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EPA was ordered to disclose mercury rule documents [this day at law]
April 14, 2013 by Adiah Oreyomi
On April 14, 2006, Judge Robert Collins of the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts ordered the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to release internal documents pertaining to the controversial Clean Air Mercury Rule (CAMR). The goal of the CAMR was to permanently cap and.... [more]
Federal appeals court rules EPA can halt power plant construction
March 29, 2013 by Benjamin Minegar
The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled Thursday that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) can suspend power plant construction projects before project completion based on evidence that a plant is underestimating the extent to which the project will affect its aggregate pollutant.... [more]
Federal appeals court rules against EPA in cross-state pollution case
August 21, 2012 by Max Slater
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled Tuesday that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) overstepped its authority under the Clean Air Act (CAA) when it issued a regulation limiting power plants' emissions that cross state lines. The court ruled that the.... [more]
Federal appeals court rules against EPA in Texas air permit case
August 14, 2012 by Max Slater
The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled Monday that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) exceeded its legal authority under the Clean Air Act (CAA) when it disapproved a Texas plan to issue permits under the Act. Texas implemented an environmental plan known as a Flexible Permit.... [more]
Supreme Court rejected states' global warming suit [this day at law]
June 20, 2012 by Katherine Bacher
On June 20, 2011, the US Supreme Court ruled in the case of American Electric Power Co. v. Connecticut, deciding that there is no standing for claims made under federal common law of nuisance relating to the contribution to climate by electric utilities. The case involved land trusts, power.... [more]
California sued EPA over auto emissions waiver denial [this day at law]
January 2, 2012 by Cynthia Miley
On January 2, 2008, California filed a lawsuit against the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) challenging the agency's decision to deny the state's request for a waiver that would have allowed it and 16 other states to impose stricter greenhouse gas emissions standards on cars and light.... [more]
Supreme Court rejects states' global warming suit
June 20, 2011 by Zach Zagger
The US Supreme Court ruled Monday in American Electric Power Co. v. Connecticut that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Clean Air Act displace claims made under the federal common law of nuisance regarding whether electric utilities contributed to global warming. The court ruled.... [more]
France court gives Rwanda ex-president's widow extension to defend against extradition
November 2, 2010 by Julia Zebley
The Administrative Tribunal of Versailles on Tuesday cancelled an order refusing a residency permit to Agathe Habyarimana, widow of assasinated Rwandan president Juvenal Habyarimana, ordering that her application be reconsidered. The reconsideration gives Habyarimana more time to defend against.... [more]
DC Circuit rules Capitol police race discrimination suit may proceed
August 2, 2009 by Tere Miller-Sporrer
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday reversed a lower court ruling that had dismissed a discrimination lawsuit filed by more than 200 African-American members of the Capitol Police in 2001. The issue involved whether the officers had adequately pursued mediation.... [more]
EPA finding on greenhouse gases paves way for costly regulation by bureaucrats [comment]
April 21, 2009 by Andrew Wood
Kenneth P. Green: The EPA's issuance of an endangerment finding for the greenhouse gases was inevitable, given the 2007 decision of the Supreme Court in Mass. v. EPA, and the stated intention of the Obama Administration to move ahead in compliance with the court's order. The endanger....... [more]
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