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Fifth Circuit Rejects EPA’s Overreaching on CAA and MBTA

The Energy Law Blog

Clean Air Act The CAA gives the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) authority to issue emission control standards for new sources of pollution that fall within certain source categories. Citgo appealed the convictions. The Court of Appeals also found support in its analysis of similar wildlife statutes. 1] U.S.

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Climate Litigation Chart Updates – November 2016

Law Columbia

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court decision that vacated the listing of the Beringia distinct population segment (DPS) of the Pacific bearded seal subspecies as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The federal district court for the Northern District of West Virginia ruled that the U.S.

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Policy News: December 20, 2021

ESA

Scientific provisions in the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee bill is largely similar to the House bill: The Fish and Wildlife Service receives $200 million for Endangered Species Act recovery plans and $9.7 The Environmental Protection Agency receives $100 million for air quality and climate research.

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May 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Columbia Climate Law

Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) 2018 rule in which EPA decided to expand the D.C. Montana Federal Court Vacated Nationwide Permit Due to Corps of Engineers Failure to Initiate Consultation Under Endangered Species Act. WildEarth Guardians Asked Court to Compel Final Listing Determinations on Five Species.

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February 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) orders granting three petitions for extensions of small refinery exemptions from renewable fuel standards. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) acted arbitrarily and capriciously when it designated the northern long-eared bat as “threatened” rather than “endangered” under the Endangered Species Act.

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Policy News: June 14, 2021

ESA

US Fish and Wildlife Service reverses Endangered Species Act rules. Appeals court rules that US Fish and Wildlife Service improperly denied protections for Pacific walruses. Climate: The Environmental Protection Agency does not list a timetable to act on a new carbon dioxide rule for existing power plants.

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Policy News: September 27, 2021

ESA

Fish and Wildlife Service to reconsider 2019 decision to not list Joshua Trees under the Endangered Species Act. Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals report finds that 70% of protected species are hunted for wild meat. Judge orders U.S. International.

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