Columbia Climate Law

MAY 8, 2020

The California Court of Appeal reversed a trial court’s determination that the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Reform Act of 2009 required the Delta Stewardship Council to adopt performance measure targets as legally enforceable regulations in the long-term management plan for the Delta to achieve certain objectives of the Act.

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2020 Endangered Species Act Climate Change Greenhouse 40

Law Columbia

OCTOBER 18, 2024

EPA’s 2024 Power Plant Rules EPA is required to regulate power plant emissions under Section 111 of the Clean Air Act. EPA that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases fall within the Clean Air Act’s capacious definition of “air pollutant.” In 2007, the Supreme Court held in Massachusetts v.

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2024 Clean Air Act Carbon Dioxide Fossil Fuels 67

Law Columbia

MARCH 13, 2023

EPA , the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has regulated greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from motor vehicles under the Clean Air Act. While the Clean Air Act (CAA) has been amended multiple times since 1970, this basic requirement has remained untouched.

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Clean Air Act Air Pollution Climate Change Regulations 57

Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2021

The first petition was filed by West Virginia and 18 other states that had intervened to defend the repeal and replacement rule, known as the Affordable Clean Energy rule. The states asserted counts under the Administrative Procedure Act and of ultra vires action. Louisiana v. Biden , No. 2:21-cv-00778 (W.D.

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2021 Fossil Fuels Climate Change Endangered Species Act 40

Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

The plaintiffs alleged that Peabody (and a number of other fossil fuel companies) caused greenhouse gas emissions that resulted in sea level rise and damage to their property. Murray Energy Sought Supreme Court Review of Fourth Circuit’s Dismissal of Clean Air Act Jobs Study Case. Foster , No. decision Sept.

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2017 Clean Air Act Climate Change Clean Water Act 40

ESA

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Most notably, the US Fish and Wildlife Service fined BP $100 million under the Migratory Bird Treaty after the 2009 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. EPA – Clean Air Act Advisory Committee Meeting (Oct. This legal opinion contradicted decades of precedent under both Democratic and Republican administrations.

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2021 Climate Change Conservation Ocean 98