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EPA Proposes Rule To Force Airlines To Adopt Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards They Set For Themselves

Fri Aug 7th, On Rulemaking and Legislative Practice, by

The Trump Administration recently released the long-awaited proposal for controlling greenhouse gas emissions for aircraft. This proposed airline rule forestalls an impending lawsuit by bringing the federal government into compliance with a legal requirement under the Clean Air Act that they regulate greenhouse gas emissions from airplanes. In 2016, the EPA determined that greenhouse gases from aircraft present a danger to public health and the welfare of future generations. The […]

Federal Court Strikes Down Trump Administration Methane Rollback

Mon Jul 20th, On Litigation, by

Last week, a Federal Court vacated a Trump administration rule that weakened Obama-era limits on natural gas methane emissions from drilling on federal and Native American lands. U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzales Rogers said the Trump Administration’s rule was flawed and ill-supported, and restored a 2018 Obama era rule. The judge criticized the Trump administration for moving ahead with its decision to loosen regulation without giving proper consideration to the […]

Dakota Access Pipeline Is Shut Down and a D.C. Court Declines To Stop It

Wed Jul 8th, On Environmental Law, Litigation, by

Earlier this week, U.S. District Judge James A. Boasberg ordered the Dakota Access pipeline to shut down and drain its oil (Standing Rock Sioux Tribe et al. v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers et al.). The order gives the Dakota Access operators until August 5th to shut down the pipeline and drain it of all oil pending a review and Environmental Impact Statement (“EIS”) made by the Army Corps of […]

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