’s Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (“CSAPR”). Supreme Court granted the petitions for writs of certiorari filed by the U.S. On August 21, 2012, in a 2-1 decision, the D.C.

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The Energy Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

By Jillian Marullo House Bill 788, signed into law on June 14, 2013, authorizes the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (“TCEQ”) to regulate emissions of carbon dioxide and five other greenhouse gases (“GHG”) “[t]o the extent that greenhouse gas emissions require authorization under federal law.” In July 2013, the D.C.

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 6, 2014

On June 25, 2013, President Obama delivered a major speech on the topic of climate change. The most prominent of the initiatives in the Climate Action Plan aims to use Section 111 of the Clean Air Act to limit greenhouse gas emissions from coal and other fossil-fueled power plants.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 1, 2024

Dirty Profits 2: Report on Companies and Financial Institutions Benefiting from Violations of Human Rights (Facing Finance, 2013). References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m Behind the Shine: The Other Shell Report by Friends of the Earth and others (2003).

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 26, 2024

Dirty Profits 2: Report on Companies and Financial Institutions Benefiting from Violations of Human Rights (Facing Finance, 2013). References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m Behind the Shine: The Other Shell Report by Friends of the Earth and others (2003).

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 25, 2024

Dirty Profits 2: Report on Companies and Financial Institutions Benefiting from Violations of Human Rights (Facing Finance, 2013). References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m Behind the Shine: The Other Shell Report by Friends of the Earth and others (2003).

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

Dirty Profits 2: Report on Companies and Financial Institutions Benefiting from Violations of Human Rights (Facing Finance, 2013). References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m Behind the Shine: The Other Shell Report by Friends of the Earth and others (2003).

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Dirty Profits 2: Report on Companies and Financial Institutions Benefiting from Violations of Human Rights (Facing Finance, 2013). References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m Behind the Shine: The Other Shell Report by Friends of the Earth and others (2003).

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Dirty Profits 2: Report on Companies and Financial Institutions Benefiting from Violations of Human Rights (Facing Finance, 2013). References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m Behind the Shine: The Other Shell Report by Friends of the Earth and others (2003).

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Dirty Profits 2: Report on Companies and Financial Institutions Benefiting from Violations of Human Rights (Facing Finance, 2013). References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m Behind the Shine: The Other Shell Report by Friends of the Earth and others (2003).

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The Energy Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

In what may be considered a warning shot to overzealous federal prosecutors looking to obtain criminal convictions under the Clean Air Act (“CAA”) or the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (“MBTA”), the Court of Appeals reversed criminal convictions against Citgo related to violations of both Acts at its Corpus Christi refinery.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

I recently sat down virtually with one of UCS’s top EV experts, David Reichmuth , a senior engineer in the organization’s Clean Transportation Program, to get a better idea of EVs’ near- and long-term prospects. What is happening in California, and how quickly could that be replicated in other states?

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Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

The Clean Air Act (CAA) regulates smog, setting National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for ozone and PM. Supreme Court, which granted cert and heard the case on December 10, 2013. Every year, about 200,000 Americans die from smog, which is a mix of ozone and fine particulates (PM. Homer City. Homer City.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had failed to fulfill its non-discretionary obligation under Section 321(a) of the Clean Air Act to conduct evaluations of loss or shifts in employment that might result from implementation of the Clean Air Act. Murray Energy Corp. McCarthy , No. 5:14 -cv-39 (N.D.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2023

EPA is an effort by conservative states and fuel suppliers to block EPA regulations of greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles under the Clean Air Act. I’m an appellate litigator with a focus on climate and Clean Air Act cases. Q: Hi, Sean. For about 15 years I’ve been practicing in a very small firm.

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E2 Law Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

It is likely that NYSDEC will answer that question in the negative, arguing that the existing mandates in New York’s Environmental Conservation Law already evince a state policy aimed to afford New Yorkers clean air, clean water, and a healthful environment. Envt’l Def. Commonwealth , 161 A.3d 3d 911 (Pa. 2017); Robinson Twp.

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Legal Planet

MAY 11, 2023

Regulating the carbon emissions of thousands of power plants is not a choice, it’s what’s required under the Clean Air Act and subsequent determinations and court decisions.  If this all feels like deja vu, that’s because we’ve been here before. Long story short, they did and it is. million electric cars in use by 2025.

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Corp Watch

JUNE 7, 2023

USA: Coke, EPA to reach settlement in Clean Air Act ammonia violation charges Shane O'Halloran | Food Engineering Mag | March 19, 2014 EPA alleged 27 violations at a Minute Maid juice processing facility in Michigan. References: Did Coca-Cola Ever Contain Cocaine?

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Corp Watch

JUNE 7, 2023

USA: Coke, EPA to reach settlement in Clean Air Act ammonia violation charges Shane O'Halloran | Food Engineering Mag | March 19, 2014 EPA alleged 27 violations at a Minute Maid juice processing facility in Michigan. References: Did Coca-Cola Ever Contain Cocaine?

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Corp Watch

JUNE 7, 2023

USA: Coke, EPA to reach settlement in Clean Air Act ammonia violation charges Shane O'Halloran | Food Engineering Mag | March 19, 2014 EPA alleged 27 violations at a Minute Maid juice processing facility in Michigan. References: Did Coca-Cola Ever Contain Cocaine?

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 7, 2019

In addition, the court rejected the contention that the Clean Air Act or foreign affairs doctrine completely preempted the plaintiffs’ claims and also indicated that federal common law would not provide a basis for complete preemption. Department of Transportation, and NHTSA. The complaint alleged that the U.S.

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Law and Environment

JUNE 14, 2022

The Clean Air Act generally prohibits a state from adopting its own motor vehicle emission standards. In 2013, EPA granted California a CAA waiver to regulate vehicle emission GHGs and establish a ZEV program. California sought and received its first waiver under the above standard in 1968. currently electing to do so.

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Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

President Obama selected Gina McCarthy as EPA administrator in 2013. [2]. She had previously worked in EPA’s air and radiation office where she “played a key role in the administration’s efforts to address . Pruitt and the EPA complied with the order and eventually decided to repeal the Clean Power Plan. [19]. global warming.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 24, 2022

Fact: DCNR testified at the Senate’s March 4 budget hearing, 65 percent of the prime natural gas leases on State Forest land in 2008-2013 have not been developed. Fact: The PA Supreme Court issued a decision in 2013 declaring a similar provision in the Act 13 state law regulating oil and gas drilling unconstitutional.

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Arnold Porter

AUGUST 26, 2021

In the first complaint, the Center alleged that a chemical manufacturer and importer headquartered in Akron, Ohio, had failed to report 843,047 pounds of tetrabromobisphenol A bis(2,3-dibromopropyl ether) and five other substances that it imported during the 2013–2015 reporting period. The House bill ( H.R. 31225 (June 11, 2021).]]

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

The Clean Air Act generally preempts state and local governments from “adopt[ing] or attempt[ing] to enforce any standard relating to the control of emissions from new motor vehicles or new motor vehicle engines.

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Columbia Climate Law

MAY 8, 2020

The federal district court for the Eastern District of California denied a motion for a preliminary injunction in a case challenging federal and state reviews and authorizations of a logging project and biomass energy facility on public forestland that burned during the 2013 Rim Fire.

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ESA

JANUARY 18, 2022

This move reverts the area to the previous management plan, finalized in 2013, which protected 11.2 EPA – Clean Air Act Advisory Committee Meeting (Feb. The Trump administration proposed opening 80% of the around 19 million acres, or about 80% of the area, to oil and gas development.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Murray Energy Sought Supreme Court Review of Fourth Circuit’s Dismissal of Clean Air Act Jobs Study Case. Foster , No. 34-2016-CR-00187 (N.D. decision Sept. 29, 2017; verdict Oct. NEW CASES, MOTIONS, AND NOTICES. Both sets of intervenors also said the court should limit any abeyance period to 120 days. West Virginia v.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

The bill would amend Section 4 of TSCA to require EPA to issue a testing rule for all PFAS that would require manufacturers and processors of PFAS to develop information “likely to be useful in evaluating the hazard and risk posed by such substances in land, air, and water (including drinking water), as well as in products.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The Washington Supreme Court concluded that the Washington Clean Air Act did not grant the Department of Ecology authority to regulate indirect greenhouse gas emissions of businesses and utilities whose products ultimately generate such emissions. Trump , No. 4:19-cv-00028 (D.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 12, 2024

’s delegation of federal Clean Air Act (CAA) authority for California to adopt regulations limiting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from motor vehicles and mandating the state’s steady transition from sales of conventional cars and light trucks to electric vehicles. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

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