Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Environmental Groups Sue Shell Oil for Clean Air Act Violations at Deer Park Refinery and Chemical Plant Mike Metzger | Environment Texas | January 7, 2008 Sierra Club and Environment Texas filed a lawsuit today in federal district court against Shell Oil Company and several affiliates.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Environmental Groups Sue Shell Oil for Clean Air Act Violations at Deer Park Refinery and Chemical Plant Mike Metzger | Environment Texas | January 7, 2008 Sierra Club and Environment Texas filed a lawsuit today in federal district court against Shell Oil Company and several affiliates.

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Environmental Groups Sue Shell Oil for Clean Air Act Violations at Deer Park Refinery and Chemical Plant Mike Metzger | Environment Texas | January 7, 2008 Sierra Club and Environment Texas filed a lawsuit today in federal district court against Shell Oil Company and several affiliates.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 22, 2022

cities move toward their greenhouse gas reduction goals via a cleaner national electric grid, increased vehicle and building electrification, and new distributed renewable energy resources. Clean Air Act appropriating $2.25 economy and to significantly contribute to its greenhouse gas reduction efforts.

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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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Acoel

JULY 25, 2022

To borrow a page from his playbook, let’s consider a bold, “all-in” strategy to combat climate change – one that includes aggressive and timely actions by the states to abate greenhouse gas emissions. These plans typically include greenhouse gas reduction goals and myriad policy options for achieving those goals.

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ESA

DECEMBER 20, 2021

2773 ) is that the Senate bill funds the program through penalties paid for natural resources and environmental violations while the House bill does not specify a funding source. Previous versions of the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act funded conservation through royalties paid to the federal government for mineral extraction.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 14, 2024

These state-level “Climate Superfund” bills are modeled on the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), commonly known as Superfund, which imposes liability on multiple parties, including the generators of waste, for the cleanup of contaminated sites.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

The key difference according to the US National Park Service is that conservation ethics seeks the “proper use” of natural resources while preservation seeks to protect nature against any kind of use. This concern about natural resources meant the 19 th century was also a great expansion in conservation in other areas.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The Cuyahoga fire, along with a major oil spill off the coast of Santa Barbara that same year, galvanized national attention and led to the first Earth Day, a slew of new air and water protection laws, and the creation of new federal departments to administer them, including the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2023

greenhouse gas emissions, more than the electric power sector. EPA is an effort by conservative states and fuel suppliers to block EPA regulations of greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles under the Clean Air Act. I’m an appellate litigator with a focus on climate and Clean Air Act cases.

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule. billion in compliance costs, while still reducing greenhouse gas production by the energy sector. Public lands in particular are important for many natural resources beyond oil and gas, including preservation and protection of pristine natural spaces and wildlife habitat.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

For instance, the court found that the Natural Resources Defense Council—which contended that one of its members suffered harm due to delay of “rules to curb climate change”—had not identified a particular rule or regulatory action that would address the member’s concerns. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.

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Columbia Climate Law

MAY 8, 2020

EPA of a 2015 rule barring replacement of ozone-depleting substances with hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), which are powerful greenhouse gases. Natural Resources Defense Council v. The court also found that denial of the permit application based on State Environmental Policy Act substantive authority was not clearly erroneous.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Circuit found that FERC failed to address the significance of a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulation that the petitioners argued required use of the social cost of carbon or another methodology to assess the impacts of the projects’ greenhouse gas emissions. The court also held that these claims were not ripe.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The New York Times reported last week that the Biden administration is preparing to restore California’s waiver to set greenhouse gas auto emissions standards stricter than the federal government’s rules. This post is co-authored by Daniel Melling, communications manager at the Emmett Institute.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 24, 2022

Fact: The PA Supreme Court issued a decision in 2013 declaring a similar provision in the Act 13 state law regulating oil and gas drilling unconstitutional. It kills the Environmental Quality Board’s final regulation reducing carbon pollution from power plants consistent with the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. Read more here.

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ESA

AUGUST 30, 2021

An internal House Natural Resources Committee document obtained by E&E News shows that the committee intends to spend $3 billion on the Civilian Climate Corps, $120 million for the NOAA Civilian Conservation Corps and $500 million for the Tribal Civilian Conservation Corps. The House also expects to pass the Senate’s $1.2

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Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2021

The first petition was filed by West Virginia and 18 other states that had intervened to defend the repeal and replacement rule, known as the Affordable Clean Energy rule. s challenge to the constitutionality of the linkage between California’s greenhouse gas emissions cap-and-trade program and Quebec trading program. United States v.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 4, 2021

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed judgment in favor of the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security on claims that the Department violated the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) by failing to consider environmental impacts of certain immigration programs and policies. Mayorkas , No. 20-55777 (9th Cir. July 19, 2021).

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

The plaintiffs alleged that Peabody (and a number of other fossil fuel companies) caused greenhouse gas emissions that resulted in sea level rise and damage to their property. Circuit Stayed Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for Truck Trailers.

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ESA

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Ahead of COP, ESA issued a statement calling on world leaders attending the United Nations Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP26) in Glasgow to pledge immediate action to reduce carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) and other greenhouse gas emissions that limits rising temperatures to 1.5? EPA – Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit.

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ESA

JULY 18, 2022

House Natural Resources Committee: The full committee voted to advance a bill ( H.R. EPA: On July 6, 2022, Georgetown Climate Center convened a webinar of Clean Air Act legal experts to explore questions arising in the wake of the Supreme Court’s West Virginia v. West Virginia v. EPA decision. going forward?

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ESA

AUGUST 1, 2022

7025 ), sponsored by House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Raul Grijalva (D-AZ), that aims to stop U.S. Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-AZ) is a co-sponsor. House Natural Resources Committee: The full committee voted to advance the Environmental Justice for All Act ( H.R.

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ESA

JANUARY 31, 2022

Lawmakers have submitted over 500 amendments to the America COMPETES Act. Conservation: The House Natural Resources Committee approved the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act (H.R. The Senate companion bill funds the program through penalties paid for natural resources and environmental violations.

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ESA

APRIL 18, 2023

Bureau of Land Management – Call for Nominations to the Missouri Basin and Western Montana Resource Advisory Councils. Department of the Interior – Deepwater Horizon Natural Resource Damage Assessment Open Ocean Trustee Implementation Group Draft Restoration Plan 3 and Environmental Assessment: Birds.

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ESA

APRIL 27, 2023

Bureau of Land Management – Call for Nominations to the Missouri Basin and Western Montana Resource Advisory Councils. Department of the Interior – Deepwater Horizon Natural Resource Damage Assessment Open Ocean Trustee Implementation Group Draft Restoration Plan 3 and Environmental Assessment: Birds.

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ESA

APRIL 3, 2023

Legislative Updates House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) and Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) reintroduced the Donald McEachin Environmental Justice for All Act ( H.R. Martin Heinrich (D-NM) reintroduced the Agriculture Research Act ( H.R. 1496 ) from Rep. 1705 and S. 1840 & S.

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ESA

DECEMBER 5, 2022

5345 ) in the House of Representatives, which passed the House Natural Resources Committee last month. More News: NASA cancels greenhouse gas monitoring satellite due to cost – Associated Press. EPA – Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit. Chris Coons (D-DE) introduced a bill ( S.

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ESA

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Assessing cumulative impacts means agencies would analyze the ramifications for climate change by weighing how many greenhouse gases projects and decisions unleash at the end of the value chain. Jared Huffman (D-CA), who a senior member of the House Natural Resources Committee, is a co-sponsor of this bill.

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ESA

APRIL 19, 2021

Among other things, the task force will review how to apply the social cost of greenhouse gas to environmental reviews of projects on Interior-managed land, according to the order. EPA – Clean Air Act Advisory Committee: Request for Nominations. The 30-day public comment period ends Apr. Applications are due by Apr.

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ESA

AUGUST 16, 2021

However, the world could avoid the more extreme scenarios in the report if governments sharply reduce carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions. Energy and Natural Resources. The full Senate confirmed Todd Kim as the assistant attorney general of the Department of Justice’s Environment and Natural Resources Division.

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ESA

MAY 6, 2021

At this point, the administration has failed to develop its policy beyond a catchy tagline,” House Natural Resources Committee ranking member Rep. Matt Cartwright (D-PA) introduced the Safeguarding America’s Future and Environment (SAFE) Act ( S. will halve its greenhouse gas emissions from 2005 levels. 1420 and H.R.

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