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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

This Week’s Climate Policy Update - March 2024

Good morning! This is Akin’s newsletter on climate change policy and regulatory developments, providing information on major climate policy headlines from the past two weeks and forthcoming climate-related events and...more

Goldberg Segalla

Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Challenges to the EPA “Good Neighbor Plan”

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The Environmental Protection Agency, under the Clean Air Act, requires states to work with the EPA to address the interstate transport of air pollution. Under the “Good Neighbor Plan,” the EPA requires each state to implement...more

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The Supreme Court Update - December 21, 2023

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On December 20, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States agreed to hear oral argument in four consolidated cases: Ohio, et al. v. EPA, et al.; Kinder Morgan, Inc., et al. v. EPA, et al.; American Forest & Paper...more

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States Seek Smackdown of EPA’s Pollution Plan; Like a Good Neighbor, SCOTUS is There

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In February 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral argument on various emergency stay applications addressing whether the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency can implement its “Good Neighbor Plan” (the Plan) to reduce...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Supreme Court Roundup: Recent Environmental Law Rulings and Pending Cases

Scaling back considerably from the October 2012 Term, the United States Supreme Court issued only a few rulings affecting environmental law during the October 2013 Term. With significant pronouncements regarding EPA’s Clean...more

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Supreme Court Upholds EPA Rule Limiting Cross-State Pollution

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The Supreme Court handed the Obama administration a victory on Tuesday, April 29, 2014, when it injected new life into an Environmental Protection Agency rule targeting air pollution that drifts across state borders....more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Significant Upwind Impact: The Supreme Court Upholds Cross-State Air Pollution Rule

On Tuesday, April 29, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (“CSAPR”). EPA v. EME Homer City Generation, L.P., No. 12-1182. In a 6-2 decision,...more

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EARL e-News: Supreme Court Reinstates EPA's Cross-State Air Pollution Rule

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Updates on Environmental, Administrative and Regulatory Law - On April 29th, the United States Supreme Court upheld EPA’s Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) regulations and reversed the 2012 decision by the U.S....more

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US Supreme Court Upholds Cross State Air Pollution Rules

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The US Supreme Court issued a strong 6-2 ruling on April 29, 2014 which upheld proposed EPA regulations to regulate air pollution that crosses state boundaries under the Clean Air Act known as the “Cross-State Air Pollution...more

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Supreme Court Reinstates Cross-State Air Pollution Rule

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On April 29, 2014, the Supreme Court by a 6-2 vote reversed the D.C. Circuit and upheld the Environmental Protection Agency’s Transport Rule, which imposed specific Clean Air Act limits on emissions in certain states to...more

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The Supreme Court Upholds EPA’s Cross-State Air Pollution Rule

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Decision in EME Homer City upholds CSAPR, but additional legal challenges and EPA revisions may still significantly alter CSAPR and delay its implementation. On Tuesday, April 29, the United States Supreme Court...more

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Supreme Court Affirms Cross-State Air Pollution Rule, Reversing D.C. Circuit

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One of the long-running questions in the administration of the Clean Air Act is the extent to which EPA can implement the Act through market-based mechanisms, such as cap-and-trade programs. Yesterday, the Supreme Court...more

K&L Gates LLP

Facing Two Strikes, EPA Gets a Hit: Supreme Court Upholds EPA Cross-State Air Pollution Rule

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Two years ago, we reported that the D.C. Circuit vacated and remanded the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) second attempt at regulation of air pollution crossing state borders. Facing two strikes, EPA swung for...more

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Supreme Court Upholds EPA's Cross State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR)

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In a 6-2 decision, the United States Supreme Court upheld EPA's justification for the Cross State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR), breathing life back into the rule that had been vacated by the DC Circuit. The Court made several...more

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Supreme Court Issues Landmark Clean Air Act Ruling, Revives Cross-State Air Pollution Rule

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On April 29, 2014, in a very significant 6-2 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed EPA’s Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR or the Rule), overturning a 2012 D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals decision invalidating the Rule....more

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Supreme Court Upholds EPA Interstate Pollution Rule

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In a significant victory for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and supporting parties, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed and remanded an appellate ruling that had invalidated EPA’s Clean Air Act regulation of certain air...more

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC

Supreme Court Reinstates Cross-State Air Pollution Rule

On April 29, 2014, in a decision that may impact electric prices and service reliability for McNees clients in the region, the United States Supreme Court reinstated EPA’s Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR). CSAPR was...more

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CSAPR Reinstated, But Some Upwind States May Be Able to Bring As-Applied Challenges

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The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Cross State Air Pollution Rule, otherwise known as CSAPR or the “Transport Rule,” reversing a lower court decision that had vacated that rule. The...more

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Environmental Alert: "Supreme Court Reverses DC Court of Appeals; Finds EPA’s Basis for CSAPR to be Reasonable"

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The United States Supreme Court has reversed the Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit regarding EPA’s Cross State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR). Texas was one of many entities who argued that CSAPR was not consistent with Clean...more

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The Supreme Court Agrees to Review the CSAPR Decision: Might EPA Avoid Version 3 of the Transport Rule?

On June 24, 2013, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in EPA v. EME Homer City, the challenge to EPA’s Cross-State Air Pollution Rule, or CSAPR. The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia had struck down the rule,...more

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