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Federal Court Limits State Authority to Deny Interstate Transmission Projects

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But a Middle District of Pennsylvania court recently established one key limit on states’ authority to block new transmission lines through the siting process. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania issued a decision on December 6, 2023 in Transource Pa. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.

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New California Legislation Would Be a Major Step Forward for Climate Disclosure

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Supreme Court weakened this kind of argument considerably on May 11, 2023, in its decision in National Pork Producers Council v. Ross, which upheld a California law that banned the in-state sale of pork from pigs that are “confined in a cruel manner.” [47] 46] The U.S. May 11, 2023). [48]

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Supreme Court rules proposed EPA regulations unconstitutional

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The US Supreme Court Thursday ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) does not have the authority under section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act to enforce proposed power plant emission limitations in West Virginia v. ” In West Virginia v.

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Supreme Court to hear major case on power of federal agencies

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Share The Supreme Court will hear oral argument on Wednesday in a case involving the deference that courts should give to federal agencies’ interpretations of the laws that they administer. Justice John Paul Stevens set out a two-part test for courts to review an agency’s interpretation of a statute it administers.

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Sabin Center Files Amicus Brief in Support of New GHG Vehicle Emissions Standards

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Following the 2007 landmark Supreme Court case Massachusetts v. These emissions standards were significantly loosened in the last year of the Trump Administration. In 2021 the Biden Administration reversed the Trump-era rollbacks and instituted the strictest-ever vehicle GHG emissions standards in a move aimed at preventing 3.1

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The Major Questions Doctrine is a Fundamental Threat to Environmental Protection. Should Congress Respond?

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In the year since the Supreme Court embraced the “major questions doctrine” (MQD), industry and Republican state attorneys general have argued that federal regulations ranging from stricter vehicle emissions standards to climate change disclosures must be struck down under its banner. Env’t Prot.

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