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U.S. SEC Climate Disclosure Rules Spark Flurry of Litigation (UPDATE)

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Following the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC")'s adoption of the climate-related disclosure rules on March 6, 2024, dozens of parties filed petitions for review across different appellate courts. The Judicial...more

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Title V/Clean Air Act: Petition to Object Filed Addressing Houston, Texas Refinery

The Environmental Integrity Project, Texas Environmental, Justice Advocacy Services, Caring for Pasadena Communities, and Sierra Club (collectively, “EIP”) submitted an August 19th Title V Petition to Object (“Petition”)...more

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Title V/Clean Air Act: Sierra Club Petition to Object Filed Addressing Hopewell, Virginia Chemical Manufacturing Facility

Five non-profit organizations filed a Clean Air Act Title V Petition to Object (“Petition”) before the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) related to the AdvanSix Resins and Chemicals LLC (“AdvanSix”)...more

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Regional Haze/State Implementation Plans: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Sierra Club Enter into Consent Decree Providing...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Sierra Club entered into a July 12th Consent Decree (“CD”) addressing agency review of 32 states’ Clean Air Act State Implementation Plans (“SIP”) related to...more

Goldberg Segalla

Challenging Crypto Mining with Greenhouse Gas Limits

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About two months ago, a New York Appeals Court reversed a lower court’s dismissal of the claims brought by two public service organizations in the matter of Clean Air Coalition of Western New York v. New York State Public...more

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Title V/Clean Air Act: Sierra Club Petition to Object Filed Addressing Pinal County, Arizona, Generating Station

The Sierra Club filed a May 13th Title V Petition to Object (“Petition”) before the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) related to the Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District (“SRP”). ...more

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Lead Ammunition/National Wildlife Refuge System: Sierra Club Challenges U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Withdrawal of Ban in Canaan...

The Sierra Club and two other environmental organizations filed a Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief (“Complaint”) in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia against the U.S. Fish and...more

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Title V/Clean Air Act: Sierra Club Petition to Object to Berkley County, South Carolina, Aluminum Reduction Minor Permit...

The Sierra Club and Environmental Integrity Project (collectively, “Sierra Club”) submitted a June 9th Clean Air Act Title V objection styled: Petition Requesting that the Administrator Object to the Minor Permit...more

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Cooling Water Intake Structure/Clean Water Act: Sierra Club Petition Before the U.S. EPA Environmental Appeals Board Challenging...

The Sierra Club and Conservation Law Foundation (collectively “Sierra Club”) submitted a June 16th Petition for Review (“Petition”) before the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Environmental Appeals Board...more

Troutman Pepper

D.C. Circuit Finds FERC Failed to Justify Not Preparing a Supplemental EIS for Mountain Valley Pipeline

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On May 26, 2023, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued an opinion in Sierra Club v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission largely denying challenges to several FERC orders authorizing...more

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Stationary Combustion Engines/New Source Performance Standards: Environmental Defense Fund and U.S. Environmental Protection...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published in the June 13th Federal Register a notice that it had entered into a Consent Decree with the Sierra Club and Environmental Defense Fund (collectively...more

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There is a conflict brewing in CA between environmentalists and environmentalists

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Last month, Governor Newsom attempted to turbocharge California's efforts to combat climate change with big infrastructure projects: he proposed a package of no less than eleven bills to speed up the approval of clean energy,...more

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Sixth Circuit Ruling on Ohio’s Air Nuisance Rule

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On February 10, 2023, the Sixth Circuit issued an opinion in Sierra Club, et al. v. U.S. EPA, et al., (Case No. 21-3057). The case involved a petition for review filed by the Sierra Club, the Ohio Environmental Council, and...more

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Title VI of the Civil Rights Act/South Coast Air Quality Management District: Earthjustice Complaint Submitted to U.S....

Earthjustice submitted a March 6th Complaint under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VI”) addressing the South Coast Air Quality Management District in California (“SCAQMD”)....more

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Stationary Combustion Engines/New Source Performance Standards: Environmental Organizations File Citizen Suit Action Against U.S....

The Sierra Club and the Environmental Defense Fund (collectively, “Sierra Club”) filed a December 8th Clean Air Act citizen suit action against the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) alleging a failure to...more

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Public Trust Doctrine/Kern River: Environmental Organizations' Lawsuit Challenging Bakersfield, California, Water Diversions

The Sierra Club and other environmental organizations filed a December 1st Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief; Verified Petition for Writ of Mandate (“Complaint”) against the City of Bakersfield, California, and...more

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Steam Electric Station/Rusk County, Texas: Sierra Club Notice of Intent of Sue U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for Alleged...

The Sierra Club sent a Notice of Intent to file suit to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) for failure to undertake a nondiscretionary duty under the Clean Air Act....more

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Environmental Impacts of Cryptomining: Earthjustice, Sierra Club Release Guidebook

The environmental organizations Earthjustice and Sierra Club (collectively, “Earthjustice”) announced they have published a guidebook titled: The Energy Bomb: How Proof-of-Work Cryptocurrency Mining Worsens the Climate...more

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Startup Shutdown Malfunction/Clean Air Act NSPS: Environmental Organizations Petition U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Seeking...

The Sierra Club and a number of other environmental organizations sent a September 13th document to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) titled: Petition for Rulemaking to Eliminate Startup,...more

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National Primary Drinking Water Regulation/Safe Drinking Water Act: Environmental Organizations D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals...

Several organizations filed a Petition for Review (“Petition”) in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit challenging the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) Safe Drinking...more

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Title V/Clean Air Act: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Grants Petition Objecting to Cambria County, Pennsylvania, Power Plant

The Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a June 7th Order granting a Petition objecting to the issuance of a Clean Air Act Title V Operating Permit (“Permit”) to the Colver Power...more

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Lawsuits Underway Following Reports of PFAS in Underwear

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Yoga pants are not the only clothing products that have become popular subjects of PFAS testing in the media. As some readers may recall, over the last several years, various menstrual underwear products have been tested for...more

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Title V/Clean Air Act: Sierra Club Petition for Objection to Permit Revision for Pinal County, Arizona, Generating Station

The Sierra Club filed an objection to a Clean Air Act Title V Revised Operating Permit before the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) through a document styled: PETITION FOR OBJECTION...more

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Regional Haze/Sierra Club Notice of Intent to Sue: Alleged U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Failure to Make Statutory...

The Sierra Club submitted a February 7th letter to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) styled: Notice of Intent to File Suit Under the Clean Air Act for Failure to Make Statutory Completeness...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law

DOJ Doesn’t Know How to Declare Victory

According to Inside EPA (subscription required), the Department of Justice (and the Sierra Club) have opposed Ameren’s Missouri’s motion to allow it to close its Rush Island generating facility early, rather than install...more

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