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Governor Newsom Should Veto These Four Bills

Legal Planet

If signed, the state would have to withdraw Clean Air Act waiver requests already in process with the Environmental Protection Agency. These withdrawals could potentially put those waiver decisions into the hands of a hostile federal administration in 2025.

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The U.S. Supreme Court & Environmental Law in 2024

Legal Planet

” The Supreme Court itself announced it in a landmark 1984 Clean Air Act decision that over the past 40 years has become a cornerstone principle of modern administrative law. However, the underlying and far more important feature of these cases is the companies’ challenge to the so-called “Chevron Doctrine.”

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‘Schedule F’ Would Be Bad—Even for Trump

Legal Planet

I learned this secret firsthand in the three years I just spent at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), first as Chief Counsel, then as Acting Administrator. The goal is to replace the most senior and influential senior federal staff with short term political loyalists. It’s true across agencies. To the contrary.

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Vietnamese blogger who filmed chemical spill protests released from prison

Corp Watch

USA: Stop the Formosa Plastics Plant Coalition Against Death Alley | 2021 As part of the fossil fuel industry’s push to increase North American plastic production by 35 percent by 2025(1), Formosa Plastics is planning to build a massive petrochemical industrial complex in St. James Parish, Louisiana. USA: Formosa Plastics Corp.,

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EPA’s Power Plant Rule is Not Bold. It’s What’s Required.

Legal Planet

Joe Manchin about holding up EPA nominations claiming “overreach” ) But this is not just about the political calculus of a president trying to make good on a climate pledge. So, EPA and the states have a shared responsibility to regulate “existing sources” — primarily power plants— under Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act.

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Roundup: Supreme Courts Shifts More Power from Agency Experts to Judges

Union of Concerned Scientists

This approach made sense because Congress intentionally writes fairly broad laws and leaves federal agencies, which are staffed by thousands of people with relevant expertise and are politically accountable to the public through the president, to craft regulations to implement them. CDC also recommends that people avoid drinking raw milk.

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Sabin Center Files Amicus Brief in Support of New GHG Vehicle Emissions Standards

Law Columbia

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.