Law and Environment

JANUARY 27, 2022

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. Fundamentally, this Court is simply anti-government, almost to the point of seeming like a bunch of anarchists. It’s difficult to call this Court conservative.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 26, 2021

This was a case under the Endangered Species Act. The Supreme Court interpreted the statute to place an absolute priority on preserving endangered species, regardless of the impact on the economy or other government goals. This decision made the Endangered Species Act the strongest of the environmental statutes. Michigan v.

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Law and Environment

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Or, they may use “any similar methodology that satisfies the criteria under § 211(o)(1)(H) of the Clean Air Act.” The IRS guidance addresses the second option.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 26, 2024

On January 26, PennEnvironment and Clean Air Council announced they will file in U.S. District Court on Monday a proposed consent decree in settlement of their federal Clean Air Act lawsuit against United States Steel Corporation. The agreement mandates that U.S. Most of the penalty money ($4.5

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 1, 2022

EPA did not revoke EPA’s underlying authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act. First and foremost, despite some fossil fuel interests swinging for the fossil fuel-favored fences, the Supreme Court’s decision in West Virginia v. And here, the Court has struck a devastating blow.

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MGKF Law

JULY 6, 2021

The court’s reasoning came down to an interpretation of CERCLA that the phrase “subject to” was intended to mean “governed or affected by” rather than “obedient to.” This Blog Post was authored by Brielle Brown, a summer associate. ” Id.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

The federal government is now supporting that role with federal funding for states. The Inflation Reduction Act provides another important source of state funding. A key provision (IRA § 60114) appropriates $250 million to support emission reduction planning by state governments. States have played a critical role in U.S.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 1, 2022

California has a longstanding leadership role on transportation pollution, and the Clean Air Act grants the state the right to set strong vehicle emissions standards. As a person in SoCal with asthma, cleaner air is especially important. as you probably know, pollution reigns in SoCal. We need you to do even better!

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Law and Environment

AUGUST 27, 2021

The 8 th Circuit Court of Appeals has largely affirmed a District Court order finding that Ameren Missouri violated the NSR provisions of the Clean Air Act in making major modifications to its Rush Island facility. 7413(b), expressly provides for injunctive relief to redress violations of the Act.”. I still believe that.

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Columbia Climate Law

APRIL 24, 2020

Today, the Sabin Center filed an amicus brief on behalf of local governments in support of state and environmental petitioners in American Lung Association v. EPA , the lawsuit challenging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s repeal of the Clean Power Plan and the dangerously weak replacement rule.

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The Energy Law Blog

JULY 23, 2013

According to GenOn, EPA’s action offended the cooperative federalism structure of the Clean Air Act by undermining a state’s power to determine how to achieve air control standards. at 27 (quoting 42 U.S.C. Further, the court noted that it was satisfied that EPA had thoroughly examined the relevant scientific data.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 6, 2022

EPA’s AirToxScreen uses the National Air Toxics Assessment to offer a location-based screening tool that shows long-term cancer and health risks given air emissions of hazardous chemicals over a person’s lifetime. What is our government doing to keep us safe from harm?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The agency failed to take action, but South Memphis residents and these organizations continued undeterred, pushing government agencies and legislators, asking questions, and drawing media attention. Even more, not only was this facility emitting high levels of EtO, but it was also violating the federal Clean Air Act (CAA).

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Law and Environment

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

On the other hand, government regulation is about making hard choices – and the structure of the Clean Air Act leaves us without a mechanism to make those hard choices. I support the reconsideration and there seems little doubt that the literal terms of the statute require a lower ozone NAAQS.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 10, 2023

In other words, it was only then that we could in terms of “environmental law” rather than distinct bodies of rules governing a scattering of different situations. I began with a Westlaw search for the term “air pollution.” The earliest opinion I found was Huron Portland Cement Co. City of Detroit. Download as PDF.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 26, 2024

Plus, a newly announced Initiative to Advance the Frontiers of Benefit-Costs Analysis and Strengthen Government Decision-Making seeks engagement from researchers to inform future changes. A companion document explains how OMB incorporated public input in these revisions. Now, with the Loper Bright Enterprises, Inc.

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The Energy Law Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2023

In doing so, the court found itself “in accord with the other courts of appeals, which have unanimously found there is no federal jurisdiction where state or local governments have brought state-law actions against energy companies for conduct relating to climate change.” District of Columbia v. Exxon Mobil Corporation, et al., 22-7163 (Dec.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 19, 2023

The report provides recommendations for actions by the California Legislature to soften the impacts of past discrimination in how––and under what circumstances––local governments permit polluting land uses in overburdened communities. Wells Environmental Law Clinic set out to uncover how deep these injustices run.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

for hiding information about acceleration problems from buyers and government officials, as well as $1 billion in compensation to car owners, after as many as 37 people were reported killed in runaway vehicles. Federal Government (via USA Spending) Toyota contracts with the U.S. It paid out a fine of $1.2 billion in 2014 to the U.S.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 22, 2023

States and local air quality regulators have the legal authority to set particulate matter (PM), ozone, and nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions standards and adopt regulations for these pollutants when they are already in attainment of the national ambient air quality standards ( NAAQS ) set by the U.S.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 25, 2024

Department of the Treasury is hosting a public hearing on the December 2023 proposed regulations governing implementation of the Section 45V Credit for Production of Clean Hydrogen. As Treasury moves to finalize regulations governing implementation of 45V, it must maintain a rigorous approach that is responsive to its statutory charge.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Environmental law, or sometimes known as environmental and natural resources law, is a term used to explain regulations, statutes, local, national and international legislation, and treaties designed to protect the environment from damage and to explain the legal consequences of such damage towards governments or private entities or individuals (1).

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 26, 2024

Plus, a newly announced Initiative to Advance the Frontiers of Benefit-Costs Analysis and Strengthen Government Decision-Making seeks engagement from researchers to inform future changes. A companion document explains how OMB incorporated public input in these revisions. Now, with the Loper Bright Enterprises, Inc.

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Environment, Law, and History

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Nevertheless, and with the possible exception of the Clean Air Act, no law enacted as part of the outpouring of federal environmental legislation in the 1970’s has proven more successful and transformational than the CWA. That obviously did not, and will not, happen.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 29, 2024

EPA, as well as state and municipal governments, use the information received from reporting entities to inform the development and implementation of rules and regulations prescribed by the Clean Air Act (CAA). Notably, and unlike the SEC and California rules, EPA’s GHGRP is not directed at investors or consumers.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 30, 2022

CT , the Supreme Court said this: We hold that the Clean Air Act and the EPA actions it authorizes displace any federal common law right to seek abatement of carbon-dioxide emissions from fossil-fuel fired power plants. In 2011, in AEP v. That description of the holding in AEP v. Milo Minderbinder would be very pleased.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 18, 2023

Electrification is a critical component of building decarbonization, and local governments are taking a leading role in this policy space. Berkeley decision does and does not say, local governments can better understand that many of them have options for electrifying new buildings. In exploring what the CRA v.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 21, 2024

Conservative groups have claimed since then that virtually every government regulation raises a major question. Fourth, unlike the Clean Power Plan, this regulation is not just about greenhouse gases and climate change. But the doctrine cannot be read that broadly.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

EPA In this case, rightwing state Attorney Generals and fuel supplier are suing to block EPA’s regulations for greenhouse gases in motor vehicles, which were promulgated under the Clean Air Act. The government has a fair chance of winning these claims. On the merits, the plaintiffs have two interconnected claims.

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Acoel

JANUARY 31, 2022

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. Fundamentally, this Court is simply anti-government, almost to the point of seeming like a bunch of anarchists. It’s difficult to call this Court conservative.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 1, 2023

While the agency has failed to update the rule as required under the Clean Air Act, last year, EPA identified 23 “elevated cancer risk” commercial sterilizers and is currently working to inform communities and work with state regulators and the facilities to decrease emissions. What can be done?

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Arnold Porter

MARCH 15, 2023

Grey counsels a wide array of clients on regulatory, policy, and compliance matters related to climate change, including the federal Renewable Fuel Standard, California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard, the Clean Air Act, and other state and international initiatives on transportation sector greenhouse gas emissions.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 19, 2022

On November 15, 2022, Erie Coke Corporation, along with the plant superintendent, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on among other charges, violation of the Clean Air Act. Such hazardous air pollutants were released directly into the air to avoid the plant’s environmental monitoring system.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 12, 2024

In 1966, vehicles were responsible for nearly 60 percent of the 146 million tons of pollutants discharged into the air across the United States. The federal government kept urban transit agencies running with COVID relief funding, and some transit agencies were able to evolve with the times. Transit agencies in Washington, D.C.,

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The Energy Law Blog

JUNE 2, 2020

Amidst historically low oil prices and economic shutdowns, fossil fuel companies continue to defend against lawsuits brought by state and local governments claiming climate-change related damages. 1331 because the cities’ claims were “necessarily governed by federal common law.” BP PLC et al.,

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Law Columbia

MARCH 8, 2023

With so many agencies involved, it can be difficult for state and local governments, Native American tribes, community groups, non-profit organizations, and others to keep track of what is happening and to engage and participate in the development and implementation of the tax credits, grants, policies and other programs created by the IRA.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Clean Air Act, the U.S. Energy Policy & Conservation Act and the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act. State enabling laws vary and may require municipalities to work with the state-level government in enacting a congestion pricing regime or LTZ.

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