Law and Environment
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
Earlier this month, Judge William Young dismissed for lack of standing claims brought by the Conservation Law Foundation alleging that bus companies violated anti-idling regulations. The post Establishing Standing in Citizen Suits Under the Clean Air Act: Breathing Polluted Air May Not Suffice first appeared on Law and the Environment.
Law and Environment
AUGUST 18, 2023
In rejecting Montana’s SIP, EPA repeatedly pointed to Montana’s failure to comply with EPA’s guidelines for determining Best Available Retrofit Technology, even though the guidelines were not enforceable regulations. Congress required in the Clean Air Act that EPA develop guidelines for determining BART.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
JANUARY 26, 2024
In the fourth quarter of 2023, the Biden administration finalized updated procedures for conducting cost-benefit analysis and encouraging public participation in meetings about regulations. When reviewing proposed regulations, OIRA invites public input via meetings that outside parties request to present their views on the topic.
Law Columbia
JANUARY 25, 2022
The case concerns the scope of the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from existing fossil fuel power plants under Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act (CAA). EPA , a case that is currently before the United States Supreme Court.
Legal Planet
OCTOBER 26, 2023
The absence of baseline regulation of dairy operations isn’t limited to greenhouse gas emissions. At the federal level, agricultural operations are exempt from laws intended to prevent pollution to water and to the air. But here’s the thing: CARB itself has the authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from dairies.
Environment, Law, and History
DECEMBER 11, 2020
President Nixon signs the Clean Air Act of 1970 Richard Revesz recently posted a piece on climate change regulation, " Bostock and the End of the Climate Change Double Standard" , forthcoming in the Columbia Journal of Environmental Law.
Legal Planet
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
Third, the Court held that the lawsuit was not preempted by the federal Clean Air Act (CAA) because “these claims potentially regulate marketing conduct while the CAA regulates pollution. “ That seems pretty clear to me, not to mention the fact that the Clean Air Act generally favors state laws that go beyond federal requirements.
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