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EPA Announces January 2011 as Likely Date for Regulation of Greenhouse Gases Under PSD Program

The Energy Law

By Stephen Wiegand EPA recently announced its position regarding the timing of the regulation of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act’s Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) Program. In Massachusetts v. EPA, 549 U.S.

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What Happened During the Montana Youth Climate Trial

Legal Planet

The bench trial took place last month in the state capitol, Helena, where 16 youth plaintiffs ages 5 to 22 made the case that Montana’s unwavering promotion of fossil fuels violates the state constitution’s guarantee to a “clean and healthful environment.” We can’t tell,” Running reportedly answered.

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Catch 22 at the Supreme Court

Legal Planet

In 2011, in AEP v. CT , the Supreme Court said this: We hold that the Clean Air Act and the EPA actions it authorizes displace any federal common law right to seek abatement of carbon-dioxide emissions from fossil-fuel fired power plants. 410 (2011). Now, in West Virginia v. Connecticut , 564 U. Post, at 20.

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New Texas Legislation Authorizes TCEQ to Permit Greenhouse Gas Emissions

The Energy Law

By Jillian Marullo House Bill 788, signed into law on June 14, 2013, authorizes the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (“TCEQ”) to regulate emissions of carbon dioxide and five other greenhouse gases (“GHG”) “[t]o the extent that greenhouse gas emissions require authorization under federal law.”

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Latest Chapter in the “EPA v. Texas” GHG Permitting Saga: EPA Publishes Final Rule Partially Disapproving Texas SIP and Promulgates FIP for GHG Emissions

The Energy Law

Moreno On May 3, 2011, the U.S. The action prolongs EPA’s authority to issue Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) permits for Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHG) emissions in Texas. Following a series of EPA regulatory actions, GHG emissions became subject to PSD requirements as a non-NAAQS pollutant beginning on January 2, 2011.

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Climate Litigation Chart Updates – November 2016

Law Columbia

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had failed to fulfill its non-discretionary obligation under Section 321(a) of the Clean Air Act to conduct evaluations of loss or shifts in employment that might result from implementation of the Clean Air Act. Murray Energy Corp. McCarthy , No. 5:14 -cv-39 (N.D.

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Ripe for Disaster Declarations: Heat, Wildfire Smoke…and Death Data

Union of Concerned Scientists

Such smoke is not covered by the Clean Air Act , and there is growing evidence that it is eroding decades of gains in the nation’s air quality under the act. across the US from 2011 to 2020. Even better, of course, would be a serious drive toward net-zero greenhouse gas emissions. the eastern US).”