Union of Concerned Scientists
JUNE 6, 2023
In its friend of the court brief in the Idaho case, the American Petroleum Association, the American Gas Association, and the Association for Oil Pipelines complained that the Clean Water Act led to a permitting system so “onerous” that the failure to obtain a permit after years of waiting “can be ruinous.”
ESA
JULY 26, 2021
Senators reintroduce Recovering America’s Wildlife Act. Judge rules Maui County, Hawaii must receive a Clean Water Act permit in a case that reached the Supreme Court. This program would put American to work on projects to reduce carbon emissions, build climate resilience and implement natural climate solutions.
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Law Columbia
NOVEMBER 7, 2017
The rule took effect on January 17, 2017; on June 15, 2017, BLM issued a notice of postponement of January 17, 2018 compliance dates. The rule requires that measures be taken, beginning in January 2018, to reduce venting and flaring from oil and gas production on federal and tribal lands. The plaintiffs contended that the U.S.
Law Columbia
MAY 7, 2021
Circuit’s January opinion vacating EPA’s repeal and replacement of the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan regulations for controlling carbon emissions from existing power plants. Supreme Court seeking review of the D.C. Seven weeks after the U.S. San Francisco Baykeeper v. 20-17367 (9th Cir. The groups alleged that the U.S.
ESA
JUNE 14, 2021
EPA: Administrator Michael Regan announced that that agency will repeal the Trump administration’s 2020 Navigable Waters Protection Rule, which replaced the Obama administration’s 2015 Clean Water Rule. Forest Service: Chief Vicki Christiansen announced that she will retire from the agency in August 2021.
Law Columbia
FEBRUARY 10, 2020
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. 452044/2018 (N.Y. The Ninth Circuit found, however, that the plaintiffs had not established the redressability requirement for standing. Exxon Mobil Corp. ,
Columbia Climate Law
MAY 8, 2020
Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) 2018 rule in which EPA decided to expand the D.C. EPA’s 2018 rule also suspended the prohibition for companies currently using ozone-depleting substances. In ruling on the challenge to the 2018 rule, the D.C. The court also rejected the contention that the 2018 rule was not final action.
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