2017 Precautionary Principle Regulations 
Vermont Law
APRIL 9, 2025
This case highlights the fundamental tension between a nations sovereign right to regulate environmental matters and the economic interests of corporate investors. Economic costs notwithstanding, the precautionary principle applied in cases like Pfizer Animal Health v. billion, nearly ten times Greenland’s annual budget.
Environmental Progress
MARCH 11, 2021
In 2012, 2017, and 2021 the National Academies of Science and Engineering published three separate reports on threats to the grid, resilience, and the future of electricity. [1] 1] In its 2017 report, the Academies warned that U.S. We have told regulators over and over that more should be contracted for. That was rebuffed.
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Legal Planet
DECEMBER 23, 2024
When Trump first took office in 2017, coal use was just under 60 million tons a year. Increased deployment of renewables has undoubtedly contributed to the problem, and coal plants have had to contend with tougher pollution regulations over the years. Theres a reason for that: coal plants arent burning as much coal as they used to.
Law Columbia
OCTOBER 7, 2019
The court previously reached the same conclusion in December 2018, but the California Supreme Court directed it to reconsider the case in light of the Supreme Court’s 2017 decision in Friends of the Eel River v. States Filed Lawsuit Challenging Trump Administration’s Changes to the Endangered Species Act Regulations. filed Sept.
Law Columbia
FEBRUARY 10, 2020
Circuit Declined to Speed Up or Slow Down Challenges to Withdrawal of California Waiver and Preemption of State Authority to Regulate Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions. The court noted that the administrative record currently documented the Corps’ decision to reissue NWP 12 in 2017. DECISIONS AND SETTLEMENTS. 95885-8 (Wash.
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