The Ninth Circuit recently heard oral argument in a potentially significant case raising climate change issues. See Kivalina v. Exxon Mobil Corp., No.
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Supreme Court Decides Global Warming Case
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In the third of our trilogy this week, let’s take a look at the Supreme Court’s decision in American Electric Power Co. v. Connecticut, No. 10-174 (U.…
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Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument in Second Circuit “Global Warming” Case
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We have posted before about the climate change or so-called global warming litigation. Last week, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in one of the …
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Showdown Over Regulation of Greenhouse Gas Looming in Congress
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We have posted before about a number of issues related to greenhouse gas regulation and climate change litigation. Now comes word that a potential sho…
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Legislation Proposed to Curb EPA Greenhouse Gas Authority
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As we have noted in previous posts, one of the many important questions lurking in the climate change/global warning cases currently being litigated i…
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Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Greenhouse Gas Case
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The U.S. Supreme Court announced earlier this month that it will indeed hear the challenge to a court of appeals decision allowing several states to p…
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Update on Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting
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The White House Office of Management and Budget has reportedly completed its review of the draft final rule to set greenhouse gas emissions reporting …
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Multiple States Urge Reversal of Second Circuit Greenhouse Gas Decision
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A dozen states have joined the Administration, and a variety of amici, in urging the Supreme Court to review a decision by the Second Circuit which wo…
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U.S. Urges Reversal of 2d Circuit Global Warming Nuisance Decision
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The federal government (Acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal on behalf of the Tennessee Valley Authority, a government-owned company), last week urged…
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Defendants in Second Circuit Climate Change Case Seek Cert
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Several electric power companies have asked the Supreme Court to review a Second Circuit ruling that Connecticut and several other states may seek gre…
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