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Union of Concerned Scientists
JULY 1, 2022
This term, alongside a number of cases with the potential for seismic implications, the Supreme Court also took up West Virginia v. Though the case caught fewer headlines, it, too, threatened Earth-shifting implications all its own by thrusting into question a critical EPA lever for addressing climate change.
Legal Planet
JULY 21, 2022
The Supreme Court’s ruling in the West Virginia case left many people with the impression that it eliminated the government’s power to regulate carbon emissions. Here’s the EPA authority the Court hasn’t touched: EPA’s jurisdiction over greenhouse gases. EPA , which gave EPA authority to regulate greenhouses gases.
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Circle of Blue
NOVEMBER 3, 2021
High-profile water-related issues were also on the ballot in Maine, Boise, and Virginia Beach. Voters in Boise and Virginia Beach authorized infrastructure spending plans that exceed a half-billion dollars. The change could have consequences. The New York City skyline and the Hudson River. Carl Ganter/Circle of Blue.
Law and Environment
JULY 1, 2022
The Supreme Court decided West Virginia v. The decision focuses on EPA’s authority under a specific section of the Clean Air Act. The case resolves a years-long dispute over EPA’s authority to issue the Clean Power Plan, which set limits on greenhouse gas emissions for power plants in all fifty states.
Legal Planet
JULY 11, 2022
In West Virginia v. As we all know, the West Virginia case involved the Obama Administration’s signature climate change regulation, the Clean Power Plan. According to the Court, in a major questions case, “the agency must point to ‘clear congressional authorization’ for the authority it claims.”
Clean Energy Law
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
EPA’s transfer of primary enforcement authority to states for carbon capture and storage projects may decrease permitting delays but raise legal questions. EPA is the primary authority for Class VI well permits, which are essential for the underground storage of carbon dioxide (CO2).
MGKF Law
JUNE 30, 2022
This post was authored by Trang Do, a summer associate. In West Virginia v. West Virginia v. The major questions doctrine requires that a federal agency have “clear congressional authorization” when acting on issues of great “economic and political significance.” EPA 597 U. S. _ (2022). ” Id.
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