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Dally Affirmation Appeals court won't force EPA to speed up CO2 decision		27 Jun 2008	News
Posted at 7:08 AM on 27 Jun 2008 A federal appeals court has decided not to force the Bush administration to speed up its decision on whether carbon dioxide emissions endanger public health or welfare. The administration's decision on CO2 is a necessary step in the process of regulating U.S. greenhouse-gas emissions from vehicles and industrial sources. Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that carbon dioxide is a pollu ...
Topics: climate, litigation, news, politics, United States, US EPA (all these topics)

Hey, I'm a CO Too! EPA needs to pay attention to carbon monoxide, says judge		08 May 2008	News
Posted at 3:58 PM on 08 May 2008 Carbon dioxide gets all the press, but the U.S. EPA is way behind on its legal obligation to update the nation's carbon monoxide regulations -- and it needs to get crackin', a federal judge ruled this week. Federal law requires a reassessment of carbon-monoxide standards every five years, but the EPA last took a look at the standards in 1994. While carbon monoxide is not considered to b ...
Topics: air pollution, health, litigation, news, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

Johnson-Come-Lately EPA sued over its procrastination		02 Apr 2008	News
Posted at 3:09 PM on 02 Apr 2008 Seventeen states and 11 green groups have sued the U.S. EPA for not yet having made a decision about whether it will regulate greenhouse gases. The lawsuit was filed Wednesday, exactly one year after the Supreme Court ruled that EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson should make that decision. sources: Associated Press, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, The Boston Globe From the Archives Don't ...
Topics: climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, litigation, news, politics, regulation, US EPA (all these topics)

Twisted Mettle Bush admin appeals ruling on mercury cap-and-trade plan		27 Mar 2008	News
Posted at 7:00 AM on 27 Mar 2008 The Bush administration has appealed a court ruling that struck down the U.S. EPA's controversial mercury cap-and-trade plan. The earlier ruling by a three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals found the EPA violated the Clean Air Act when it enacted the mercury rule in 2005. The cap-and-trade system allowed dirtier power plants to buy the right to pollute from cleaner ones; 17 sta ...
Topics: litigation, news, toxics, United States, US EPA (all these topics)

The Cost of Doltish Business Company agrees to pay record $250 million in Superfund cleanup costs		12 Mar 2008	News
Posted at 7:26 AM on 12 Mar 2008 W.R. Grace & Co. agreed to pay $250 million to reimburse the U.S. EPA for ongoing cleanup of the asbestos-ridden mining town of Libby, Mont. A mine owned by Grace that operated from 1963 until 1990 contaminated much of the town with asbestos-tainted vermiculite. Over 200 area residents have died from related cancers, and over 1,200 more show signs of lung abnorm ...
Topics: business, litigation, news, toxics, US EPA (all these topics)

Cap 'n' Crunched Bush's controversial mercury rule for power plants struck down by federal court		08 Feb 2008	News
Posted at 9:57 AM on 08 Feb 2008 Bad news for the Bush administration: A federal appeals court on Friday struck down a U.S. EPA rule that would have let coal-fired power plants trade the right to emit mercury, a neurotoxin that contaminates waterways, accumulates in fish, and has been linked to nerve and brain damage, particularly in children. Environmentalists and public health advocates, among oth ...
Topics: litigation, news, toxics, United States, US EPA (all these topics)

Massey Business Coal company penalized for Clean Water Act violations		17 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 5:16 PM on 17 Jan 2008 Massey Energy Co., the nation's fourth-largest coal producer, has agreed to a $30 million settlement with the U.S. EPA over allegations of Clean Water Act violations. Massey was accused of polluting streams and waterways in West Virginia and Kentucky with the detritus of mountaintop-removal mining on at least 4,500 occasions between 2000 and 2006. The company must pay $20 million in civil pena ...
Topics: coal, energy, litigation, mining, news, US EPA, water pollution (all these topics)

Rebuttal? California stats say state emissions-reduction plan far more effective than federal law		04 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 1:04 PM on 04 Jan 2008 When the U.S. EPA denied California the right to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions from vehicles, the agency reasoned that the just-passed energy bill's boost to national fuel-economy standards would be stronger emissions-reduction policy than the state's plan. California, which has sued, would beg to differ, and has released statistics refuting the EPA's claim. For ...
Topics: California, climate, climate change mitigation, fuel efficiency, greenhouse-gas emissions, litigation, news, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

Runaway Sue California, 15 other states, and five nonprofits sue EPA over waiver decision		02 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 11:47 AM on 02 Jan 2008 California has made good on its promise to sue the U.S. EPA over the agency's refusal to allow the state to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions from vehicles, and 15 other states have made good on their promise to join in on the litigation. The swarm of states, along with five nonprofit groups, filed suit today in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco. The presu ...
Topics: California, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, litigation, news, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

As States Would Have It Multiple states will sue over EPA decision to not let California regulate vehicle emissions		21 Dec 2007	News
Posted at 5:10 PM on 21 Dec 2007 Riled up about the U.S. EPA's decision not to allow California to regulate vehicle greenhouse-gas emissions, Golden State Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has declared he will sue the agency "within the next three weeks." At least eight other states that would have adopted the stricter emissions standards had the EPA allowed it have said they'v ...
Topics: California, cars, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, litigation, news, politics, regulation, US EPA (all these topics)

Angrier By the Dozen EPA sued by 12 states over relaxed toxic-chemical rule		29 Nov 2007	News
Posted at 6:07 AM on 29 Nov 2007 The U.S. EPA's moves to relax the nation's toxics reporting rule will not go unchallenged. Twelve states have announced they're suing the agency over rule changes to the Toxics Release Inventory that allow companies to file less-informative reports and escape reporting if they release less than 5,000 pounds of toxic chemicals, up from the previous threshold, set under President Reagan, o ...
Topics: litigation, news, toxics, United States, US EPA (all these topics)

Catch a Waiver and You're Sittin' on Top of the World California to sue EPA to force decision on vehicle-emissions waiver		22 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 8:26 AM on 22 Oct 2007 California is expected to follow through on its threat to sue the U.S. EPA this week for not yet deciding whether to give the state the waiver it needs to implement its 2002 law limiting greenhouse-gas emissions from cars. The state's law requires a nearly 30 percent reduction in greenhouse-gas emissions by 2016, which experts say can only r ...
Topics: California, climate change mitigation, litigation, news, US EPA (all these topics)

Settling the Scourge AEP settlement exempts company from enforcement for 10 years		11 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 10:56 AM on 11 Oct 2007 Earlier this week brought news of a settlement agreement between utility giant American Electric Power and the U.S. EPA in which the company agreed to install some $4.6 billion in pollution controls at some of its power plants and pay over $70 million in penalties and cleanup costs. Today, The Washington Post reported that the agreement contained language exempting the company from ...
Topics: business, litigation, news, United States, US EPA (all these topics)

EPA to Supreme Court: Take a hike! EPA gives permit to new Utah coal plant; Waxman cries foul	Brian Beutler	19 Sep 2007	Gristmill
Given the opportunity last month to adhere to the Supreme Court's findings in the case of Massachusetts vs. EPA, the EPA chose instead to completely ignore the ruling and proceed as if the case had never been heard. It issued a permit to Deseret Power to construct a 110-megawatt coal-fired power unit at an existing power plant in Uintah County, Utah. Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), chair of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, today sent a letter t ...
Topics: coal, energy, litigation, politics, US EPA, Utah (all these topics)

Fear to Tread Alt-fuel industry recycles rubber tires, contributes to air pollution		18 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 12:12 PM on 18 Sep 2007 A decade-old industry that recycles old rubber tires into fuel is chipping away at the stockpile of 1 billion retired tires in the U.S. But the laudable recycling effort is balanced by a negative impact on air pollution, as the U.S. EPA's clean-air regulations for burning solid waste include a loophole loosening requirements for facilities that "recover energy." Now a r ...
Topics: air pollution, litigation, news, politics, recycling, regulation, US EPA (all these topics)

All In a Day's Work EPA sued over ship emissions, smacked over 9/11 cleanup		06 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 9:08 AM on 06 Sep 2007 The Environmental "Protection" Agency faced two major slams yesterday, from east and west. In Washington, D.C., the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office issued a report scolding EPA for its post-9/11 cleanup efforts, saying the agency's approach to toxic indoor contamination in buildings near the site is misdirected and ignores New Yorkers' health concerns. The report & ...
Topics: air pollution, Government Accountability Office, Hillary Clinton, litigation, news, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

Swine By Us Court rules against green groups, lets factory farms off the hook		19 Jul 2007	Daily Grist
Swine By Us Court rules against green groups, lets factory farms off the hook Some 2,600 livestock companies are participating in a sweet deal from the U.S. EPA. In exchange for paying a minimal fee and agreeing to participate in an air-quality data-collection program, factory farms can basically be exempt from Clean Air Act requirements for 30 months. When the swap was announced ...
Topics: ag policy, agriculture, Big Ag, industrial ag, litigation, news, US EPA (all these topics)

Alito Bit More Critter-Hating Supreme Court sides with developers on Endangered Species Act case		26 Jun 2007	Daily Grist
Alito Bit More Critter-Hating Supreme Court sides with developers on Endangered Species Act case Like a tormented parent with two kids in a spelling bee, environmentalists watched in horror this week as the U.S. Supreme Court judged the relative heft of two federal eco-laws. The case in question pitted green groups against the National Association of Home Builders. At issue was whether the U.S. EPA co ...
Topics: endangered species, litigation, news, sprawl, US EPA (all these topics)

What does the Massachusetts case mean? Some musings and analysis	Justin Pidot	03 Apr 2007	Gristmill
The discussion of Massachusetts v. EPA is well underway thanks to David's summary of the action. I'm going to provide some thoughts about each of the three issues involved in the case, as well as some of the possible implications. The outcome of Mass. v. EPA boils down to one thing: the Supreme Court has ordered EPA to think again. While that may not sound like much, in the world of administrative law, it is a total rout for the Bush administration. While the ou ...
Topics: litigation, Massachusetts, US EPA (all these topics)

Bush administration vs. everyone else More on Supreme Court decision	Joseph Romm	03 Apr 2007	Gristmill
In November, the issue of EPA's refusal to regulate greenhouse gas emissions went before the Supreme Court. Yesterday, the decision (PDF) was announced -- 5-4 in favor of Massachusetts, meaning that the EPA does have the authority and responsibility to regulate carbon dioxide as a pollutant. In short, the time to act is now! In the chutzpah department, EPA actually tried to argue that 1) 'any EPA regulation of motor-vehicle emission' was a 'piecemeal approach to cli ...
Topics: litigation, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

White House responds to SCOTUS case So much BS in so few words!	David Roberts	02 Apr 2007	Gristmill
Here's a bit on the Supreme Court case from a White House briefing today. Marvel, if you will, at the sheer amount of dishonesty and misdirection packed into these few short paragraphs. Virtually every sentence, every word, needs unpacking. It's always been a talent of this White House to use a kind of shock-and-awe bullshitting strategy: lying so much and so fast that it simply overwhelms the ability of critics to keep up. I dearly hope that strategy goes down in f ...
Topics: jackassery, litigation, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

Breaking: Supreme Court rules against Bush admin. in global warming case This is a game changer	David Roberts	02 Apr 2007	Gristmill
Word just came down that the Supreme Court has ruled against the Bush administration in the landmark global warming case of Massachusetts v. EPA. The ruling was 5-4, with conservatives dissenting and the crucial vote of Anthony Kennedy going with the ... non-conservatives. Background on the case here, here, here, and here. The court addressed three questions: Do states and environmental groups have standing to sue EPA? (To show legal standing, states had to show ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, litigation, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

Standing in the face of global warming Do federal courts have jurisdiction in Massachusetts v. EPA?	Justin Pidot	07 Dec 2006	Gristmill
As the court-watchers (or even dabblers) amongst you are aware, the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court seemed preoccupied with the issue of standing during the recent oral argument in Massachusetts v. EPA. This debate has echoed in the blogosphere. Jonathan Adler argues, both on Volokh Conspiracy (it's a bit buried) and in an amicus brief (PDF), that global warming causes nonjusticiable, generalized injuries. Grist's own David Roberts questions whether a co ...
Topics: climate, litigation, Massachusetts, US EPA (all these topics)

The 'uncertainty' agenda Why I'm disappointed with yesterday's Supreme Court hearings	Andrew Dessler	30 Nov 2006	Gristmill
I was quite disappointed to see 'uncertainty' front-and-center in the arguments yesterday by the EPA lawyer before the Supreme Court:... now is not the time to exercise such authority, in light of the substantial scientific uncertainty surrounding global climate change and the ongoing studies designed to address those uncertainties.I thought I'd detected a shift by those opposed to action away from this argument and toward economic and fairness arguments. I guess when ...
Topics: litigation, US EPA (all these topics)

Oral argument in Mass v. EPA The justices speak	Justin Pidot	29 Nov 2006	Gristmill
David highlights a few of the difficult and interesting questions facing the Court in Massachusetts v. EPA, which as you all probably know was argued this morning. I wanted to provide a few thoughts about the argument, gleaned from my seat in the courtroom's last row, reading the transcript (PDF), and watching a fantastic panel at the Georgetown Law School discussing the argument. (You can see a webcast of the panel here.) The justices were very engaged this morni ...
Topics: litigation, Massachusetts, US EPA (all these topics)

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