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Proposed NEPA Rules Address Climate Change, Environmental Justice, and Efficiency of Environmental Reviews

Law and Environment

The proposed rules undo many of the Trump-era changes, restore several of the 1978 provisions, and add new provisions—in particular, giving a much more prominent role to climate change and environmental justice in the NEPA review process. Time will tell whether this meaningfully affects the efficiency of reviews.

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Defending EPA’s Authority to Fight Climate Change – at the Supreme Court

Legal Planet

EPA in defense of EPA’s authority to effectively regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act. The case involves a group of challenges to EPA’s ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from existing stationary sources under the 1970 Clean Air Act, a monumental piece of environmental and public health legislation.

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Sen. Comitta, Sen. Santarsiero, Rep. Friel-Otten, Rep. Abney Introduce Gov. Shapiro's Clean Energy/Climate Plan Bills

PA Environment Daily

As a major energy-producing state, we have a responsibility to lead the way in addressing climate change. House Bill 2275 was referred to the House Consumer Protection, Technology and Utilities Committee. House Bill 2277 was referred to the House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee. Friel-Otten.

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Biden-Harris Administration Publishes Priorities for Permitting Reform to Build Clean Energy “Faster, Safer, and Cleaner”

Law and Environment

The fact sheet provides an endorsement of the Building American Energy Security Act of 2023, establishes several major objectives for permitting reform, provides several recommendations to streamline federal permitting processes, and urges Congress to include the objectives and recommendations as part of bipartisan permitting reform legislation.

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The Bumper Crop of New State Climate Policies Since July.

Legal Planet

State climate policy is a big deal. State governments began cutting emissions at a time when the federal government was essentially doing nothing about climate change. it’s not for nothing that 2023 has been called a banner year for state climate action. Who knew cheese was such a pollution problem?)

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EPA Releases Updated, Elevated Estimates for the Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases

Clean Energy Law

By Joshua Bledsoe , Kevin Homrighausen , and John Detrich On December 2, 2023, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a final report that substantially increases estimates of the social cost of greenhouse gases (GHG), including carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide (collectively, SC-GHG). 3d 1172 (9th Cir. 2016), [link].

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EPA Proposes New Power Plant Rule That Promises Major Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions in the Coming Years

Law and Environment

Yet because of the politics of climate change, the rule will almost certainly be subject to a similar challenge. One key difference between this rule and the Clean Power Plan, though, is that the proposed BSERs are mainly technology that is deployed within plants themselves. Emphasis added.] For more on West Virginia v.