August 17, 2018
The D.C. Circuit on Friday threw out the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's 20-month delay of the effective date of an Obama-era chemical disaster rule written in the aftermath of fatal industrial accidents, saying the federal government's actions "make a mockery of the statute."
March 26, 2018
The D.C. Circuit on Friday told the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to compile a list of pre-Trump administration examples of when the effective dates of finalized regulations have been postponed, amid litigation challenging the agency's efforts to roll back an Obama-era chemical risk management rule.
March 16, 2018
Opponents of a risk management rule for chemicals on Friday urged a D.C. Circuit panel to quash an effort by environmental groups to force the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to implement the Obama-era regulations, saying the rules could threaten national security.
December 11, 2017
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency shot back Friday at challenges to its delay of an Obama-era chemical risk management rule, telling the D.C. Circuit the challengers didn't have standing as they couldn't establish there would be an "impending injury."
August 31, 2017
The D.C. Circuit on Wednesday let stand the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's delay of an Obama-era chemical risk management rule while it's being challenged in court, saying the environmental groups and an industrial union trying to nix the delay haven't shown that’s warranted.
July 21, 2017
Green groups and the nation's largest industrial union told the D.C. Circuit on Thursday that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is improperly twisting the Clean Air Act to justify a 20-month delay of an Obama-era chemical risk management rule.
June 16, 2017
A slew of environmental groups asked the D.C. Circuit on Thursday to stop the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from further delaying the effective date of an Obama-era rule designed to reduce the risk of chemical accidents.