Lane Powell PC - Environmental Law

In a unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that two Idaho property owners may bring a legal challenge to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) issuance of an administrative order that required the…more

The Court of Justice for the European Union has ruled that airlines operating in and out of EU countries must comply with the union’s rules for greenhouse gas emissions starting January 1, 2012. In a decision that was presaged…more

The Western Climate Initiative (WCI) has quietly ended its nearly four-year experiment with a regional economy-wide cap and trade scheme. Arizona announced its formal withdrawal from the WCI, and five other states have done so…more

The Australia Senate's passage November 8 of the Clean Energy Bill legislative package containing a carbon tax marked a significant step by a major industrial nation to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. Yet, it received scant…more

When the eighth largest economy in the world, and one that happens to occupy a large portion of the western U.S. coastline, adopts a groundbreaking set of rules, you would think that would get a lot of attention. Yet, after the…more

U.S. and Canadian airlines can be required to surrender greenhouse gas emissions allowances for their flights into and out of Europe according to an October 6 opinion by the Advocate General for the European Court of Justice…more

California's cap-and-trade program, targeted for startup on January 1, 2012, inched forward when the state Supreme Court on September 28th rejected the Association of Irritated Residents' petition for review and application for…more

After a summer of discontent, with legislative deals to make drastic cuts in federal and state budgets and the promise of continued forays to roll back or restrict climate change regulations, it might be tempting to think that…more

Electric cars are back according to Jerry Hirsch in the L.A. Times' August 28 Consumer Guide to Electric Vehicles. Deliveries of Nissan's Leaf, in particularly, have ramped up considerably after a slow start due to the Japan…more

Law360, New York (July 28, 2011) -- Nevada's first utility-scale wind farm, the Spring Valley Wind Energy Facility, already on a fast-track approval process through the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM), apparently also has…more

If there were any doubts about the potent weapon for recovery of environmental costs that the Model Toxics Control Act has become, those questions should be dispelled by a July 19 decision from Division Two of the Washington…more

Nevada's first utility-scale wind farm, the Spring Valley Wind Energy Facility, already on a fast track approval process through the federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM), apparently also has been on a fast track through the…more

If there were any doubts about the potent weapon for recovery of environmental costs that the Model Toxics Control Act (“MTCA”) has become, those questions should be dispelled by a July 19 decision from Division Two of the…more

The Oregon Legislature has passed the second of two measures that will substantially revise the way the state provides tax credits for energy projects. The two bills, HB 3672 and HB 2523, divide what was once known as the…more

The U.S. Supreme Court threaded the needle in its 8-0 decision in AEP v. Connecticut. The Court unanimously ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency's greenhouse gas rulemaking under authority of the Clean Air Act has…more