Corp Watch

OCTOBER 13, 2023

The company was a major target of anti-apartheid boycotts in the 1980s over its role in supporting the white South African government with fuel and money but just 192 rand ($22) in annual rent for two petrol stations on Umnini tribal land in KwaZulu-Natal, where blacks were not allowed to own land.

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Law Columbia

JULY 6, 2017

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) lacked authority to administratively stay portions of new source performance standards for the oil and gas sector for which it had granted requests for reconsideration. Fourth Circuit Said West Virginia District Court Lacked Jurisdiction to Consider Coal Companies’ Clean Air Act Jobs Study Lawsuit.

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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.”

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

German climate protesters block train carrying Volkswagen cars DW | July 14, 2019 Dozens of climate protesters tied themselves to a train track in front of a freight train to protest the German government's 'failed climate policy.' Agrees to Pay Over $1 Million for Clean Air Act Violation U.S. Volkswagen of America, Inc.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

German climate protesters block train carrying Volkswagen cars DW | July 14, 2019 Dozens of climate protesters tied themselves to a train track in front of a freight train to protest the German government's 'failed climate policy.' Agrees to Pay Over $1 Million for Clean Air Act Violation U.S. Volkswagen of America, Inc.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

German climate protesters block train carrying Volkswagen cars DW | July 14, 2019 Dozens of climate protesters tied themselves to a train track in front of a freight train to protest the German government's 'failed climate policy.' Agrees to Pay Over $1 Million for Clean Air Act Violation U.S. Volkswagen of America, Inc.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

German climate protesters block train carrying Volkswagen cars DW | July 14, 2019 Dozens of climate protesters tied themselves to a train track in front of a freight train to protest the German government's 'failed climate policy.' Agrees to Pay Over $1 Million for Clean Air Act Violation U.S. Volkswagen of America, Inc.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

German climate protesters block train carrying Volkswagen cars DW | July 14, 2019 Dozens of climate protesters tied themselves to a train track in front of a freight train to protest the German government's 'failed climate policy.' Agrees to Pay Over $1 Million for Clean Air Act Violation U.S. Volkswagen of America, Inc.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

German climate protesters block train carrying Volkswagen cars DW | July 14, 2019 Dozens of climate protesters tied themselves to a train track in front of a freight train to protest the German government's 'failed climate policy.' Agrees to Pay Over $1 Million for Clean Air Act Violation U.S. Volkswagen of America, Inc.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

German climate protesters block train carrying Volkswagen cars DW | July 14, 2019 Dozens of climate protesters tied themselves to a train track in front of a freight train to protest the German government's 'failed climate policy.' Agrees to Pay Over $1 Million for Clean Air Act Violation U.S. Volkswagen of America, Inc.

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Corp Watch

DECEMBER 14, 2023

German climate protesters block train carrying Volkswagen cars DW | July 14, 2019 Dozens of climate protesters tied themselves to a train track in front of a freight train to protest the German government's 'failed climate policy.' Agrees to Pay Over $1 Million for Clean Air Act Violation U.S. Volkswagen of America, Inc.

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Corp Watch

DECEMBER 12, 2023

German climate protesters block train carrying Volkswagen cars DW | July 14, 2019 Dozens of climate protesters tied themselves to a train track in front of a freight train to protest the German government's 'failed climate policy.' Agrees to Pay Over $1 Million for Clean Air Act Violation U.S. Volkswagen of America, Inc.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Colorado Federal Court Remanded Local Governments’ Climate Case to State Court. The court said the defendants’ argument that the plaintiffs’ state law claims were governed by federal common law appeared to be a matter of ordinary preemption, which would not provide a basis for federal jurisdiction. Rhode Island v. Chevron Corp. ,

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Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

The court held that federal common law necessarily governed the nuisance claims because “[a] patchwork of fifty different answers to the same fundamental global issue would be unworkable” and “the extent of any judicial relief should be uniform across our nation.” In re: Border Infrastructure Environmental Litigation , No.

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The Energy Law Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2021

On September 30, 2021, the EPA once again signaled a policy change on what provisions a state can include in its Clean Air Act State Implementation Plan (“SIP”) for exemptions and affirmative defenses during periods of startup, shutdown, and malfunction (“SSM”). 2008), and a 2014 decision, in which the D.C. 3d 1019 (D.C.

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Arnold Porter

AUGUST 26, 2021

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. EPA Sought Information to Inform Regulation of 1-Bromopropane as Hazardous Air Pollutant. The House bill ( H.R. Draft Contaminant Candidate List Included All PFAS.

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Columbia Climate Law

MAY 8, 2020

Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) 2018 rule in which EPA decided to expand the D.C. The court rejected the argument that a more recently enacted statute governing rate structure conflicted with and preempted the 1980 statute. In a split decision, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the U.S.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 4, 2021

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to issue a decision on Exxon’s application to renew the NPDES permit, which had expired in 2014. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) 2019 rule setting renewable fuel volumes in the Clean Air Act’s Renewable Fuel Standard Program. Trump , No.

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Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2021

The third-party complaint asserted that while the plaintiffs’ claims were meritless, Statoil, “as well as potentially the many other sovereign governments that use and promote fossil fuels,” must be joined as third-party defendants. Chevron filed similar notices of withdrawal in other cases brought by California localities.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other governmental entities to allow continued enforcement of environmental laws related to ongoing mining operations. First, it said the determination not to prepare an environmental impact statement in two of the cases was not arbitrary and capricious. Foster , No.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 29, 2023

By railing against what he calls a “radical climate change movement” and suing the federal government to protect corporate polluters. In 2015, when he took office as AG after stints in the Texas Legislature, he sued the Environmental Protection Agency for strengthening a standard for ground-level ozone, better known as smog.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

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 rule faced legal challenges by 18 states and four local governments in the federal district court for the Southern District of New York,[[N:New York v.

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 19, 2016

2, 2014). [8]. If you still have a glimmer of hope that the federal government will continue to play a meaningful role and remain engaged in carbon reduction efforts under the Trump Administration, consider this: Mr. Ebell is employed at the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) in Washington, D.C. (#(@realDonaldTrump, Nov.

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ESA

JUNE 28, 2021

billion increase for the Environmental Protection Agency over FY 2022. . He served as NOAA’s chief scientist from 2014 and 2016 and has also led both NOAA’s Office of Atmospheric Research and the National Ocean Service. Committee Ranking Member Roger Wicker (R-MS) ’s Regional Ocean Partnership Act ( S.1894 Water Alliance.

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MAY 6, 2021

“We cannot confront climate change without doing a far better job to protect our forests, our oceans, our wetlands and our grasslands,” Gina McCarthy, the White House national climate adviser, said during the call. The full Senate narrowly voted to confirm Janet McCabe as the deputy administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.

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