State of West Virginia, et al v. EPA, et al

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Case Number:

15-1363

Court:

Appellate - DC Circuit

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October 17, 2017
States, Enviros Urge DC Circ. To Decide Clean Power Merits

Activist groups, along with several state and local governments, asked the D.C. Circuit on Tuesday to rule on the merits of the Clean Power Plan, saying the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's proposal to repeal the plan without drafting a replacement was an attempt to undermine its obligations.
September 07, 2017
EPA Tells DC Circ. CPP Withdrawal Rule Coming This Fall

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency told the D.C. Circuit Thursday that it was on track to release a new rule withdrawing the Obama-era Clean Power Plan this fall, asking the court to keep a challenge to the rule's validity on hold while it rewrites the previous administration's cornerstone environmental policy.
August 08, 2017
DC Circ. Pauses CPP Litigation For 2 More Months

The D.C. Circuit on Tuesday postponed litigation over the validity of the Clean Power Plan for 60 more days, granting the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's request for more time to review its options about what to do with the Obama-era rule.
August 04, 2017
Enviros Urge DC Circ. To Decide Clean Power Plan Case

Environmental groups on Thursday asked the D.C. Circuit either to rule on the validity of the Clean Power Plan or send it back to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency because the EPA could take a year to decide what to do about it on its own.
April 28, 2017
DC Circ. Pauses Clean Power Plan Litigation

The D.C. Circuit on Friday granted the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's request to pause litigation over the Clean Power Plan and ordered briefing on whether the case should be remanded to the agency or just kept on hold.
April 13, 2017
Trump's Bid To Undo CPP Warrants Stay, EPA Tells DC Circ.

With President Donald Trump directing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to withdraw the Clean Power Plan, it makes no sense for the D.C. Circuit to keep litigation over the rule's validity going and second-guess the agency with a decision that may ultimately be moot, the EPA said Wednesday.
April 06, 2017
States, Industry Groups Ask DC Circ. To Put Off CPP Ruling

A group of states and energy industry organizations on Thursday asked the D.C. Circuit to grant the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's request to halt litigation over the validity of the Clean Power Plan.
April 05, 2017
States Ask DC Circ. To Deny EPA's CPP Delay Request

New York, California and several other states and municipalities on Wednesday asked the D.C. Circuit to deny the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s request to halt litigation over the validity of the Clean Power Plan.
March 29, 2017
EPA Asks DC Circ. To Put Off Ruling On Clean Power Plan

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday asked the D.C. Circuit to hold off on issuing an opinion on the validity of the Clean Power Plan, following President Donald Trump's signing of an executive order directing the EPA to review the rule.
March 02, 2017
Greens, Health Orgs Oppose CPP Consolidation Request

Environmental and health organizations on Thursday asked the D.C. Circuit to deny a request by power industry groups to combine legal challenges to the Clean Power Plan with their challenges to the Environmental Protection Agency's denial of administrative petitions to reconsider or delay the plan.