2017 Clean Air Act Clean Water Act Sea Level 
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.
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. 2017 CA 006685 B (D.C. ExxonMobil Corp. applied federal common law. The planned pipeline is to be 162.5 miles long and is intended to carry crude oil.
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Columbia Climate Law
MAY 8, 2020
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in December 2017 and March 2018 because the environmental assessments for the lease sales failed to meet National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requirements, including by failing to take a hard look at cumulative climate change impacts. Delta Stewardship Council Cases , Nos.
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. Seggos , No.
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. Army Corps of Engineers’ motion to hold in abeyance a case challenging the Trump administration’s rules defining “waters of the United States” under the Clean Water Act.
Law Columbia
JULY 2, 2021
Chevron filed the third-party complaint in December 2017 against the company—of which the Norwegian State is majority stakeholder—for indemnity and contribution. The Clean Air Act provision at issue authorizes small refineries to petition EPA “for an extension of the exemption … for the reason of disproportionate economic hardship.”
Law Columbia
FEBRUARY 10, 2020
The court noted that the administrative record currently documented the Corps’ decision to reissue NWP 12 in 2017. Army Corps of Engineers’ issue of a Section 404 permit under the Clean Water Act for a new petrochemical plant on the Mississippi River in Louisiana. Trump , No. 4:19-cv-00028 (D. WildEarth Guardians v.
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