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Thomas Clarke
J. Wylie Donald
over 8 years ago
Environmental
Hazardous Waste
EPA Excludes Carbon Dioxide Waste Streams from RCRA - A (Very Small) Step Forward for CCS
By J. Wylie Donald The Congress may be dysfunctional but the administrative agencies are still moving the ball. A case in point is last month's Christmas present from EPA to the carbon capture and storage community. On December 17 EPA issued...
Ted Zwayer
over 9 years ago
Climate Change
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Malcolm Dowden
over 12 years ago
Environmental
Land Use
UNFCCC makes major step towards incentivising wetland restoration
By Malcolm Dowden, Solicitor and Environmental Law Consultant Despite widespread disappointment at the outcome of last year’s climate change summit in Copenhagen, quiet but significant progress has been made on issues such as reducing emissions...
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
over 9 years ago
Environmental
Clean Air and Clean Water
Cadwalader Clients & Friends Memo: Recent Developments in Regulating Greenhouse Gas Emissions
The Supreme Court Grants EPA’s Petition for Certiorari in Transport Rule Case, and President Obama Issues Executive Directive to EPA Regarding Carbon Emissions On Monday, June 24, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the petition of the U.S....
Ballard Spahr LLP
over 7 years ago
Environmental
Clean Air and Clean Water
Clean Power Plan Published; Appeals Period Begins
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Power Plan was published in the Federal Register Friday, triggering a 60-day appeals period. Petitioners will have until December 22, 2015, to file appeals of the Clean Power Plan in the U.S...
LexisNexis Communities Staff
over 9 years ago
Environmental
Clean Air and Clean Water
Jenner & Block: New Guidance On Social Cost Of Carbon
By E. Lynn Grayson , Partner, Jenner & Block The Interagency Working Group on Social Cost of Carbon - a multiple federal agency initiative - has issued new guidance on the social cost of carbon to estimate the climate benefits of any rulemakings...
McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC
over 8 years ago
Environmental
Clean Air and Clean Water
State Impacts of the Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Power Plan Rule
By Teresa Kim Schmittberger The Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") has proposed the new Clean Power Plan Rule, which has been touted as President Obama's most significant environmental proposal to date. The main goal of the Clean...
amoir
over 12 years ago
Environmental
Clean Air and Clean Water
Marten Law: Higher Fuel Efficiency Standards Proposed For Medium and Heavy-Duty Trucks to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
By Alyssa Moir, Marten Law Group PLLC In this Emerging Issues Commentary, Alyssa Moir writes that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) have jointly proposed the first-ever...
Shane Dilworth
over 11 years ago
Environmental
Clean Air and Clean Water
United States Supreme Court Reverses Second Circuit Decision that Permitted States’ Lawsuits Over Greenhouse Gases
WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) The U.S. Supreme Court on June 20 unanimously reversed a Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling that allowed five states to pursue lawsuits under the Clean Air Act (CAA) that sought court-imposed limits on the greenhouse...
LexisNexis Environmental Law Community Staff
over 11 years ago
Environmental
Clean Air and Clean Water
Podcast - Legal News - Supreme Court Holds Clean Air Act and EPA Trump State Nuisance Lawsuits - AEP v. Connecticut
The U.S. Supreme Court reverses a 2nd Circuit ruling allowing states' lawsuits over greenhouse gas emissions, and the high court reverses certification of a WalMart gender class. Listen to the third story on the podcast for this historic greenhouse...
Michael B Gerrard
over 11 years ago
Environmental
Clean Air and Clean Water
Today's Supreme Court Decision in AEP v. Connecticut
Here is my instant analysis of the decision just issued by the Supreme Court in American Electric Power v. Connecticut , the case in which several states and others sought a court order requiring several large electric utilities to reduce their greenhouse...
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
over 8 years ago
Environmental
Clean Air and Clean Water
EPA Proposes First Carbon Emissions Limits for Power Plants
On June 2, 2014, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced its Clean Power Plan, which would impose the first federal limits on carbon-dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions from power plants in the United States.[1] The proposed rules, which the EPA published...
J. Cullen Howe
over 11 years ago
Environmental
Green Buildings
Columbia Law School Center for Climate Change Law: New York Passes Innovative Financing Mechanism for Improving Building Energy Efficiency
By J. Cullen Howe, Environmental Law Specialist, Arnold & Porter LLP On June 22, 2011, the New York State Legislature passed The Power NY Act of 2011 (A. 8510/S. 5844) (PNY Act).[1] Governor Cuomo is expected to sign it. The new law, once enacted...
Columbia Law - Sabin Center for Climate Change Law
over 11 years ago
Environmental
Oil, Gas and Energy Law
Columbia Law School Center for Climate Change Law: Environmental Impact Analysis and the Keystone XL Pipeline Project
On June 6, 2011, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued its latest comments and rating on the State Department's Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) for the Keystone XL project, a major new oil pipeline being developed...
LexisNexis Environmental Law Community Staff
over 10 years ago
Environmental
Environmental Law and Regulation
Obama Administration Finalizes Historic 54.5 mpg Fuel Efficiency Standards
Consumer Savings Comparable to Lowering Price of Gasoline by $1 Per Gallon by 2025 WASHINGTON, DC - The Obama Administration has finalized groundbreaking standards that will increase fuel economy to the equivalent of 54.5 mpg for cars and light-duty...
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