Legal Planet

JUNE 30, 2022

Chief Justice Roberts’s majority opinion leaves EPA other options to reduce carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants. In order to regulate existing power plants—especially existing coal-fired plants—EPA turned to section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act. We didn’t dodge the bullet.

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Legal Planet

MAY 16, 2024

In this opinion dealing with a fairly technical issue under the Clean Air Act, Justice Stevens strengthened judicial deference to administrative agencies. Initially, Chevron was hailed by conservative judges and commentators. This case was a deviation from Scalia’s pattern: he voted to uphold EPA’s air quality standards.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The court held that the City’s claims were not completely preempted by the Clean Air Act and also was not persuaded by the companies’ argument that the claims necessarily arose under federal common law. The court also found that judicial economy and conservation of resources weighed in favor of a stay. Missouri v.

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Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2021

Circuit’s January opinion vacating EPA’s repeal and replacement of the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan regulations for controlling carbon emissions from existing power plants. League of Conservation Voters v. The states asserted counts under the Administrative Procedure Act and of ultra vires action.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 8, 2021

Department of Energy (DOE) rule adopted in December 2020 that created new product classes for short-cycle washers and dryers in the energy conservation program. The court also rejected claims under the National Forest Management Act, the Healthy Forest Restoration Act, and the Endangered Species Act. May 17, 2021).

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Wisconsin Federal Court Dismissed Pro Se Lawsuit Claiming That Republican and Conservative Policies—Including Failure to Address Climate Change—Violated Plaintiff’s Rights. Murray Energy Sought Supreme Court Review of Fourth Circuit’s Dismissal of Clean Air Act Jobs Study Case. Department of Interior , No. Foster , No.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 29, 2023

At least partly—if not largely—because the AGs and their political organization, the Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA), receive substantial financial support from fossil fuel companies, electric utilities, and their respective trade groups. After she took office in January 2019, that pledge went out the window.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

played a crucial role in negotiating the Kyoto Protocol, which required developed countries to cut their carbon emissions 5% below 1990 levels. The Kyoto Protocol may have led to emission reductions in Europe, but there was never any real prospect that the Senate would ever ratify the agreement. Under Clinton, the U.S.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The majority said it “reluctantly” concluded that “the plaintiffs’ case must be made to the political branches or to the electorate at large” and “[t]hat the other branches may have abdicated their responsibility to remediate the problem does not confer on Article III courts, no matter how well-intentioned, the ability to step into their shoes.”

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ESA

JULY 18, 2022

Mining in the area has been the subject of political controversy for years — President Obama recommended a mining withdrawal in this area in 2016, but the Trump administration stopped that process. Discussion topics included: What does the opinion mean for EPA’s ability to require carbon emission reductions from existing power plants?

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ESA

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Fish and Wildlife Service receives $180 million for developing and carrying out Endangered Species Act recovery plans and a combined $19.4 million for conserving pollinators, freshwater mussels, desert fish and Hawaiian Islands plants. billion to support Indigenous conservation of forests. Lawmakers also allocate $9.7

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 19, 2016

in domestic or international efforts to reduce carbon emissions. Instead Mr. Ebell seems perfectly suited to eviscerate the efforts of the Obama Administration to reduce carbon emissions as part of the international cooperation to spare the globe from looming catastrophe. Pro-Growth Agenda for the 114th Congress.

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ESA

OCTOBER 8, 2021

European countries agree to protects parts of the North Atlantic to conserve seabird species. Environmental justice communities already face a disproportionate amount of pollution emanating from political disenfranchisement and racist policies like redlining. California Governor vetoes tropical deforestation bill. International.

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