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  1. August 21, 2018

    DC Circ. Panel Nixes Parts Of EPA's Coal Ash Rule

    A D.C. Circuit panel on Tuesday struck down certain portions of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's coal ash disposal rule, saying among other things that the agency was wrong to not require the closing of unlined surface pits.

  2. January 01, 2018

    The Biggest Environmental Cases To Watch In 2018

    Courts across the U.S. are poised to issue important rulings in environmental cases in the coming year, including a closely watched high court battle over where challenges to a rule defining the federal government’s jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act belong, and lawsuits seeking to reverse President Donald Trump’s moves to shrink national monuments. Here are the biggest environmental cases to watch in 2018.

  3. November 20, 2017

    DC Circ. Gives Grammar Lesson In EPA Coal Ash Rule Dispute

    The fate of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's coal ash disposal rule, under challenge at the D.C. Circuit from different ends by industry and environmentalists, rested in part Monday on the grammar rules of the present tense and how much authority Congress gave the EPA over dormant landfills.

  4. November 13, 2017

    Enviros Slam EPA Bid To Sever Coal Ash Issues From Case

    Green groups on Monday urged the D.C. Circuit to reject the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's request that the court remand elements of a coal ash disposal rule to the agency for reconsideration rather than decide legal challenges to them.

  5. October 12, 2017

    EPA Tells DC Circ. New Law May Alter Coal Ash Rule

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday told the D.C. Circuit that a new federal law could have "significant implications" for an Obama-era rule governing the handling of coal ash, and asked that litigation over the rule be postponed to give the agency more time to study the matter.

  6. September 28, 2017

    DC Circ. Delays But Doesn't Nix Coal Ash Oral Arguments

    The D.C. Circuit on Wednesday delayed oral arguments in a challenge to an Obama-era rule that governs the handling of coal ash but did not immediately grant the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's request to hold the case in abeyance while the regulation is re-examined.

  7. September 22, 2017

    Enviros Oppose EPA Bid To Delay Coal Ash Rule Litigation

    Environmental groups on Thursday asked the D.C. Circuit to deny the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's bid to delay challenges to an Obama administration rule that governs the handling of coal ash, saying the court should hold oral argument next month.

  8. July 15, 2016

    Industry, Green Groups Slam EPA's Defense Of Coal Ash Rule

    A coalition of electric utilities and coal and concrete companies on Thursday urged the D.C. Circuit to alter a provision in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's coal ash rule they say improperly regulates toxic material at power plants' inactive storage sites, while environmental groups continued their challenge that the rule will not do enough.

  9. May 19, 2016

    Greens Blast Industry Challenge To EPA's Coal Ash Rule

    Environmental groups embroiled in the legal tug-of-war over the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's coal ash rule on Wednesday urged the D.C. Circuit to uphold the parts of the rule under attack from industry groups.

  10. May 18, 2016

    Power Cos. Slam Enviros' Challenge To Coal Ash Rule

    A coalition of power companies and industry groups on Wednesday told the D.C. Circuit that it should toss environmentalists' challenge to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's rule regulating coal ash.