Vietnamese blogger who filmed chemical spill protests released from prison
Corp Watch
JANUARY 17, 2024
In September 2022, a Louisiana court revoked the company’s air permits for failing to protect the public from environmental harm.
2016 Clean Air Act Clean Water Act Environmental Protection 
52 
Conservation: History and Future
Environmental Science
SEPTEMBER 14, 2018
President John F Kennedy introduced the Clean Air Act in the US as one of many introduced in developed nations with heavy industry (15). Deeper into the 1960s, Richard Nixon signed the executive order creating the Environmental Protection Agency. It is not technically a subcategory of the science of conservation.
Join 20,000+
Insiders
Sign Up for our Newsletter
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Trending Sources
October 2019 Updates to the Climate Case Charts
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. Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection , No. West Virginia v.
March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts
Law Columbia
MARCH 6, 2018
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court decision that vacated the listing of the Arctic ringed seal as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The plaintiffs’ complaint asserting National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Clean Water Act, and Rivers and Harbors Act violations included allegations that the U.S.
The Chemical Compound—August 2021
Arnold Porter
AUGUST 26, 2021
This includes emerging contaminants as well as substances identified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) under the 2016 amendments to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for prioritization, risk evaluation, or regulation. 21-70168, 21-70670 (9th Cir. June 30, 2021).]] The House bill ( H.R.
May 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts
Law Columbia
MAY 7, 2021
The first petition was filed by West Virginia and 18 other states that had intervened to defend the repeal and replacement rule, known as the Affordable Clean Energy rule. The states argued that the Supreme Court’s stay of the Clean Power Plan while it was under review by the D.C. Seven weeks after the U.S. San Francisco Baykeeper v.
August 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts
Law Columbia
AUGUST 4, 2021
The Washington Supreme Court ruled that a climate activist should be permitted to present a necessity defense to charges of criminal trespass and unlawful obstruction of a train in connection with a 2016 protest on railroad tracks used by trains carrying coal and oil products. The cases were filed in 2016 , 2020 , and 2021.
Let's personalize your content