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August 10, 2017
DC Circ. Pauses Litigation On EPA New Plant Carbon Rule
The D.C. Circuit on Thursday granted the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's request that it pause litigation challenging an Obama-era rule to control carbon dioxide emissions from new power plants.
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April 05, 2017
States Ask DC Circ. To Deny EPA's CPP Delay Request
New York, California and several other states and municipalities on Wednesday asked the D.C. Circuit to deny the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s request to halt litigation over the validity of the Clean Power Plan.
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March 29, 2017
EPA Asks DC Circ. To Put Off Ruling On Clean Power Plan
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday asked the D.C. Circuit to hold off on issuing an opinion on the validity of the Clean Power Plan, following President Donald Trump's signing of an executive order directing the EPA to review the rule.
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January 24, 2017
Coal Cos., States Urge DC Circ. To Nix New-Plant Carbon Cap
A group of states, coal companies and power trade groups told the D.C. Circuit on Monday that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency shouldn't have been able to rely on subsidized pilot programs when it deemed carbon capture and storage as an economically viable system for reducing emissions from new coal-fired power plants, urging the court to strike down regulations based on the technology.
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January 02, 2017
Energy Cases To Watch In 2017
After a year filled with blockbuster rulings, energy litigation will again grab the spotlight in 2017, with an eagerly awaited decision on the legality of the Obama administration's signature Clean Power Plan taking center stage. Here are the cases that energy attorneys will be watching this year.
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December 21, 2016
EPA's New Plant Carbon Rules Get Support At DC Circ.
States, academics, environmental groups and power companies told the D.C. Circuit on Wednesday that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rightly concluded that carbon capture and storage technologies should be considered the "best system of emission reduction," urging the court to strike down challenges brought by a host of opposing states and industry players.
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December 15, 2016
EPA Defends New Greenhouse Gas Limits At DC Circ.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency urged the D.C. Circuit Wednesday to uphold a rule capping carbon emissions from new and modified power plants, saying the limits were reasonably determined and feasible.
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October 25, 2016
Coal Groups Blast EPA New Plant Rule In DC Circ.
Two coal industry groups on Monday told the D.C. Circuit they support an effort to sink the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's rules for carbon emissions from new coal power plants, arguing some technology embraced by the EPA is too expensive.
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October 14, 2016
States, Industry Ask DC Circ. To Kill New Plant CO2 Rule
A host of states and industry groups urged the D.C. Circuit on Thursday to strike down the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's rules for carbon emissions from new coal power plants, telling the appeals court in opening briefs that the standards were based on unproven, subsidized technologies.
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June 24, 2016
DC Circ. Suspends New Plant Carbon Rule Briefing Schedule
The D.C. Circuit on Friday granted a bid by opponents of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's rule capping carbon emissions from new power plants to suspend the briefing schedule in their case while some opponents appeal the agency's refusal to reconsider its rule.