Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

– Heather Dadashi joins us as an Emmett/Frankel Fellow in Environmental Law and Policy for 2021-23, where she will pursue projects related to sea-level rise, water, and climate change. Dadashi earned her J.D. this year from UCLA Law, with a specialization in environmental law.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 7, 2019

CLF’s allegations included that the landfill’s coastal location “makes it extremely vulnerable to climate change impacts, including sea level rise and damaging storm surge, creating a significant risk of erosion and of pollution from the Landfill washing into the surrounding rivers and coastal wetlands.” California v. Bernhardt , No.

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2019 Endangered Species Act Climate Change Greenhouse 40

Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

The EPA revises its methods for assessing the cost to communities of cleaning up sewage pollution. NOAA updates sea-level rise projections for U.S. Financial Assessments for Clean Water Act Compliance. Drinking Water Hazard. Sea-Level Rise Update. News Briefs.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 25, 2023

EPA saying the decision significantly narrows the definition of which wetlands and other waters are protected by the federal Clean Water Act which could damage the decades-long effort to restore the Chesapeake Bay and its waterways. On May 25, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation issued a statement in response to the U.S.

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 14, 2021

The EPA and Army Corps will take yet another attempt at defining what waterways are protected by the Clean Water Act. Senators propose $10 billion to test for and clean up PFAS contamination at Defense Department sites. 1,071 feet : Elevation, above sea level, of Lake Mead. The Rundown. By the Numbers.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

Earlier in February, the court issued a request for supplemental briefing on the issue of how the concept of “navigable waters of the United States” related to removal jurisdiction. Lawsuit Filed Challenging Environmental Review of Florida Passenger Railroad, Including Failure to Assess Sea Level Rise Impacts. BP p.l.c. ,

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2018 Clean Air Act Climate Change Endangered Species Act 40

Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2021

Army Corps of Engineers’ motion to hold in abeyance a case challenging the Trump administration’s rules defining “waters of the United States” under the Clean Water Act. Seven weeks after the U.S. San Francisco Baykeeper v. 20-17367 (9th Cir. The federal district court for the District of Arizona denied EPA and the U.S.

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2021 Fossil Fuels Climate Change Endangered Species Act 40

Columbia Climate Law

MAY 8, 2020

The court said that having remanded to the Corps for consultation under the Endangered Species Act, it was not necessary to determine whether the Corps “made a fully informed and well-considered decision” under NEPA and the Clean Water Act. Delta Stewardship Council Cases , Nos.

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2020 Endangered Species Act Climate Change Greenhouse 40

Law Columbia

AUGUST 4, 2021

National Audubon Society alleged that the rule “vastly expands potential sand mining projects in delicate coastal barriers” and further alleged that coastal barriers would become even more important due to climate change and were expected to mitigate $108 billion of sea level rise and flooding damages over the next 50 years.

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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. Army Corps of Engineers had violated the Clean Water Act. The plaintiffs contended that the U.S.

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2017 Clean Air Act Climate Change Clean Water Act 40

Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2021

The approval of the permit was therefore contrary to law because climate change had to be considered “to some extent” in order for Ecology to act consistently with implementing regulations under the Clean Water Act and the Water Pollution Control Act. Washington State Dairy Federation v. 52952-1-II (Wash.

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2021 Climate Change Fossil Fuels Greenhouse 45

Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Army Corps of Engineers’ issue of a Section 404 permit under the Clean Water Act for a new petrochemical plant on the Mississippi River in Louisiana. Lawsuit Sought Critical Habitat Designation for Green Sea Turtles Whose Habitat Is Threatened by Sea Level Rise and Other Factors. WildEarth Guardians v.

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2020 Fossil Fuels Climate Change Greenhouse 40

ESA

MAY 17, 2021

Regan and the EPA’s top water official, Radhika Fox, announced that the agency will hold listening sessions across the country this summer and fall to seek stakeholder input about how the agency should define streams and wetlands under the Clean Water Act. These indicators inform the National Climate Assessment.

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