December 06, 2019
States and environmentalists fought the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's bid to hold off on enforcing Obama-era regulations to reduce emissions from landfills while it weighs an appeal, telling a California federal court the stay would just be another delay tactic.
November 06, 2019
A California federal judge has ruled the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency can't avoid a court order to comply with Obama-era landfill air pollution requirements by simply extending its own deadlines on the guidelines, rejecting the agency's request for more time.
October 24, 2019
A California federal judge expressed exasperation with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's continued efforts to extend the deadline to comply with Obama-era landfill air pollution regulations, saying Thursday that if he buys the EPA's arguments, the agency will never have to comply and "won't we be here perpetually?"
September 17, 2019
States and environmentalists on Monday urged a California federal judge to stick to his guns and force the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to implement Obama-era landfill air pollution regulations despite the agency's claim that the judge's order is now irrelevant.
August 26, 2019
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Monday it had delayed certain deadlines for implementing Obama-era regulations aimed at reducing landfill emissions under the Clean Air Act, and therefore the California federal court's mandate for the agency to act should be lifted.
May 06, 2019
A California federal judge ruled Monday that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency failed to comply with its "nondiscretionary obligations" under the Clean Air Act to implement Obama-era regulations aimed at reducing emissions from landfills, ordering the agency to take action on the issue.
October 25, 2018
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency urged a California federal judge Thursday to hold off deciding whether to toss claims it violated the Clean Air Act by failing to impose Obama-era regulations limiting emissions from municipal landfills, arguing newly proposed emission rules could impact the suit.
September 19, 2018
A group of states on Tuesday asked a California federal judge not to dismiss their lawsuit alleging that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency violated the Clean Air Act by failing to impose Obama-era regulations limiting emissions from municipal landfills.
May 31, 2018
A coalition of states including California, Pennsylvania and Illinois sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in federal court on Thursday, alleging it has violated the Clean Air Act by failing to impose an Obama-era regulation limiting emissions from municipal landfills.