State of Louisiana v. Biden
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December 21, 2023
The Biggest Environmental Law Cases Of 2023
From a Supreme Court decision reshaping water rights in the United States to ongoing fights over so-called forever chemical contamination, lawsuits concerning the environment rumbled through the courts in 2023. Here, we look at the lawsuits that shaped the year.
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July 12, 2023
The Biggest Environmental Rulings Of 2023: Midyear Report
This year has already brought several landmark environmental rulings, from the U.S. Supreme Court's decisions narrowing the scope of the Clean Water Act and allowing a California animal care law to survive to important settlements by major companies accused of wrongdoing in "forever chemicals" litigation. Here are some of the biggest environmental law decisions so far in 2023.
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April 05, 2023
5th Circuit Upholds Biden GHG Cost Metrics
The Fifth Circuit on Wednesday rejected a group of Republican-led states' claim that they're suffering under the Biden administration's calculations of the social cost of greenhouse gas emissions, finding the states could only point to a "chain of hypotheticals" to prove an injury.
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December 07, 2022
Red States Challenging Carbon Metric Face Tough 5th Circ.
The Fifth Circuit on Wednesday appeared skeptical of red states' claim that they're suffering under the Biden administration's illegal estimates for costs related to greenhouse gas emissions, as judges repeatedly sought examples of exactly how the states have been harmed.
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July 19, 2022
Biden Urges 5th Circ. To Revive Carbon Metric Rule
The Biden administration panned an effort by Republican-led states to kill changes in how the government uses estimates for the costs related to greenhouse gas emissions, telling the Fifth Circuit the plaintiffs haven't shown standing after 18 months.
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July 12, 2022
The Biggest Environmental Rulings Of 2022: Midyear Report
The U.S. Supreme Court made its mark on environmental law this year by limiting the federal government's power to regulate power plant emissions, reviving a Trump-era Clean Water Act rule while an appeal plays out and leaving intact a ruling that allows the Biden administration to use cost estimates for greenhouse gas harms in new regulations. Here, Law360 recaps the top environmental rulings so far in 2022.
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July 06, 2022
Energy Litigation To Watch In The Second Half Of 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court fielding a fresh request to keep climate change torts against fossil fuel companies in federal courts, and circuit courts grappling with carbon calculation metrics and regulation of vehicle greenhouse gas emissions highlight the key role climate change will play in energy-related litigation worth watching in the second half of 2022.
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June 17, 2022
Red States Press 5th Circ. To Block Carbon Metric Rule
Republican-led states on Thursday told the Fifth Circuit that the Biden administration is already using changes in how it estimates costs related to greenhouse gas pollution in rulemakings and that a lower court was right to block them.
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May 04, 2022
Social Cost Fight In Carbon Metric Case Is Early, 5th Circ. Told
The Biden administration has slammed a suit challenging changes in how it estimates costs related to greenhouse gas pollution in rulemakings, arguing that GOP-led states fighting the estimates are jumping the gun by suing without concrete injuries.
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April 14, 2022
5th Circ. Won't Disturb Decision To Revive Climate Metric
The Fifth Circuit on Thursday rejected a petition filed by 10 Republican state attorneys general for en banc review of a panel's decision to reinstate the Biden administration's actions to increase cost estimates resulting from greenhouse gas pollution while an appeal of a Louisiana federal judge's decision to block the effort proceeds.