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Law and Environment
JULY 1, 2022
EPA on Thursday, June 30, 2022, curbing the power of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants across the country. The decision focuses on EPA’s authority under a specific section of the Clean Air Act. What does this mean for clean energy projects?
Law Columbia
JANUARY 25, 2022
The case concerns the scope of the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from existing fossil fuel power plants under Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act (CAA). In January 2021, the D.C. Read the brief here.
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Vorys Law
JANUARY 19, 2021
On January 19, 2021, the United States Court of Appeals for the D. EPA’s 2019 Affordable Clean Energy Rule (ACE Rule). The 2019 ACE Rule replaced the 2015 Clean Power Plan as a means of regulating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from power plants. Circuit issued an Order vacating U.S. The Court held that, while U.S.
Law Columbia
MARCH 29, 2023
In January, the first case to enforce the requirements of New York’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) was filed in the state Supreme Court. Enacted in 2019, the CLCPA sets ambitious greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction goals for the State of New York, while incorporating principles of environmental justice.
Law Columbia
AUGUST 22, 2022
On August 16, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act (or “IRA”), widely hailed as the most ambitious piece of climate legislation in U.S. cities move toward their greenhouse gas reduction goals via a cleaner national electric grid, increased vehicle and building electrification, and new distributed renewable energy resources.
Clean Energy Law
NOVEMBER 25, 2019
The Air Quality Management Plan (AQMP) is a regional blueprint prepared by the SCAQMD for achieving the standards. One of the most significant air quality challenges in the Basin is reducing emissions of the ozone precursor nitrogen oxides (NO x ) to meet the ozone standard attainment deadlines.
Columbia Climate Law
AUGUST 26, 2020
Today, the Sabin Center released a collaboratively authored report that outlines a series of executive actions that a Biden administration could take to do the opposite: re regulate greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) and achieve other mitigation and adaptation goals.
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