The Energy Law Blog

AUGUST 21, 2012

Moreno On August 13, 2012, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit vacated the Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) disapproval of revisions to the Texas State Implementation Plan (“SIP”) dealing with the state’s Flexible Permits program. Environmental Protection Agency , No. State of Texas v.

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Vermont Law

JULY 28, 2014

Summary: The country of Haiti does not have a history of effective environmental regulation and this has continued after the devastating 2010 earthquake due to a lack of political and economic infrastructure. In these official documents there is no mention of domestic pollution or climate change.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 2, 2023

Image via PickPik On May 23, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) proposed emission limits and guidelines for carbon dioxide from fossil fuel-powered plants. To avoid the same fate as the Obama Administration’s Clean Power Plan, which was struck down by the conservative Supreme Court in West Virginia v.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 30, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency's ability to reduce carbon pollution from existing power plants under the federal Clean Air Act. EPA does have authority to regulate carbon dioxide as a pollutant under the federal Clean Air Act and the Court’s ruling did not address that existing authority.

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Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 8, 2015

An interpretive rule “advise[s] the public of the agency’s construction of the statutes and rules which it administers…”An interpretive rule is a non-legislative rule that interprets or clarifies a provision previously promulgated through a statutory mandate or an agency regulation. Agricultural Conservation Flexibility Act of 2014.”.

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Vermont Law

APRIL 19, 2019

To make meaningful progress in lowering water pollution, the federal government should begin incentivizing agroecological practices that both allow farmers to keep their land in production and actively work to reduce excess nutrients, pesticide waste, and erosion. However, the CWA does not address agricultural pollution in a meaningful way.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

USA: Deparment of Environmental Quality analysis for $9.4B Mitchell | The Advocate | March 9, 2020 State regulators relied on nearly decade-old air pollution data to support their conclusion that Formosa Plastics' $9.4 Formosa facility's permits included 'obsolete data,' lawsuit claims David J. USA: Formosa Plastics Corp.,

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 2, 2023

Note: In December, 2022, DEP finalized regulations reducing volatile organic compounds and methane from existing conventional and unconventional oil and gas facilities. Note: In December, 2022, DEP finalized regulations reducing volatile organic compounds and methane from existing conventional and unconventional oil and gas facilities.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

The federal Clean Water Act includes specific provisions to limit pollution from such “point sources” of contamination. said his Michigan-based company installed four traps in Holland to control phosphorus discharges from large hog operations. Environmental Protection Agency approved $1.7 Help could be on the way.

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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 states appealed the dismissal of the case. Missouri v.

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Arnold Porter

DECEMBER 3, 2021

This includes emerging contaminants as well as substances identified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) under the 2016 amendments to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for prioritization, risk evaluation, or regulation. Safety & Pollution Prevention (Oct. Regulatory Developments.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 6, 2021

Billion Meant For Conservation -- DEP: Issues Air Quality Action Day Warning For Friday, Aug. Billion Meant For Conservation -- DEP: Issues Air Quality Action Day Warning For Friday, Aug. Vitali -- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: Zero Carbon Bitcoin?

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Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2021

The conservation groups’ appeal of the district court decision is still pending, with the opening brief due on July 12. The Tenth Circuit directed the conservation groups “to address with specificity … whether this court has jurisdiction over their appeal.” Virginia Federal Court Said Challenge to NEPA Regulations Was Not Justiciable.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other governmental entities to allow continued enforcement of environmental laws related to ongoing mining operations. The court determined, moreover, that even if the plaintiffs’ claims could be construed as post-effective date claims (i.e., Department of Interior , No.

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ESA

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Biden administration proposed repealing Trump administration Endangered Species Act regulations. Ruling allows the EPA to protect Bristol Bay. billion to support Indigenous conservation of forests. million for conserving pollinators, freshwater mussels, desert fish and Hawaiian Islands plants. Executive Branch.

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