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Roe v. Wade Draft Bodes Ill for Air, Wetlands and EPA

Union of Concerned Scientists

Outside of bird protection acts of the early 20 th century, protections for water, air and the atmosphere are a late 20 th -century development, created in the wake of Rachel Carson’s 1962 treatise on pesticides, Silent Spring. There is now a 99.9 After the Massachusetts v. The EPA under both the George W.

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October 2019 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

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. Court Dismissed Counterclaims in Climate Scientist’s Defamation Lawsuit.

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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

The court stated: “Plaintiffs’ claims for public nuisance, though pled as state-law claims, depend on a global complex of geophysical cause and effect involving all nations of the planet (and the oceans and atmosphere). 34-2015-80002005 (Cal. It necessarily involves the relationships between the United States and all other nations.

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May 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Columbia Climate Law

EPA of a 2015 rule barring replacement of ozone-depleting substances with hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), which are powerful greenhouse gases. Circuit vacated the 2015 rule to the extent that it prohibited continued use of HFCs by companies that previously switched to HFCs from an ozone-depleting substance. In Mexichem , the D.C.

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Policy News: May 28, 2021

ESA

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Global Change Research Program since 2015. Climate Change Forces Brutal Choices at National Parks – The New York Times. Top Climate Scientist Blasts Government Lab After Denier Invited to Speak – Gizmodo. EPA – Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit.

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