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EPA defends GHG findings in court

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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August 21 2011

On August 18, EPA filed a brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit arguing that the agency adhered strictly to Section 202(a)(1) of the Clean Air Act’s guidelines for science-based decision-making in determining that GHG emissions from vehicles endanger public health and the environment

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

Cement kiln rule challenged

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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October 16 2011

Portland Cement Association argued before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit October 11 that the Environmental Protection Agency improperly double counted cement kilns as sources subject to standards for both air toxics and solid waste combustion

Sierra Club challenges delay of boiler, incinerator rules

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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July 24 2011

On July 15, the Sierra Club filed a petition for review July 15 in the U.S

Particulates regulation requested

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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November 20 2011

Ten states, the American Lung Association, the Environmental Defense Fund, and the National Parks Conservation Association asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit November 16 to set a schedule for the Environmental Protection Agency to issue air quality standards for fine particulate matter

Environmental justice groups oppose California emissions trading program

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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August 7 2011

The California Supreme Court was asked by the Center for Race, Poverty and the Environment along with other environmental justice groups to terminate the proposed greenhouse gas emissions cap-and-trade program

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

States oppose federal implementation plans

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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October 2 2011

Nebraska, Florida, Alabama, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, and Virginia filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on September 23 claiming that the Environmental Protection Agency inappropriately implemented the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule through federal implementation plans

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

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