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  1. January 19, 2022

    EPA Climate Case Is DOA At High Court, Justices Told

    The U.S. Supreme Court should abandon its review of a D.C. Circuit decision indicating the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has broad authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants because there's no actual rule on the books to review, the EPA said.

  2. January 03, 2022

    Supreme Court Look Ahead: What's On The Docket In 2022?

    The U.S. Supreme Court may have already heard its most controversial cases of the October 2021 term, but the next four months of oral arguments will feature fireworks of their own, including a tour de force on First Amendment law, immigrant rights, climate change policies and much more.

  3. January 03, 2022

    Energy Litigation To Watch In 2022

    The energy litigation landscape of 2022 will be dominated by one of the biggest cases in years, as the U.S. Supreme Court mulls the scope of the federal government's climate change authority. But courts are also considering the future of climate tort litigation and a federal-state clash over electricity policy. Here are four areas of litigation energy attorneys will be closely watching this year.

  4. January 03, 2022

    Biggest Environmental Cases To Watch In 2022

    Courts across the country will wrestle with important environmental litigation in 2022, from a Clean Air Act case at the U.S. Supreme Court that has the potential to break new ground on how greenhouse gases may be regulated to a variety of Clean Water Act lawsuits.

  5. December 21, 2021

    Republicans Urge Justices Against EPA Power Sector Shift

    Nearly 100 congressional Republicans have asked the country's highest court to rule that the Environmental Protection Agency does not have the authority to carry out a transformation of the U.S. power sector from coal to renewable energy.

  6. December 13, 2021

    EPA Can't Direct US Power Sector Shift, Justices Told

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency can't use a lone Clean Air Act provision to orchestrate a sweeping transformation of the U.S. power sector because Congress never gave the agency that authority, the U.S. Supreme Court was told in briefs filed Monday.

  7. October 29, 2021

    Justices Will Review DC Circ. Power Plant GHG Rule Decision

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday said it will review the D.C. Circuit's decision to strike down the Trump administration's rollback of Obama-era greenhouse gas emission standards for existing power plants and the rule intended to replace them.

  8. August 24, 2021

    Justices Must Restore Trump-Era GHG Rule, Supporters Say

    Two coal companies and 20 red states have told the U.S. Supreme Court that it should overturn a decision vacating the Trump administration's rollback of Obama-era greenhouse gas emissions standards.

  9. August 06, 2021

    EPA Tells Justices GHG Rule Appeals Target Future Policy

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency told the U.S. Supreme Court not to review a decision vacating the Trump administration's rollback of Obama-era greenhouse gas emissions standards because the agency has no intention to resurrect the rules, making the petitions "little more than a request for an impermissible advisory opinion."

  10. June 01, 2021

    Mining Group Asks Justices To Define EPA's Emissions Clout

    The National Mining Association is backing a bid for the U.S. Supreme Court to consider the extent of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's authority to regulate greenhouse gases at existing power plants, arguing the D.C. Circuit improperly gave the agency power that could harm coal.