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  1. December 17, 2021

    Biggest Environmental Law Decisions Of 2021

    Courts across the U.S. continued to advance understanding of key environmental laws in 2021, from a D.C. Circuit opinion that gave a broad interpretation of the federal government's power to regulate under the Clean Air Act to a U.S. Supreme Court decision that will have a lasting impact on how states treat shared water sources.

  2. December 13, 2021

    Climate Change Dominated Energy Court Rulings Of 2021

    Courts in 2021 charted the course of climate tort litigation and weighed in on the scope of the federal government's authority to limit greenhouse gas emissions, as well as issued rulings affecting the ability for pipelines to be built. Here's a recap of significant court decisions affecting the energy industry in the past year.

  3. July 09, 2021

    The Biggest Environmental Rulings Of 2021: Midyear Report

    A U.S. Supreme Court ruling that narrowed the ways the federal government can avoid liability in Superfund lawsuits was just one of several important environmental law decisions to come down in the first half of 2021.

  4. February 22, 2021

    DC Circ. Holds Off On Clean Power Plan Rescission

    The D.C. Circuit on Monday confirmed that Obama-era regulations for greenhouse gas emissions from power plants will not go back into effect after the court struck down the Trump administration's effort to replace them.

  5. February 16, 2021

    EPA Abandons Obama-Era Clean Power Plan

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has told states it has no intention of resurrecting Obama-era regulations for greenhouse gas emissions from power plants while it considers a new approach to the issue.

  6. January 19, 2021

    Trump Power Plant GHG Rule Falls At DC Circ.

    The D.C. Circuit on Tuesday vacated the Trump administration's rollback of Obama-era greenhouse gas emission standards for existing power plants and the rule intended to replace them, finding the actions "rested critically on a mistaken reading of the Clean Air Act."

  7. January 03, 2021

    Energy Cases To Watch In 2021

    Climate change once again dominates the list of court cases that the energy industry will be closely watching in 2021, including the U.S. Supreme Court wading in on the future of climate torts against fossil fuel companies and legal battles over greenhouse gas emissions regulations for power plants and vehicles. Here are five energy-related cases to watch in the new year.

  8. January 03, 2021

    Environmental Cases To Watch In 2021

    This year will bring a new presidential administration and potentially head-spinning changes to the government's position in pending litigation on crucial issues like Clean Water Act jurisdiction and greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles, oil and gas operations and power plants.

  9. October 08, 2020

    DC Circ. Grapples With Rival Trump, Obama Carbon Rules

    The Trump administration's rollback of an Obama-era climate change rule appeared to be on thin ice at the D.C. Circuit on Thursday, as judges picked apart the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's legal justifications and compliance standards.

  10. July 17, 2020

    EPA Gets Broad Backing For Emissions Rule At DC Circ.

    A swath of energy industry players, environment and public health advocates and both red and blue states have lined up in the D.C. Circuit to defend the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's rule governing power plant emissions, which some coal groups are fighting to dismantle.

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