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Efficiency standards challenge rejected
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- USA
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- August 21 2011
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit refused 2-1 August 16 to block a final rule by the Department of Energy setting the first energy efficiency standards for small electric motors
Biomass permit exemption challenged
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- USA
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- August 21 2011
Georgia Forestwatch, Wild Virginia, the Center for Biological Diversity, Conservation Law Foundation, and Natural Resources Council of Maine filed a lawsuit August 15 in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit against the Environmental Protection Agency, challenging a rule that exempts facilities burning biomass from the requirement to obtain greenhouse gas emissions permits for three years
CA Supreme Court validates Clean Water Act use
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- USA
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- August 21 2011
The California Supreme Court unanimously held August 15 that regulators did not violate the Clean Water Act by applying a cost-benefit standard to determine whether the Moss Landing Power Plant’s cooling water design reflected the best available technology to protect fish and other aquatic organisms
Cross-state rule challenged
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- USA
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- October 16 2011
Power companies, states, municipalities, and industry groups filed another 23 lawsuits challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s Cross-State Air Pollution Rule for power plants by the October 7 deadline
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
Utility MACT challenged
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- USA
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- October 16 2011
The Utility Air Regulatory Group and 25 states petitioned the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia October 7 to postpone until 2012 the deadline for the Environmental Protection Agency to issue a final rule requiring power plants to control toxic emissions
CARB clears hurdle
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- USA
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- December 11 2011
On December 6, a California Superior Court Judge Ernest Goldsmith in San Francisco approved an expanded environmental analysis of the state’s strategy for implementing climate policies, removing one legal block to the state’s economy-wide cap and trade program
Reporting requirements challenged
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- USA
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- February 26 2012
The American Petroleum Institute and the American Gas Association filed lawsuits February 21 in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit challenging a December 2011 Environmental Protection Agency rule that requires petroleum and gas drilling operations to report 2011 emissions from wells and storage tanks on a county level and by geologic formation
VT nuclear plant remains open
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- USA
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- January 22 2012
On January 19, the U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont issued a permanent injunction sought by Entergy Corp., ruling that a Vermont state permit law was preempted by the federal Atomic Energy Act
Wind investigations initiated
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- USA
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- January 22 2012
Following a petition from a coalition of wind tower manufacturers that alleged unfair pricing, the Department of Commerce announced January 19 that it is initiating investigations into utility-scale wind towers in China and Vietnam
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