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Emissions
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Environmental Law Prof Blog
Ninth Circuit Upholds EPA Approval of South Coast Air Quality Management District Rule 317
On March 11, a panel of the Ninth Circuit (Schroeder, Silverman, Garbis (by designation)) issued a decision in NRDC v. EPA. In 2011, the South Coast Air Quality Management District…
The Right Coast
Holman Jenkins: The EPA Annexes Sweden – WSJ
The diesel engine is a wonder of torque and thermal efficiency, but it emits soot and other unpleasantness. The Environmental Protection Agency is a wonder among regulatory agencies, having discovered…
Law & Economics Prof Blog
The U.S.-China Climate Deal
By Shi-Ling Hsu
President Obama announced a bilateral agreement between the United States and China for the United States to reduce emission 26 to 28 percent below 2005 levels by 2025, and China…
Land Use Prof Blog
ELC Responses to the IPCC Report Week One
For those of you who haven't been perusing the Environmental Law Prof's blog, you should wander on over there and check out the continuing response to the latest IPCC reports.…
Environmental Law & Policy Monitor
Randy Brogdon Quoted in Law 360 Article
By Environmental Law and Policy Monitor
On September 16, Randy Brogdon was quoted by Law 360, in an article entitled "EPA Says Malfunctions Can't Protect Plants From Penalties". The article discusses the EPA's proposal to require…
Environmental Law Prof Blog
Ninth Circuit Holds Diesel Exhaust Emissions Are Not “Disposal” Under RCRA
On August 20, the Ninth Circuit (Fernandez, Smith, Murguia) issued a decision in Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice v. BNSF Railway Company, No. 12-56086. The plaintiffs were environmental…
Law & Economics Prof Blog
Regulating Greenhouse Gas Emissions Under the Clean Air Act, Version 0.0
By Shi-Ling Hsu
There has been so much clamor about the Environmental Protection Agency's introduction of a proposed rule for regulating greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, it's hard to shout above it…
PipelineLaw
EPA Inspector General Recommends Improvements to Address Methane Emissions
In a report issued on July 25, 2014, EPA’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a series of recommendations for EPA to increase its efforts to reduce methane emissions from…
Energy & Environmental Law Blog
Harmonizing Gas Emissions
By Greg Russell
The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences recently published a peer-reviewed study on the life-cycle of methane emissions due to shale gas development. "Recent technological advances in the recovery…
Capital Thinking
Senate ENR Committee Votes To Approve Keystone XL Bill & Murray Energy Files Early Challenge to EPA GHG Proposal
Legislative Activity Senate ENR Committee Votes to Approve FERC Nominees, Keystone XL Bill On Wednesday, June 18, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee held a business meeting in…