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On November 21, 2023, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued its decision in Cottonwood Environmental Law Center vs. Edwards addressing various Clean Water Act issues.

The AFBF is calling for an immediate withdrawal of the rule and a redraft that better addresses the concerns of affected parties, such as farmers, ranchers, and business owners across the country.

This posts continues our discussion regarding the status of several major recent regulations by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that target reductions in emissions from the oil, natural gas, and coal industries.

On June 9, 2015, the Commission denied Duke Energy Corporation's ("Duke") complaint against PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.

Fifty years ago, Congress overrode a Presidential veto to enact the Clean Water Act, ushering in a sea change in the way we address water resources in this country.

In the latest swipe at California’s greenhouse gas (GHG) cap-and-trade program (hereinafter "carbon market"), on March 28, 2012, two environmental groups filed suit specifically challenging the compliance eligibility of emission reduction offset credits issued to certified offset projects (stand-alone projects that reduce GHG emissions that would not have otherwise occurred) under California’s Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32).

On Friday, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals vacated EPA's "Delay Rule", which postponed compliance with EPA regulations governing preparation of Risk Management Plans under the Clean Air Act.

Late last month, in Wildearth Guardians v. Lamar Utilities Board, Judge David Ebel ruled that Lamar violated the Clean Air Act by not obtaining a MACT determination, given that its potential emissions of hydrochloric acid were 10.3 tons per year, above the 10 tpy limit for any single hazardous air pollutant.

I'm not sure it's even really news at this point, but earlier this week Ameren Missouri announced that it would close its Rush Island Energy Center generating plant early, rather than spend the money to...

Yesterday, with a 15-5 bipartisan vote, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee approved S. 697, a compromise bill to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).

The Sixth Circuit today stayed the effect of the Environmental Protection Agency's new "Clean Water Rule" nationwide...

The California Air Resources Board ("CARB") has again proposed revisions to the State's existing "Ocean-Going Vessels At-Berth Regulation"

On September 16, 2023, California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit against five of the world's largest oil and gas companies for allegedly denying or downplaying the harm caused by fossil fuels...

The short answer is, yes, though the majority is more wrong.

The California Air Resources Board ("CARB") released modified cap-and-trade regulations on July 25, 2011, and an updated Appendix A to the modified regulations on July 27, 2011.

The Alameda County Superior Court recently struck down the Bay Area Air Quality Management District’s (BAAQMD) controversial CEQA Guidelines (Guidelines) – including significance thresholds for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and toxic air contaminants – on the grounds that the Guidelines themselves must first undergo review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).

Good news for companies/vendors that sell "certified pollution control equipment or facilities" to city or county water, wastewater, stormwater or waste management facilities or systems in Virginia...

According to a Stockton University poll released earlier this week, 2/3 of New Jersey residents believe climate change is a crisis and almost 75% believe it is affecting New Jersey.