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The Ten Most Important U.S. Environmental Laws

Legal Planet

In choosing the top environmental laws, I wanted to focus on those with the largest impacts on the environment, not just those that are most important to environmental lawyers or best known. I included all laws passed in the U.S., not just federal regulatory laws, and some of my selections may not be what you expected.

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The Supreme Court’s Latest Decision Is a Blow to Stopping Climate Change

Union of Concerned Scientists

EPA decision is also harmful in a broader sense because it goes to the heart of federal agencies’ abilities to interpret existing laws based on the best available science, and to then set robust standards accordingly. Every hindrance, every delay, is deeply problematic given the urgency highlighted by the latest science.

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Climate Change Jurisdiction: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Kicks Climate Change Case Back to State Court

The Energy Law

1331 because the cities’ claims were “necessarily governed by federal common law.” Do State Nuisance Claims Related to Climate Change Arise Under Federal Law? the district court found that the Plaintiffs’ claims supported federal question jurisdiction because those state-law claims were “necessarily governed by federal common law.”

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Improving EPA’s Latest Ozone Transport Rule

Acoel

These air quality impacts are minimal compared with the major ozone reductions resulting from the 1998 SIP Call, which resulted in more than 80,000 megawatts of coal capacity being retrofitted with SCRs. The 2005 Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) provided smaller but significant air quality improvements following its implementation in 2010.

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President Issues Executive Orders Requiring 1 Year Sunset Dates On Existing Regulations Affecting Energy; Identifying Regulations Limiting Competition

PA Environment Daily

Note: States that administer federal permit programs adopt state laws and regulations covering activities regulated by the federal agencies and laws covered by this order. [A A good example is surface coal mining where Pennsylvania has adopted specific laws and regulations regulating this activity.

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The Dirty Truth of Michigan v. EPA

Vermont Law

is a shift for this historically Clean Air Act-friendly Court. The Court has a history of groundbreaking decisions in the realm of environmental law and the lesser-publicized. EPA) is one for the Clean Air Act (CAA) record books. In 2005, EPA, under President George W. Supreme Court in .

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French company to coordinate carbon capture project in Brazil

Corp Watch

In 2005 the company paid out €5.2 Civil society believes that this decision is contrary to the spirit of this law and harmful to its implementation. million fine for violating a 2007 air pollution settlement over emissions at its Port Arthur refinery, the Justice Department said Friday. Total to pay $2.9 agreed to pay $2.9

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