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Environmental Law in a Post-Chevron World

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Last week, Venable’s Government Division offered its general thoughts on the fallout from the Supreme Court’s reversal of the long-standing Chevron deference principle. Here, the Environmental Practice Group offers some of...more

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The Case Against SEC Final Climate Rules Begins in Earnest

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The Eighth Circuit is poised to determine the fate of the SEC’s final climate regulation, potentially by the end of the year. On March 21, 2024, the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit was selected as the court that...more

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Report on Supreme Court Argument in West Virginia v. EPA

On February 28, 2022, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in West Virginia v. EPA (consolidated with North American Coal Corp. v. EPA, Westmoreland Mining Holdings v. EPA, and North Dakota v. EPA), a case that has the...more

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Battling Over Battlegrounds: Climate Torts Return to the Supreme Court

The brawl over climate tort liability has returned, again, to the U.S. Supreme Court. In its first skirmish in 2011, the Court in Connecticut v. American Electric Power swept the board by declaring that the federal Clean Air...more

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Supreme Judicial Court Orders the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection to Expand Greenhouse Gas Regulation

More greenhouse gas regulation is on the horizon as a result of the Massachusetts’ top court’s decision in Kain v. MassDEP. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ordered the Massachusetts Department of Environmental...more

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MassDEP Provided Substantial Discretion to Interpret Legislative Mandate in Global Warming Solutions Act

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Just how much discretion will the courts give to the MassDEP to interpret legislative intent when it implements legislative directives such as a requirement to develop rules under the Global Warming Solutions Act? The...more

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