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Legal Planet
APRIL 12, 2024
The case involves a constitutional challenge brought by a coalition of conservative (“red”) states to E.P.A.’s Since then, the issue of CAA section 209(b) waivers has become a game of political football between successive Democratic and Republican presidential administrations. EPA decision.)
Law and Environment
MAY 12, 2023
It was the at the core of the previous challenge to President Obama’s Clean Power Plan, which the Supreme Court rejected in West Virginia v. Of course, the sector largely made the shift on its own because of economics, even though the Clean Power Plan was held up in litigation and never went into effect.) For more on West Virginia v.
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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.
Legal Planet
JANUARY 18, 2024
The government’s efforts to control methane have followed a complicated path, involving three different congressional actions: section 111 of the Clean Air Act, which allows EPA to regulate emissions of greenhouse gases; a congressional override of an earlier regulatory action; and a newer statute that creates a fee on methane emissions.
Legal Planet
FEBRUARY 19, 2024
In 1983, Reagan’s EPA warned about the risk of a runaway greenhouse effect. Later, Reagan signed the Global Climate Protection Act of 1987, which was part of an omnibus bill dealing with the State Department. The Act acknowledged the possible dangers of climate change. Barack Obama’s embrace of climate action.
Union of Concerned Scientists
OCTOBER 6, 2022
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) decision the US Supreme Court handed down in June curtailed strategies EPA can use to slow climate change, but its problematic implications stretch far beyond greenhouse gas reduction.
Legal Planet
AUGUST 26, 2021
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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