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Environmental groups sue for new source pollution standards

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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November 27 2011

On November 17, WildEarth Guardians, the Sierra Club, the Environmental Integrity Project, and the Center for Biological Diversity filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to force the Environmental Protection Agency to act on a June 2010 petition requesting regulation of emissions of methane and other pollutants from coal mines

Cross-state rule defended

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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December 11 2011

The Environmental Protection Agency filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit a defense, saying that critics of the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule have grossly exaggerated claims that the regulation will require significant emissions reductions on January 1

New-build issues severed and expedited in MATS challenge

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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July 1 2012

June 28, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit granted White Stallion Energy Center LLC, Sunflower Electric Power Corp., Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association Inc., Power4Georgians LLC, Deseret Power Electric Cooperative, and Tenaska Trailblazer Partners LLC’s collective motion to sever issues specific to new coal-fired power plants from a host of other complaints covered under their suit challenging the Environmental Protection Agency's mercury and air toxics standards

Biomass delay challenged

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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September 25 2011

The Natural Resources Defense Council filed suit September 19 in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit against the Environmental Protection Agency

NM utility appeals retrofit mandate

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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September 25 2011

The Public Service Company of New Mexico filed a petition for review of an Environmental Protection Agency rule September 16 in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Heavy-duty truck standards challenged

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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November 13 2011

Delta Construction Co., Dalton Trucking Inc., Southern California Contractors Association, and California Dump Truck Owners Association filed a petition for review November 4 in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit challenging the first greenhouse gas emissions requirements for heavy-duty trucks

Different aspects of EPA cement kiln rules defended

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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July 31 2011

On July 22, in briefs filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit challenging EPA’s new cement kiln standards, environmental groups are defending the EPA’s air pollution standards, while industry is supporting the agency's decision not to require GHG controls

New Mexico Supreme Court upholds right of state board to decide emissions rule

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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July 31 2011

New Mexico’s Supreme Court upheld an appellate court decision on GHG emissions sending the case to the State Environmental Improvement Board for resolution rather than have it play out in state courts

Court rules on Texas, EPA lawsuits

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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December 4 2011

On December 1, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued an order allowing lawsuits challenging the Environmental Protection Agency's takeover of Texas greenhouse gas permitting can go ahead without waiting for resolutions in separate cases challenging the EPA's GHG endangerment finding, car and truck emissions standards, and a rule limiting greenhouse gas permitting to the largest industrial sources

Environmental groups support EPA GHG ruling

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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August 28 2011

On August 25, ClientEarth, America's Great Waters Coalition, and the Union of Concerned Scientists filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit supporting EPA’s finding that GHG emissions from vehicles threaten inland and coastal waterways