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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

Some of the world's oldest environmental protections were designed with human health in mind. The Clean Air Act is an excellent example of this following the publication of Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring. Learn more about environmental law degrees. Key Current US Environmental Laws.

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The Trump Watch: What Does the New Administration Portend for the Environment?

Vermont Law

as a pollutant at all to the Clean Power Plan, which has no chance of clemency before its swift execution at some point in 2017. [14]. that it should “Amend the Clean Air Act to clarify that it never delegated to the EPA the authority to enact climate policies through the Act.”. [18].

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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

In a joint memorandum of law, these companies argued that New York City’s claims arise under federal common law and that the Clean Air Act has displaced the federal common law or, alternatively, that the plaintiffs’ “expansive derivative theory of liability” fails to state a claim that complies with federal common law standards.

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