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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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PUC Hearing On Data Center Growth Impacts Finds 30-40% Of Utility Demand Could Be From Data Centers; Concerns About Stranded Costs; Major Commitments To Net-Zero Carbon Emissions Energy Use

PA Environment Daily

Additionally, all of the electricity consumed across our operations including our data centers, corporate buildings, grocery stores, and fulfillment centers is matched with 100% renewable energy, seven years ahead of schedule. In 2007, Google committed to carbon neutrality in its operations.

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U.S. Supreme Court v. EPA Climate Rule

Smith Enviorment

EPA held the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan Rule exceeded EPA’s authority under the Clean Air Act. Section 111 of the Clean Air Act authorizes EPA to address air pollution from both new and existing sources if the pollutant endangers public health or welfare.

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Six Sleeper Proposals in Project 2025

Legal Planet

Congress and FERC have both taken actions to expand the transmission, especially the big lines needed to redistribute energy generated in one state to users in other states. Since expanding would help even out fluctuations in local renewable energy generation, Project 2025 hates the whole idea. Project 2025 wants to change this.

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Sabin Center Files Amicus Brief in Support of New GHG Vehicle Emissions Standards

Law Columbia

Following the 2007 landmark Supreme Court case Massachusetts v. EPA , the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has regulated greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from motor vehicles under the Clean Air Act. 497 (2007), the Supreme Court reversed EPA’s denial. EPA , 549 U.S. And in 2022 alone, U.S.

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Roe v. Wade Draft Bodes Ill for Air, Wetlands and EPA

Union of Concerned Scientists

Outside of bird protection acts of the early 20 th century, protections for water, air and the atmosphere are a late 20 th -century development, created in the wake of Rachel Carson’s 1962 treatise on pesticides, Silent Spring.

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Sabin Center Files Two Amicus Briefs Supporting EPA’s 2024 Power Plant Rules

Law Columbia

EPA’s 2024 Power Plant Rules EPA is required to regulate power plant emissions under Section 111 of the Clean Air Act. In 2007, the Supreme Court held in Massachusetts v. The Power Plant Rules also preserve the cooperative federalism framework within which EPA regulates GHG emissions.

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