2011 Clean Air Act Sea Level 
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. 410, 426 (2011)). In this case, EPA is doing exactly what the Clean Air Act directs it to do: regulating greenhouse gas emissions from individual sources using a technology-based approach.
Columbia Climate Law
MAY 8, 2020
A climate change-related argument rejected by the trial court—that sea level rise projections in the Plan were too high and not based on best available science—did not appear to have been before the appellate court. Delta Stewardship Council Cases , Nos. Friends of the Santa Clara River v. County of Los Angeles , No. B296547 (Cal.
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Legal Planet
APRIL 26, 2023
The lawsuits claim that those jurisdictions and their residents have suffered considerable social and economic harm as a result of climate change-related events such as sea level rise and intensive, damaging coastal storms. In 2011, a unanimous Supreme Court held in American Electric Power Co.
Law Columbia
JULY 2, 2021
The Clean Air Act provision at issue authorizes small refineries to petition EPA “for an extension of the exemption … for the reason of disproportionate economic hardship.” Supreme Court reversed the Tenth Circuit and upheld “extension[s]” of exemptions from renewal fuel program requirements for three small refineries.
Law Columbia
FEBRUARY 10, 2020
FWS developed the interpretation in a 2011 “Polar Bear Memo” that addressed the determination of threatened status for polar bears.) Lawsuit Sought Critical Habitat Designation for Green Sea Turtles Whose Habitat Is Threatened by Sea Level Rise and Other Factors. Trump , No. 4:19-cv-00028 (D. WildEarth Guardians v.
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.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 29, 2023
EPA decision , upheld the EPA’s authority to regulate such emissions under the Clean Air Act but significantly constrained its ability to do so. Mississippi: Lynn Fitch The sea level off the coast of Mississippi—the fifth hottest state—is rising more rapidly than in most other coastal areas, largely because the land is sinking.
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