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Climate Litigation Chart Updates – November 2016

Law Columbia

24, 2016); Alaska Oil & Gas Association v. West Virginia Federal Court Ordered EPA to Evaluate Clean Air Act’s Impacts on Coal Industry. The plan must specifically address how EPA will consider the effects of Clean Air Act regulation on the coal industry. 451962/2016 (N.Y. Pritzker , Nos.

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Air District Targets Southern California Logistics Industry

Clean Energy Law

The SCAQMD is the local agency responsible for attaining these clean air standards in the Basin. The Air Quality Management Plan (AQMP) is a regional blueprint prepared by the SCAQMD for achieving the standards. According to the 2016 AQMP, mobile sources contributed about 88% of total NO x emissions in the Basin in 2012.

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Clean Power Plan: The Legal Battle Continues

The Energy Law

The Clean Power Plan would affect every electricity user in the United States, from the largest manufacturing plant to the smallest home. Arguments in the “core legal issues” brief include: The Clean Air Act does not authorize EPA to make such sweeping changes to how electricity is generated and transmitted in the United States.

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Improving EPA’s Latest Ozone Transport Rule

Acoel

EPA’s latest proposed rule targeting NOx emissions from fossil-fueled electric generating units (EGUs) is a classic study of diminishing returns. The downwind air quality benefits are minimal. The agency’s air quality modeling indicates that most areas would receive an ozone reduction of less than 0.1 ppb by 2025.

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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Circuit also rejected EPA’s argument that the court did not have authority to review stays issued under Section 307(d)(7)(D) of the Clean Air Act. Fourth Circuit Said West Virginia District Court Lacked Jurisdiction to Consider Coal Companies’ Clean Air Act Jobs Study Lawsuit. DECISIONS AND SETTLEMENTS.

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It’s Time to Repeal the Clean Power Plan

Legal Planet

When fully implemented, the Clean Power Plan was intended to cut carbon emissions 30% below the 2005 level by 2030. The rule required states to submit initial compliance plans in 2016, with final implementation plans in 2018. Between 2015 and 2019, the amount of electricity generated from coal dropped by a third.

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Late Night Road Dumping: Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Continues To Be Dumped On Dirt, Gravel, Paved Roads; DEP Expected To Provide Update At April 24 Meeting

PA Environment Daily

Read more here ] DEP Banned Similar Shale Gas Wastewater Road Dumping The 2016 update to DEPs regulations for unconventional shale gas drilling bans the practice of road dumping wastewater from those operations because of the threats it posed.