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

Law Columbia

The court correctly noted that, under the Supreme Court’s holding in American Electric Power v. Connecticut ( AEP ), the Clean Air Act has displaced federal common law related to domestic GHG emissions. It only has to “speak directly” to the issue of international air pollution that may harm the United States.

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Policy News: June 28, 2021

ESA

Senators confirmed Richard Spinrad to lead the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration by a voice vote. He served as NOAA’s chief scientist from 2014 and 2016 and has also led both NOAA’s Office of Atmospheric Research and the National Ocean Service. The Marine Mammal Climate Change Protection Act ( H.R.

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