State-Level Actions To Decarbonize Aviation
Legal Planet
MARCH 13, 2025
Opponents will undoubtedly argue that such state-based initiatives conflict with federal law.
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What Should EPA Do After Repealing the Clean Power Plan?
Legal Planet
DECEMBER 9, 2021
Here are the options going forward for regulating existing power plants. Switch to another legal basis for regulation. The Clean Power Plan was based on section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act. EPA might well get substantial reductions in carbon emissions this way. Download as PDF.
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U.S. Climate Law: A Broad & Rapidly Growing Field
Legal Planet
APRIL 3, 2023
Social Cost of Carbon D. EPA regulation of greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act (CAA) A. Standards for carbon and methane emissions from new sources Permitting requirements for carbon emissions from new stationary sources of major sources of existing pollutants.
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Environmentalism and the Supreme Court
Legal Planet
AUGUST 26, 2021
The case involved the lynchpin of the Clean Air Act, EPA’s power to set national air quality standards. The Court then held that greenhouse gases are covered by the Clean Air Act as a type of air pollutant. This gave EPA the power to impose limits on carbon emissions by vehicles and industry.
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EPA’s Power Plant Carbon Rules Are Critical—and Complex. Here’s What to Know, and What to Watch.
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 20, 2023
Multiple lines of analysis make clear that regardless of how cheap wind and solar power get, without directly addressing pollution from coal and gas plants, the country’s clean energy transition will not happen fast enough. Section 111 of the Clean Air Act constrains how EPA sets standards—but gives states wide latitude in implementation.
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The Profound Climate Implications of Supreme Court’s West Virginia v. EPA Decision
Union of Concerned Scientists
JULY 1, 2022
That’s because the case, which was about the nature and scope of EPA authority in regulating carbon emissions from existing power plants, turned on a rule that does not exist. EPA did not revoke EPA’s underlying authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act.
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The Supreme Court’s Latest Decision Is a Blow to Stopping Climate Change
Union of Concerned Scientists
JULY 3, 2022
The majority 6–3 decision sharply curtails the EPA’s authority to set standards based on a broad range of flexible options to cut carbon emissions from the power sector—options such as replacing polluting fossil fuels with cheap and widely available wind and solar power coupled with battery storage. carbon emissions today.
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Judicial Review After Loper Bright
Legal Planet
JULY 2, 2024
If a regulation was upheld in the Chevron era, that decision remains valid statutory precedent. ” This actually pretty typical language in environmental statutes,, such as section 202 of the Clean Air Act, which EPA has used to limit carbon emissions from cars. Is this an exceptional situation?
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Climate Policy: What’s Happening at the State Level?
Legal Planet
SEPTEMBER 6, 2022
The possibility of snagging some of this funding may also help nudge some lagging states to think seriously about cutting carbon emissions. Under the Clean Air Act, California has the unique ability to set its own standards for tailpipe emissions from new vehicles, including greenhouse gases.
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Proposed Electrolyzer Requirements for the Hydrogen Tax Credit: Strengths and Risks
Union of Concerned Scientists
JANUARY 18, 2024
In late December, the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released proposed regulations for the Section 45V Clean Hydrogen Production Tax Credit. The tax credit, passed as part of 2022’s Inflation Reduction Act, provides a generous incentive for the production of clean hydrogen.
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Young Evangelicals For Climate Action Respond To U.S. Supreme Court Decision On Regulating Power Plant Carbon Pollution
PA Environment Daily
JUNE 30, 2022
Environmental Protection Agency to limit greenhouse gas emissions from power plants under the Clean Air Act. Related Articles: -- U.S.
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Has the 10th Circuit Paved the Way for More Clean Air Act Mobile Source Citizen Suits?
Environment Next
FEBRUARY 1, 2022
In a case that could open the door to more citizen suits to enforce mobile source provisions of the Clean Air Act—a category of enforcement actions that has so far failed to gain much traction—the 10 th Circuit Court of Appeals recently issued an opinion broadly upholding a non-profit organization’s standing.
ESA Decries the Supreme Court’s West Virginia v EPA Decision
ESA
JULY 1, 2022
At stake was the ability to reduce carbon emissions as written in the ‘Clean Power Plan’ regulation under the auspices of the Clean Air Act that gives the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) power to regulate “the best system of reducing emissions.”
Senate Hearing Finds No Definition Or Standard For ‘Responsibly Sourced’ Natural Gas; PA Producers Already Below One RS Threshold
PA Environment Daily
OCTOBER 17, 2023
While that may have been the early objective of the “responsibly sourced” movement, Project Canary provided a description of how they and the concept has evolved in response to the development of more federal and state regulations that limit methane emissions from natural gas facilities. Applegate noted the U.S. So that is a concern.”
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Why the New Climate Reg for Coal is a Perfectly Normal EPA Rule
Legal Planet
APRIL 25, 2024
Opponents are sure to legally challenge EPA’s new rule to limit carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants. First, EPA’s preferred technology to limit carbon emissions — carbon capture and storage (CCS) — isn’t just pie in the sky. energy mix.
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88 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA
PA Environment Daily
MARCH 10, 2024
Greg Vitali, Majority Chair House Environmental Committee -- DEP Oil & Gas Advisory Board Meets March 19 On Drinking Water Supply Impacts From Drilling; New Financial Assurance Strategies To Prevent Abandonment; Draft Spill Policy; Injection Well Primacy; Much More [PaEN] -- The Allegheny Front/PublicSource: Pittsburgh-Based EQT Gas Drilling Expansion (..)
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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts
Law Columbia
JULY 6, 2017
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. Circuit concluded that EPA had acted arbitrarily and capriciously in determining that the four elements of the regulations that had been stayed met these requirements.
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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment
Environmental Science
SEPTEMBER 7, 2018
Environmental law, or sometimes known as environmental and natural resources law, is a term used to explain regulations, statutes, local, national and international legislation, and treaties designed to protect the environment from damage and to explain the legal consequences of such damage towards governments or private entities or individuals (1).
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The Big Hydrogen Cash Grab
Union of Concerned Scientists
MAY 9, 2024
In the underlying statutory text , the threshold for “clean hydrogen” is clearly defined: 0.45 kg CO 2 e per kilogram of hydrogen produced, with carbon emissions assessed on a lifecycle basis as already defined in a long-standing section of the Clean Air Act.
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Climate Litigation Chart Updates – November 2016
Law Columbia
NOVEMBER 1, 2016
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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Climatology: The Science of Global Weather Systems over the Long Term
Environmental Science
JULY 22, 2018
Carbon dioxide is the best-known and most important of all greenhouse gases, it is released through several natural processes but also industrial actions - one of the biggest impacting factors since the Industrial Revolution (12). Deforestation. Aerial pollution became a big problem and the matter came to a head in the 1960s.
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What’s Up With the Supreme Court?
Law and Environment
JANUARY 27, 2022
EPA , which challenges EPA’s authority to regulate greenhouse gases, and Sackett v. After all, no less a group of environmental radicals than the Edison Electric Institute has filed a brief in support of EPA’s authority to regulate GHGs. As everyone knows, the Supreme Court has teed up West Virginia v.
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It’s Time to Repeal the Clean Power Plan
Legal Planet
DECEMBER 6, 2021
The Clean Power Plan (CPP) was the Obama Administration’s signature climate effort. This 2015 regulation aimed to move state power grids away from coal and toward renewable energy. Yet the Supreme Court is now set to address numerous challenges to this zombie regulation. The Clean Power Plan was a noble effort.
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Anticipating the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s ESG Disclosure Rules and Guidelines: How to Stay Ahead of the Game
Law and Environment
AUGUST 17, 2023
In March 2022, the SEC proposed amendments to Regulations S-X that would both enhance and standardize public companies’ climate-related disclosures (“Climate-Related Disclosures”). purchased energy and electricity), and for some companies to report on information related to “Scope 3” carbon emissions (i.e., Background.
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Unraveling LA’s Hydrogen Combustion Experiment
Legal Planet
MARCH 6, 2023
This is partly because hydrogen production is energy inefficient and––when derived from fossil fuels––still a significant source of carbon emissions. All this is not to say there is no place for hydrogen in a clean energy future. Inefficient end uses for hydrogen can further exacerbate this problem.
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U.S. Supreme Court Decision Did Not Affect EPA’s Ability To Regulate Carbon Dioxide As A Pollutant, Has No Impact On DEP's RGGI Power Plant Carbon Pollution Reduction Program
PA Environment Daily
JUNE 30, 2022
Environmental Protection Agency's ability to reduce carbon pollution from existing power plants under the federal Clean Air Act. EPA does have authority to regulate carbon dioxide as a pollutant under the federal Clean Air Act and the Court’s ruling did not address that existing authority.
What’s Up With the Supreme Court?
Acoel
JANUARY 31, 2022
EPA , which challenges EPA’s authority to regulate greenhouse gases, and Sackett v. After all, no less a group of environmental radicals than the Edison Electric Institute has filed a brief in support of EPA’s authority to regulate GHGs. Posted on January 31, 2022 by Seth Jaffe. Betting money does not favor EPA in either case.
French company to coordinate carbon capture project in Brazil
Corp Watch
MARCH 8, 2024
million fine New Gas Plant Threatens Indigenous Livelihoods in Russia’s Far North Total oil project hurts 'tens of thousands' in rural Uganda: watchdog NGOs Brazil environment regulator denies Total permit to drill Foz do Amazonas basin Total settles U.S. million, upgrade Port Arthur refinery Violations at Port Arthur refinery bring $8.75
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Oil Giant's AFCON Sponsorship Denounced as Plot to Set Off Carbon Bombs Across Africa
Corp Watch
JANUARY 17, 2024
million fine New Gas Plant Threatens Indigenous Livelihoods in Russia’s Far North Total oil project hurts 'tens of thousands' in rural Uganda: watchdog NGOs Brazil environment regulator denies Total permit to drill Foz do Amazonas basin Total settles U.S. million, upgrade Port Arthur refinery Violations at Port Arthur refinery bring $8.75
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Court orders 42 Ugandan families evicted to make way for oil project
Corp Watch
JANUARY 2, 2024
million fine New Gas Plant Threatens Indigenous Livelihoods in Russia’s Far North Total oil project hurts 'tens of thousands' in rural Uganda: watchdog NGOs Brazil environment regulator denies Total permit to drill Foz do Amazonas basin Total settles U.S. million, upgrade Port Arthur refinery Violations at Port Arthur refinery bring $8.75
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Climate of fear: TotalEnergies implicated in repression of land and environmental defenders in East Africa
Corp Watch
DECEMBER 14, 2023
million fine New Gas Plant Threatens Indigenous Livelihoods in Russia’s Far North Total oil project hurts 'tens of thousands' in rural Uganda: watchdog NGOs Brazil environment regulator denies Total permit to drill Foz do Amazonas basin Total settles U.S. million, upgrade Port Arthur refinery Violations at Port Arthur refinery bring $8.75
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Climate groups call for funding withdrawal of TotalEnergies’ Mozambique project
Corp Watch
NOVEMBER 29, 2023
million fine New Gas Plant Threatens Indigenous Livelihoods in Russia’s Far North Total oil project hurts 'tens of thousands' in rural Uganda: watchdog NGOs Brazil environment regulator denies Total permit to drill Foz do Amazonas basin Total settles U.S. million, upgrade Port Arthur refinery Violations at Port Arthur refinery bring $8.75
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South Africa gives go-ahead for TotalEnergies to drill offshore
Corp Watch
OCTOBER 19, 2023
million fine New Gas Plant Threatens Indigenous Livelihoods in Russia’s Far North Total oil project hurts 'tens of thousands' in rural Uganda: watchdog NGOs Brazil environment regulator denies Total permit to drill Foz do Amazonas basin Total settles U.S. million, upgrade Port Arthur refinery Violations at Port Arthur refinery bring $8.75
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Green groups target TotalEnergies over Tanzania, Uganda projects
Corp Watch
OCTOBER 16, 2023
million fine New Gas Plant Threatens Indigenous Livelihoods in Russia’s Far North Total oil project hurts 'tens of thousands' in rural Uganda: watchdog NGOs Brazil environment regulator denies Total permit to drill Foz do Amazonas basin Total settles U.S. million, upgrade Port Arthur refinery Violations at Port Arthur refinery bring $8.75
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The US Supreme Court is Operating Like a Rogue EPA
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 12, 2024
Considering the rulings the court has already made and rulings it is expected to make this term, there is hardly any aspect of air, water or land that is not losing protection. The implications for human life are direct and deadly. He wrote in 2022 that deference “deserves a tombstone no one can miss.” The current court is silent on that.
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Policy News: December 20, 2021
ESA
DECEMBER 20, 2021
But Is It Burning Less Carbon? – The Millions of Tons of Carbon Emissions That Don’t Officially Exist: How a blind spot in the Kyoto Protocol helped create the biomass industry – The New Yorker. EPA – Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit. More News: Europe Met a Climate Target.
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Shell’s reckless divestment from Niger Delta
Corp Watch
MARCH 1, 2024
In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. Shell is the major operator of the Athabasca Oil Sands project in Alberta, whose waste ponds are some of the biggest human-made structures on Earth. References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m
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Address Impact Of Operations In Niger Delta Before Selling SPDC – CSOs Tell Shell
Corp Watch
JANUARY 26, 2024
In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. Shell is the major operator of the Athabasca Oil Sands project in Alberta, whose waste ponds are some of the biggest human-made structures on Earth. References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m
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New Shell documents could aid climate cases, attorneys say
Corp Watch
JANUARY 25, 2024
In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. Shell is the major operator of the Athabasca Oil Sands project in Alberta, whose waste ponds are some of the biggest human-made structures on Earth. References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m
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Shell faces shareholder rebellion over climate activist resolution
Corp Watch
JANUARY 17, 2024
In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. Shell is the major operator of the Athabasca Oil Sands project in Alberta, whose waste ponds are some of the biggest human-made structures on Earth. References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m
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Allegations of extensive sexual abuse at Kenyan offsetting project used by Shell and Netflix
Corp Watch
NOVEMBER 8, 2023
In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. Shell is the major operator of the Athabasca Oil Sands project in Alberta, whose waste ponds are some of the biggest human-made structures on Earth. References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m
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Shell angers climate activists with plan for $23bn shareholder payout
Corp Watch
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. Shell is the major operator of the Athabasca Oil Sands project in Alberta, whose waste ponds are some of the biggest human-made structures on Earth. References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m
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Shell called out for promoting fossil fuels to youth via Fortnite game
Corp Watch
OCTOBER 13, 2023
In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. Shell is the major operator of the Athabasca Oil Sands project in Alberta, whose waste ponds are some of the biggest human-made structures on Earth. References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m
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NEPA in the Supreme Court: The Seven Counties Oral Argument
Legal Planet
DECEMBER 12, 2024
Argument #3: The Court should narrow the scope of NEPA case because it was passed before the enactment of a bevy of other environmental statutes like the Clean Air Act. Agencies need not consider impacts that are remote in space and time, if those impacts are regulated by someone else. It has two major flaws.
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