D.C. Circuit rejects EPA’s latest attempt to curb interstate air pollution *

USA - August 24 2012
For the second time in five years, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has thrown out EPA’s scheme to prevent upwind states’ emissions from interfering with their downwind neighbors’ efforts to comply with the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (“NAAQS”). 

D.C. Circuit affirms EPA’s authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions *

USA - July 5 2012
On June 26, 2012, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that the Clean Air Act requires EPA to regulate emissions of greenhouse gases (“GHG”) from both mobile and stationary sources.

Court to review state’s demand for NPDES permits for air emissions *

USA - April 5 2012
Rose Acre Farms, the operator of a large chicken farm in eastern North Carolina, has filed suit against the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources (“DENR”) regarding the state’s demand that the farm obtain a Clean Water Act National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”) permit for emissions of air pollutants that subsequently affect surface waters in the state. 

EPA establishes new rules for Chesapeake Bay watershed *

USA - January 21 2011
EPA has finalized a significant new program that will affect existing and future development (residential, commercial and industrial) in every state that is part of the Chesapeake Bay watershed.