Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 27, 2023
Last week, the Federal Highway Administration finalized an important regulation–the greenhouse gas performance measure. Currently, only 24 states and the District of Columbia have laws requiring them to set targets and track their greenhouse gas emissions from transportation. They just need to put them together.
Circle of Blue
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
Climate Law Could Make Midwest Water Contamination Worse Billions in clean energy incentives rely on raw materials from polluting corn and livestock. The law enables the U.S.D.A. With tax credits in the new climate law, the council envisions 15,000 more to be installed, including nearly 8,600 on large dairy, hog, and poultry farms.
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Legal Planet
MAY 16, 2024
What are the most important Supreme Court decisions in environmental law? Although the ruling might have been viewed as limited to the particular statute in question (a workplace safety law), it was interpreted as applying across the board. The Chevron doctrine has become a pillar of administrative law. NRDC, 467 U.S.
Legal Planet
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
In 2007, the Supreme Court held that EPA had jurisdiction to regulate greenhouse gases at the federal level. Accelerating the Transition: 2022 to ?? In 2022, the Supreme Court made it clear that it would not tolerate really innovative regulations like Obama’s Clean Power Plan. That hope died in 2010, however.
Legal Planet
MAY 13, 2024
This post from UC Berkeley and UCLA Law puts together the pieces by listing the 30 most consequential Biden actions, by date and subject matter. October 26, 2022. August 9, 2022. August 16, 2022. ” November 22, 2022. April 6, 2022. It includes only completed actions, not proposed regulations.
Greenbuilding Law
FEBRUARY 18, 2024
Department of Defense contractors are not permitted to “disclose a greenhouse gas inventory or any other report on greenhouse gas emissions.” As governments across the United States are beginning to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, looking at the back story and teasing out the broad impact of this prohibition is worth our time.
Greenbuilding Law
DECEMBER 31, 2023
Governments across the United States are for the first time regulating greenhouse gas emissions. This entirely new and emergent body of law in response to climate change is bursting onto the scene in 2024 and businesses are beginning to monetize it as a new revenue stream. Moreover, at least 195 countries (.
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