Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Air emissions : Any gas emitted into the atmosphere from industrial or commercial activity. Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) : A group of inert chemical used in many industrial and everyday processes such as our refrigerators that are not broken down at lower atmospheric levels and rise to the upper levels, destroying ozone.

Government 52

Government Law Waste Clean Air Act 52

Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2021

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. Seven weeks after the U.S. San Francisco Baykeeper v. 20-17367 (9th Cir. The federal district court for the District of Arizona denied EPA and the U.S.

2021 40

2021 Fossil Fuels Climate Change Endangered Species Act 40

Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

The court stated: “Plaintiffs’ claims for public nuisance, though pled as state-law claims, depend on a global complex of geophysical cause and effect involving all nations of the planet (and the oceans and atmosphere). Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. The planned pipeline is to be 162.5 Perry , No. 3:17 -cv-03404 (N.D.

2018 40

2018 Clean Air Act Climate Change Endangered Species Act 40

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. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. After Proposing Repeal of Clean Power Plan, EPA Sought Continued Abeyance of Pending Cases in D.C.

2017 40

2017 Clean Air Act Climate Change Clean Water Act 40

Law Columbia

AUGUST 4, 2021

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed judgment in favor of the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security on claims that the Department violated the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) by failing to consider environmental impacts of certain immigration programs and policies. Mayorkas , No. 20-55777 (9th Cir. July 19, 2021).

2021 40

2021 Climate Change Paris Agreement 2019 40

Columbia Climate Law

MAY 8, 2020

As a threshold matter, the court found that Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and one of the state petitioners (New York) each had standing based on potential injuries from climate change which were caused in part by HFC emissions and which would be redressed by restrictions on such emissions. Wheeler , No. 18-1172 (D.C.

2020 40

2020 Endangered Species Act Climate Change Greenhouse 40