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Legal Planet
FEBRUARY 28, 2025
Natural Resources Defense Council v. The issue was whether state plans under the Clean Air Act only need to prevent violation of national air quality standards, or whether they must prevent deterioration in areas where the air is already cleaner than the standards. Atomic Energy Commission (1971).
Legal Planet
JUNE 27, 2024
My own priorities are public health, climate change, and preservation of biodiversity/ecosystems. NEPA remains the workhorse of natural resource litigation today. Clean Air Act. I included all laws passed in the U.S., This marked the beginning of a decade of legislative environmental legislation.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
JULY 1, 2024
At the end of the day, this decision means that courts will play a more active role in interpreting regulatory statutes, undermining scientific expertise, slowing regulatory processes, and creating obstacles at a time when urgent action is needed to address the climate crisis. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.,
Law Columbia
OCTOBER 25, 2017
We know that burning fossil fuels is the main cause of anthropogenic climate change, and that climate change is the source of adverse impacts on communities and even regional and national economies. Instead, it has been to stem and confuse the flow of information about climate change to the public and political leaders.
The Energy Law
JUNE 2, 2020
Amidst historically low oil prices and economic shutdowns, fossil fuel companies continue to defend against lawsuits brought by state and local governments claiming climate-change related damages. Thus, the cities and counties sought an order of abatement requiring the energy companies to fund a climate change adaptation program.
PA Environment Daily
SEPTEMBER 29, 2023
The Governor made clear any energy policy supported by his Administration must meet his three-part test of protecting and creating energy jobs; taking real action to address climate change; and ensuring reliable, affordable power for consumers in the long term.
Law Columbia
JULY 6, 2017
Each month, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP (APKS) and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. and non-U.S. filed June 5, 2017; emergency motion for stay granted July 3, 2017).
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