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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

They are water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, ozone, CFCs, and hydrofluorocarbons. National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) : A set of EPA standards on air pollutant emissions of chemicals that could cause serious permanent harm to wildlife or people or kill organic matter.

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October 2019 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

In addition, the court rejected the contention that the Clean Air Act or foreign affairs doctrine completely preempted the plaintiffs’ claims and also indicated that federal common law would not provide a basis for complete preemption. Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) and the Town of Saugus had appealed the MassDEP’s decision.

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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Earlier in February, the court issued a request for supplemental briefing on the issue of how the concept of “navigable waters of the United States” related to removal jurisdiction. The standards are for portable air conditioners, air compressors, commercial packaged boilers, and uninterruptible power supplies. ExxonMobil Corp.

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May 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Columbia Climate Law

The court said that having remanded to the Corps for consultation under the Endangered Species Act, it was not necessary to determine whether the Corps “made a fully informed and well-considered decision” under NEPA and the Clean Water Act. Delta Stewardship Council Cases , Nos.

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May 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

The first petition was filed by West Virginia and 18 other states that had intervened to defend the repeal and replacement rule, known as the Affordable Clean Energy rule. 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.

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August 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

National Audubon Society alleged that the rule “vastly expands potential sand mining projects in delicate coastal barriers” and further alleged that coastal barriers would become even more important due to climate change and were expected to mitigate $108 billion of sea level rise and flooding damages over the next 50 years.

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November 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

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. Murray Energy Sought Supreme Court Review of Fourth Circuit’s Dismissal of Clean Air Act Jobs Study Case. Foster , No. decision Sept.

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