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What’s Up With the Supreme Court?

Law and Environment

Of course, the EEI did so to ensure that the Clean Air Act continues to act as a shield against private tort actions over carbon emissions, but still. It’s difficult to call this Court conservative.

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Environmentalism and the Supreme Court

Legal Planet

If you’re an anti-regulatory conservative, you’d probably flip these designations. The case involved the lynchpin of the Clean Air Act, EPA’s power to set national air quality standards. The Court then held that greenhouse gases are covered by the Clean Air Act as a type of air pollutant.

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The US Supreme Court’s earliest pollution cases

Environment, Law, and History

Six years later, the Court decided its first air pollution case. Notably, these cases came during the conservative Lochner era when the Court was hardly known for its liberalism. The upshot was to give states standing to sue EPA for failing to take action against carbon emissions. That was in 1901. Quite the contrary.

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Why the New Climate Reg for Coal is a Perfectly Normal EPA Rule

Legal Planet

Opponents are sure to legally challenge EPA’s new rule to limit carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants. First, EPA’s preferred technology to limit carbon emissionscarbon capture and storage (CCS) — isn’t just pie in the sky. energy mix.

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What’s Up With the Supreme Court?

Acoel

Of course, the EEI did so to ensure that the Clean Air Act continues to act as a shield against private tort actions over carbon emissions, but still. It’s difficult to call this Court conservative.

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Allegations of extensive sexual abuse at Kenyan offsetting project used by Shell and Netflix

Corp Watch

In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. Shell is the major operator of the Athabasca Oil Sands project in Alberta, whose waste ponds are some of the biggest human-made structures on Earth. References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m

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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Circuit also rejected EPA’s argument that the court did not have authority to review stays issued under Section 307(d)(7)(D) of the Clean Air Act. Fourth Circuit Said West Virginia District Court Lacked Jurisdiction to Consider Coal Companies’ Clean Air Act Jobs Study Lawsuit. DECISIONS AND SETTLEMENTS.

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