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. Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) and the Town of Saugus had appealed the MassDEP’s decision.

2019 40

2019 Endangered Species Act Climate Change Greenhouse 40

Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

Earlier in February, the court issued a request for supplemental briefing on the issue of how the concept of “navigable waters of the United States” related to removal jurisdiction. The standards are for portable air conditioners, air compressors, commercial packaged boilers, and uninterruptible power supplies. ExxonMobil Corp.

2018 40

2018 Clean Air Act Climate Change Endangered Species Act 40

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.

2021 40

2021 Fossil Fuels Climate Change Endangered Species Act 40

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.

2021 40

2021 Climate Change Paris Agreement 2019 40

Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

The plaintiffs alleged that Peabody (and a number of other fossil fuel companies) caused greenhouse gas emissions that resulted in sea level rise and damage to their property. Peabody, a coal company, filed for bankruptcy in April 2016 and emerged from bankruptcy under a plan that became effective on April 3, 2017. Foster , No.

2017 40

2017 Clean Air Act Climate Change Clean Water Act 40

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. WildEarth Guardians v. Bernhardt , No.

2020 40

2020 Fossil Fuels Climate Change Greenhouse 40

ESA

MAY 17, 2021

Regan and the EPA’s top water official, Radhika Fox, announced that the agency will hold listening sessions across the country this summer and fall to seek stakeholder input about how the agency should define streams and wetlands under the Clean Water Act. EPA – Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit.

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2021 Clean Air Act Ocean Climate Change 60