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The Second Circuit Takes on the Clean Air Act’s International Air Pollution Provision and Climate Change

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On April 1, 2021, a unanimous Second Circuit panel dismissed a lawsuit filed by New York City against a handful of fossil fuel companies seeking damages for climate change harms under state public nuisance and trespass law. By Michael Burger *. Photo by Alexander Tsang – Unsplash.

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Policy News: June 28, 2021

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The Department of Energy Science for the Future Act increases recommended funding levels for the Office of Science to $11.1 Congress funded the DOE Office of Science at $7 billion in FY 2021. The Senate voted to overturn this rule in April 2021. billion increase for the Environmental Protection Agency over FY 2022. .

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