22 U.S. States, seven cities sue Trump administration over carbon rule replacement
5 years, 4 months ago

22 U.S. States, seven cities sue Trump administration over carbon rule replacement

The Hindu  

Twenty-two States, including New York and California, and seven cities on Tuesday sued to challenge the Environmental Protection Agency's replacement of the Obama administration's Clean Power Plan, arguing it prolongs U.S. reliance on coal power and obstructs States that pursue cleaner electricity generation. The petitioners argue that the EPA's Affordable Clean Energy rule, which it finalized in June, will not curb rising carbon emissions from power plants and will prolong the operation of dirtier coal plants. “Without significant course correction, we are careening towards a climate disaster,” New York Attorney General Letitia James said in a statement announcing the lawsuit, adding that the coalition of States and cities “will fight back against this unlawful, do-nothing rule.” The lawsuit is one of dozens undertaken by Democratic-led States to challenge the Trump administration's series of rollbacks of major rules in the energy sector aimed at easing regulatory burdens for industry. The States and cities that sued on Tuesday said the EPA ACE rule only requires utilities to undertake modest equipment upgrades at power plants that would not result in significant emissions reductions.

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Trump and California draw battle lines around electric cars
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Trump and California draw battle lines around electric cars

Politico  

“Everybody’s gearing up for a showdown on zero-emission vehicles,” said Bill Magavern, policy director at environmental group Coalition for Clean Air. A Trump spokesperson said Wednesday that the president-elect has “a mandate to implement the promises he made on the campaign trail, including stopping attacks on gas-powered cars.” “When he takes office, President Trump will support the auto industry, allowing …

EPA grants California authority to ban sales of new gas cars by 2035. Action faces reversal by Trump
3 weeks, 2 days ago

EPA grants California authority to ban sales of new gas cars by 2035. Action faces reversal by Trump

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday granted two requests from California to enforce strict standards for vehicle emissions, including a rule aimed at banning sales of new gasoline-powered cars in the state by 2035. Gavin Newsom, who often touts California’s leadership on climate policy, said EPA’s approval of the advanced clean-cars rule was a vote of confidence in …

Biden makes a last big push to keep Trump from killing the electric car
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Biden makes a last big push to keep Trump from killing the electric car

Politico  

Trump has already vowed to undo California’s electric vehicle rules, similar to his effort five years ago to stop the state from imposing car and truck pollution standards more stringent than the federal government’s. The first Trump administration argued that California was effectively imposing fuel economy rules by regulating vehicles’ greenhouse gas emissions. AGAIN, MERRY CHRISTMAS!” Hallowed history Asked whether …

Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to California’s strict vehicle emissions rules
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to California’s strict vehicle emissions rules

CNN  

CNN — The Supreme Court declined Monday to take up an appeal from conservative states challenging California’s ability to establish strict vehicle emission rules that effectively set the standard for the rest of the nation. In 2019, the first Trump administration rolled back California’s decades-old waiver that had allowed it to set its own air pollution standards. The state’s air …

Supreme Court will take up a challenge related to California’s tough vehicle emissions standards
4 weeks ago

Supreme Court will take up a challenge related to California’s tough vehicle emissions standards

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday said it would take up a business-backed appeal that could make it easier to challenge federal regulations, acting in a dispute related to California’s nation-leading standards for vehicle emissions. The justices agreed to hear an appeal filed by fuel producers who object to a waiver granted to California in 2022 by the Environmental …

Supreme Court to hear challenge to California's authority to set vehicle emissions standards
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4 weeks ago

Supreme Court to hear challenge to California's authority to set vehicle emissions standards

NPR  

Supreme Court to hear challenge to California's authority to set vehicle emissions standards toggle caption Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Can the federal government have a favorite when it comes to states? The Supreme Court said on Friday that it would hear a case that tests that assertion in the context of a state that imposes tougher clean air standards than the …

U.S. Supreme Court will decide if oil industry may sue to block California’s zero-emissions goal
4 weeks ago

U.S. Supreme Court will decide if oil industry may sue to block California’s zero-emissions goal

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom speaks at a press conference on Sept. 23, 2020, at Cal Expo in Sacramento, where he announced an executive order requiring the sale of all new passenger vehicles to be zero-emission by 2035, a move the governor says would achieve a significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. The Supreme Court opened the door Friday for a potential challenge …

Supreme Court allows a rule limiting pollution from coal-fired power plants to remain in effect
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court allows a rule limiting pollution from coal-fired power plants to remain in effect

The Independent  

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Supreme Court lets Biden’s power plant climate rule take effect
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court lets Biden’s power plant climate rule take effect

Politico  

The Supreme Court’s decision elevates the issue of climate change just weeks before the presidential election. “We will continue to fight through the merits phase and prove this rule strips the states of important discretion while forcing plants to use technologies that don’t work in the real world.” Alex Bond, the executive director for clean energy and environment at the …

US appeals court allows EPA rule on coal-fired power plants to remain in place amid legal challenges
5 months, 3 weeks ago

US appeals court allows EPA rule on coal-fired power plants to remain in place amid legal challenges

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — In a victory for President Joe Biden’s administration, a federal appeals court on Friday ruled that a new federal regulation aimed at limiting planet-warming pollution from coal-fired power plants can remain in force as legal challenges continue. The EPA rule, announced in April, would force many coal-fired power plants to capture 90% of their carbon emissions or shut …

Supreme Court ruling could jeopardize California’s environmental rules
6 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court ruling could jeopardize California’s environmental rules

LA Times  

A recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling will probably pave the way for more legal challenges — and potential setbacks — for California’s groundbreaking clean air rules and myriad other federal environmental protections. In a 6-3 decision last week, the Supreme Court overturned the so-called Chevron doctrine, a long-standing legal precedent that instructed U.S. courts to rely on federal agencies to …

Supreme Court halts enforcement of the EPA’s plan to limit downwind pollution from power plants
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court halts enforcement of the EPA’s plan to limit downwind pollution from power plants

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is putting the Environmental Protection Agency’s air pollution-fighting “good neighbor” plan on hold while legal challenges continue, the conservative-led court’s latest blow to federal regulations. Yet the high court’s order, “leaves large swaths of upwind States free to keep contributing significantly to their downwind neighbors’ ozone problems for the next several years,” she wrote. The …

Court upholds California’s authority to set nation-leading vehicle emission rules
9 months ago

Court upholds California’s authority to set nation-leading vehicle emission rules

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California can continue to set its own nation-leading vehicle emissions standards, a federal court ruled Tuesday — two years after the Biden administration restored the state’s authority to do so as part of its efforts to reverse Trump-era environmental rollbacks. In 2022, Ohio led a coalition of states in filing a petition to attempt to block California’s …

Supreme Court seems skeptical of EPA’s ‘good neighbor’ rule on power plant pollution
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court seems skeptical of EPA’s ‘good neighbor’ rule on power plant pollution

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s conservative majority seemed skeptical Wednesday as the Environmental Protection Agency sought to continue enforcing an anti-air-pollution rule in 11 states while separate legal challenges proceed around the country. The EPA’s “good neighbor” rule is intended to restrict smokestack emissions from power plants and other industrial sources that burden downwind areas with smog-causing pollution. The justices …

EPA: New pollution limits proposed for US coal, gas power plants reflect ‘urgency’ of climate crisis
1 year, 7 months ago

EPA: New pollution limits proposed for US coal, gas power plants reflect ‘urgency’ of climate crisis

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration proposed new limits Thursday on greenhouse gas emissions from coal- and gas-fired power plants, its most ambitious effort yet to roll back planet-warming pollution from the nation’s second-largest contributor to climate change. President Joe Biden called the plan “a major step forward in the climate crisis and protecting public health.” If finalized, the proposed regulation …

EPA says pollution limits proposed for U.S. coal, gas power plants reflect climate crisis ‘urgency’
1 year, 7 months ago

EPA says pollution limits proposed for U.S. coal, gas power plants reflect climate crisis ‘urgency’

LA Times  

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael S. Regan speaks about new proposed limits on greenhouse gas emissions from coal- and gas-fired power plants during an event at the University of Maryland on Thursday in College Park, Md. The Biden administration proposed new limits Thursday on greenhouse gas emissions from coal- and gas-fired power plants, its most ambitious effort yet to roll …

In light of EPA court ruling, new focus on states’ power
2 years, 6 months ago

In light of EPA court ruling, new focus on states’ power

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The U.S. Supreme Court limited the power of the federal government to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from existing power plants. While Democratic states have taken the lead on the most aggressive climate policy in recent years, some Republican-led states are also helping shift the U.S. power grid toward cleaner sources of energy. More than a dozen U.S. …

Supreme Court limits EPA in curbing power plant emissions
2 years, 6 months ago

Supreme Court limits EPA in curbing power plant emissions

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — In a blow to the fight against climate change, the Supreme Court on Thursday limited how the nation’s main anti-air pollution law can be used to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. I cannot think of many things more frightening.” Biden, in a statement, called the ruling “another devastating decision that aims to take our country backwards.” …

The Real Target of the Supreme Court’s EPA Decision
2 years, 6 months ago

The Real Target of the Supreme Court’s EPA Decision

Slate  

In yet another major blow to democratic constitutionalism, the Supreme Court ruled in West Virginia v. EPA that the Clean Air Act does not give EPA authority to regulate the power grid as a whole. Taking its cue from then-Judge Brett Kavanaugh, the court has explained that Congress must very clearly delegate to agencies the authority to decide matters of …

The Supreme Court Is Jeopardizing Federal Climate Action
55 years ago

The Supreme Court Is Jeopardizing Federal Climate Action

Wired  

Today, in a ruling on a nonexistent plan with nonexistent harms to the people who brought the suit, the Supreme Court took an opportunity to curb the ability of the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate the power sector’s carbon emissions. The complaint was about the Clean Power Plan, a set of rules issued by the EPA in 2015 that would …

U.S. Supreme Court limits Biden’s powers in curbing emissions
2 years, 6 months ago

U.S. Supreme Court limits Biden’s powers in curbing emissions

The Hindu  

In a blow to the fight against climate change, the Supreme Court on Thursday limited how the nation’s main anti-air pollution law can be used to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. By a 6-3 vote, with conservatives in the majority, the court said that the Clean Air Act does not give the Environmental Protection Agency broad authority to …

Supreme Court rules for coal-producing states, limits EPA’s power to fight climate change
2 years, 6 months ago

Supreme Court rules for coal-producing states, limits EPA’s power to fight climate change

LA Times  

The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled for the major coal-producing states and sharply limited the Biden administration’s authority to restrict the carbon pollution that is causing global warming. Gen. Patrick Morrisey called the ruling a “huge win for West Virginia and a huge victory against federal overreach and the excesses of the administrative state.” Harvard law professor Richard Lazarus, an …

US top court limits federal gov’t power to curb plant emissions
2 years, 6 months ago

US top court limits federal gov’t power to curb plant emissions

Al Jazeera  

Supreme Court rules that the law does not give EPA broad authority to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. In a blow to the fight against climate change, the US Supreme Court has limited how the nation’s main anti-air pollution law can be used to reduce planet-warming carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. By a six-to-three decision on Thursday, …

Editorial: The Supreme Court just made it harder to save the planet
2 years, 6 months ago

Editorial: The Supreme Court just made it harder to save the planet

LA Times  

At a moment when the world should be racing to prevent the worst effects of global warming, the Supreme Court just made it harder for the U.S. to cut carbon emissions from power plants quickly and cost-effectively. To be clear, the ruling didn’t remove the EPA’s authority to cut carbon emissions from individual power plants, which are responsible for about …

17 states push EPA to revoke California’s ability to set its own vehicle emission standards
2 years, 7 months ago

17 states push EPA to revoke California’s ability to set its own vehicle emission standards

LA Times  

The attorneys general of 17 states have asked a federal appeals court to reconsider an Environmental Protection Agency decision allowing California to set its own vehicle emission standards. California’s vehicle emission standards are some of the toughest in the nation, and the 17 Republican attorneys general argue the EPA’s decision to let the Golden State set its own rules forces …

Biden restores California’s power to set car emissions rules
2 years, 10 months ago

Biden restores California’s power to set car emissions rules

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is restoring California’s authority to set its own tailpipe pollution standards for cars, reversing a Trump administration policy and likely ushering in stricter emissions standards for new passenger vehicles nationwide. “With today’s action, we reinstate an approach that for years has helped advance clean technologies and cut air pollution for people not just in California, …

Supreme Court Conservatives Poised To Halt Biden Administration’s Climate Regulations
2 years, 10 months ago

Supreme Court Conservatives Poised To Halt Biden Administration’s Climate Regulations

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING On the same day a United Nations report found that the impacts of climate change will be even worse than we previously thought, the Supreme Court heard arguments that could significantly tie the hands of the Biden administration from doing anything about it. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar argued that the major questions doctrine should not only not …

Justices wrestle with EPA power to curb carbon emissions
2 years, 10 months ago

Justices wrestle with EPA power to curb carbon emissions

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court wrestled Monday with the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to curb greenhouse gas emissions from the nation’s power plants, a case that could hamstring the Biden administration’s plans to combat climate change. A new policy to regulate carbon productions from power plants is not expected before the end of the year, Elizabeth Prelogar, Biden’s top Supreme …

US Supreme Court weighs EPA’s authority to limit carbon emissions
2 years, 10 months ago

US Supreme Court weighs EPA’s authority to limit carbon emissions

Al Jazeera  

The United States Supreme Court heard arguments on Monday in a challenge by coal-producing states that could deal a setback to the Biden administration’s plans to combat climate change. Prelogar said the Supreme Court’s consideration of the issue was premature because the EPA would unveil a proposed new regulation by the end of the year – likely after the court’s …

Federal court strikes down major Trump climate rollback
3 years, 11 months ago

Federal court strikes down major Trump climate rollback

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — In a last-minute slap at President Donald Trump, a federal appeals court struck down one of his administration’s most momentous climate rollbacks on Tuesday, saying officials acted illegally in issuing a new rule that eased federal regulation of air pollution from power plants. The Trump administration rule was based on a “mistaken reading of the Clean Air Act,” …

Battle between Trump and California over car pollution heads to court
4 years, 7 months ago

Battle between Trump and California over car pollution heads to court

LA Times  

California and nearly two dozen other states on Wednesday filed suit against the Trump administration, arguing that its decision to weaken fuel efficiency standards for cars and trucks puts the public’s health at risk and is based on flawed science. Joined by 22 other states, the District of Columbia, Los Angeles and other cities, California’s lawsuit says that the new …

Trump to roll back fuel economy standards, reversing major effort to combat climate change
4 years, 9 months ago

Trump to roll back fuel economy standards, reversing major effort to combat climate change

LA Times  

The change could worsen the quality of California’s air, considered among the most polluted in the country. The administration’s own experts have warned that the proposal to weaken fuel-efficiency standards will lead to dirtier air and potentially cost the auto industry tens of thousands of jobs. The proposal to roll back fuel economy rules would be among the biggest steps …

After confirming withdrawal from Paris climate accord, US eases Obama-era rules on coal pollution
5 years, 2 months ago

After confirming withdrawal from Paris climate accord, US eases Obama-era rules on coal pollution

India Today  

The Trump administration accelerated the pace of its environmental rollbacks for the country's coal-fired power plants on Monday, proposing to weaken two Obama-era rules aimed at cleaning up dangerous heavy metals and ash from coal plants and keeping them from washing into groundwater and waterways. The new proposals - the latest in a series of regulatory breaks granted by the …

States sue Trump over blocking of California emissions rules
5 years, 3 months ago

States sue Trump over blocking of California emissions rules

Al Jazeera  

The US President has revoked the state’s authority to set emissions standards that are stricter than federal guidelines. A group of 23 states on Friday sued to block the administration of President Donald Trump from undoing California’s authority to set strict car pollution rules. California’s vehicle emissions rules, which are more stringent than the Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency rules, …

California sues Trump over revoking state’s authority to set car emissions standards
5 years, 3 months ago

California sues Trump over revoking state’s authority to set car emissions standards

LA Times  

President Trump’s action would overturn the foundation for California’s role as an environmental leader in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and improving air quality. A coalition of states led by California filed a lawsuit Friday against the Trump administration, challenging its decision to revoke a rule that empowers the state to set tougher car emissions standards than those required by the …

Trump to stop California from toughening emissions standards
5 years, 3 months ago

Trump to stop California from toughening emissions standards

Al Jazeera  

The Trump administration plans to revoke the state’s authority to set rules that are stricter than Federal guidelines. Trump, who is in California this week, urged car-makers to back the action, which could also eliminate electric vehicle mandates in a dozen states that follow California’s regulatory lead. The announcement will not immediately lead to revised emissions requirements, but this autumn, …

Trump plans to revoke a key California environmental power; state officials vow to fight
5 years, 3 months ago

Trump plans to revoke a key California environmental power; state officials vow to fight

LA Times  

California’s unique authority to set its own tailpipe emissions standards has made the state an environmental leader and irked the Trump administration. As part of the pact, the car manufacturers — Ford, Honda, Volkswagen and BMW — agreed to voluntarily abide by California’s rules and increase fuel efficiency and reduce emissions, essentially ignoring the Trump administration’s plans to roll back …

Trump challenges California power to control auto pollution
5 years, 4 months ago

Trump challenges California power to control auto pollution

Associated Press  

DETROIT — The Trump administration on Friday launched an all-out assault on California over automotive mileage rules, telling state officials that only the federal government has the power to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fuel economy. California’s congressionally granted authority to set its own, tougher emissions standards under the 1970 Clean Air Act has long prodded automakers to adopt more …

Trump is challenging California’s right to curb car pollution
5 years, 4 months ago

Trump is challenging California’s right to curb car pollution

Al Jazeera  

White House contests authority of most populous state to regulate auto emissions, but Sacramento may have a legal edge. California’s congressionally granted authority to set its own, tougher emissions standards under the 1970 Clean Air Act has long prodded automakers to adopt more fuel-efficient passenger vehicles. “Congress has squarely vested the authority to set fuel economy standards for new motor …

21 states sue Trump administration over new coal rules
5 years, 4 months ago

21 states sue Trump administration over new coal rules

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A coalition of 21 Democratic-led states sued the Trump administration Tuesday over its decision to ease restrictions on coal-fired power plants, with California’s governor saying the president is trying to rescue an outdated industry. In June, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency eliminated the agency’s Clean Power Plan and replaced it with a new rule that gives states …

California sues to stop Trump rollback of Obama-era restrictions on coal-burning power plants
5 years, 4 months ago

California sues to stop Trump rollback of Obama-era restrictions on coal-burning power plants

LA Times  

California and other states are suing to stop Trump administration policies that would help protect coal-fired power plants, like this one in Maryland. California and a coalition of 21 other states on Tuesday sued to block the Trump administration’s attempt to gut restrictions on coal-burning power plants, limits that were central to President Obama’s climate change policy. Gen. Xavier Becerra …

Amid urgent climate warnings, EPA gives coal a reprieve
5 years, 6 months ago

Amid urgent climate warnings, EPA gives coal a reprieve

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Amid scientists’ increasingly urgent warnings, the Trump administration ordered a sweeping about-face Wednesday on Obama-era efforts to fight climate change, easing restrictions on coal-fired power plants in a move it predicted would revitalize America’s sagging coal industry. It came despite scientists’ cautions that the world must cut fossil fuel emissions to stave off the worst of global warming …

Trump moves to gut Obama climate policy and bolster the coal industry
5 years, 6 months ago

Trump moves to gut Obama climate policy and bolster the coal industry

LA Times  

The Trump administration on Wednesday unveiled its final plan to rewrite a major Obama-era climate change policy, scrapping proposed regulations that would have cracked down on coal-burning power plants. The administration’s plan would gut the so-called Clean Power Plan, President Obama’s signature domestic program to curb greenhouse gas emissions. Under Trump, the Environmental Protection Agency has branded the rewrite as …

EPA rolls back Obama-era plan limiting coal emissions
5 years, 6 months ago

EPA rolls back Obama-era plan limiting coal emissions

CNN  

Washington CNN — The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday said states can set their own carbon emissions standards for coal-fired power plants – a rule that the agency itself says could result in 1,400 more premature deaths by 2030 than the Obama-era plan it will replace. In it, he instructed EPA to rescind, replace or revise the Clean Power Plan.” …

Trump’s rollback of GHG curbs won’t stop shift away from coal
5 years, 6 months ago

Trump’s rollback of GHG curbs won’t stop shift away from coal

Al Jazeera  

Trump’s efforts to stop ‘war on coal’ won’t stop the transition to cheaper electricity generated by wind, sun and gas. President Donald Trump is scaling back sweeping Obama-era curbs on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants burning coal, his biggest step yet to fulfill his campaign promise to stop a “war” on the fossil fuel. The EPA’s final “Affordable Clean …

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