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The Top-Ten Lower Court Decisions on Environmental Law

Legal Planet

The issue was whether state plans under the Clean Air Act only need to prevent violation of national air quality standards, or whether they must prevent deterioration in areas where the air is already cleaner than the standards. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (2007). Ruckelshaus (1973).

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The Profound Climate Implications of Supreme Court’s West Virginia v. EPA Decision

Union of Concerned Scientists

EPA did not revoke EPA’s underlying authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act. While this authority—itself rooted in a prior Supreme Court decision , the 2007 Massachusetts v. And here, the Court has struck a devastating blow. ” Justice Kagan, dissenting.

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What Happened During the Montana Youth Climate Trial

Legal Planet

Declaratory relief will help restore Plaintiffs’ confidence in the functioning of their democracy and demonstrate to them that there is recourse for government conduct that violates their constitutional rights while making clear Defendants are not above the law,” they write in their proposed finding of facts and conclusions of law.

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Stronger Fuel Economy Standards Are Needed to Clean Up Combustion Vehicles

Union of Concerned Scientists

leader in cleaning up the light duty fleet quietly released its own proposal in August: the Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has proposed to improve fuel economy of passenger cars and trucks steadily from 2027 through 2032 and heavy-duty pickups and vans from 2030 to 2035.

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Toyota SUV adverts banned in UK on environmental grounds

Corp Watch

for hiding information about acceleration problems from buyers and government officials, as well as $1 billion in compensation to car owners, after as many as 37 people were reported killed in runaway vehicles. Federal Government (via USA Spending) Toyota contracts with the U.S. It paid out a fine of $1.2 billion in 2014 to the U.S.

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The Dirty Truth of Michigan v. EPA

Vermont Law

is a shift for this historically Clean Air Act-friendly Court. It is the first “anti-environmental” decision in the CAA realm since their 2007. EPA) is one for the Clean Air Act (CAA) record books. in 2007 and a contrast to Justice Scalia’s opinion in. Summary: The recent decision by the U.S.

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French company to coordinate carbon capture project in Brazil

Corp Watch

Founded in 1924 as the Compagnie Française des Pétroles (French Petroleum Company) with the support of the French government and banks, it was renamed Total in 1985. Total was fined $398 million in 2013 for bribing government officials in Iran to win contracts. million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75 In the U.S.

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