category court-decisions 
Legal Planet
JUNE 30, 2022
Today, the Supreme Court decided its most important environmental case since 2007. Here is the Court’s reasoning in a nutshell: Capping carbon dioxide emissions at a level that will force a nationwide transition away from the use of coal to generate electricity may be a sensible “solution to the crisis of the day.” New York v.
Legal Planet
OCTOBER 5, 2023
To get a better sense of where the court may be heading, I spoke with Sean Donahue , an environmental lawyer who argued one of the cases and was there for the other two oral arguments. 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.
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Law Columbia
MAY 10, 2023
If a lease is producing or “known to contain valuable deposits of oil or gas,” it can only be cancelled “by court order.” The land covered by ConocoPhillips’ NPR-A leases falls into the second category. stimulations of th[e] lease, [and] the Secretary of the Interior’s regulations and formal orders.” (It
Law Columbia
MARCH 11, 2024
Part Three will delve into the SEC rulemaking process, looking back at the SEC’s decision to finalize its climate disclosure rule, and looking ahead to how the rule could be strengthened over time. Materiality is described in the rule as “defined by the Commission and consistent with Supreme Court precedent.” Levison , 485 U.S.
E2 Law Blog
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
Unless this new section 19 is read by the New York courts in a way different from the way they have read the other 18 sections of the Bill of Rights, section 19 will not give the person whose air is dirty a right to sue the polluter directly. Will this new constitutional language impact NYSDEC permitting decisions?
CEQA Developments
MARCH 9, 2022
In an opinion filed on December 16, 2021, and belatedly ordered published on January 13, 2022, the Fourth District Court of Appeal rejected a CEQA challenge to a small multifamily project in the City of Santa Cruz. The trial court rejected all of OSENA’s CEQA arguments but granted its petition as to the PDP and slope variance issue.
PA Environment Daily
FEBRUARY 11, 2024
Opportunities to learn more about environmental and energy issues affecting Pennsylvania for students and adults-- Awards/Recognition -- Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Presents Mira Lloyd Dock Diversity Awards To Marlisa Yoder-Bontrager Of Lancaster, And Twin Sisters Keisha & Tarsha Scovens Off Lancaster & Philadelphia; Forestry Assn.
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