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EPA’s proposal to scale back state authority under Clean Water Act (CWA) section 401 to review whether federally permitted projects will harm state water quality standards is likely to prompt “lots of litigation” from states and environmentalists, if finalized, that could last for years, according to a former EPA attorney and other lawyers.
A fight between Colorado and the local oil and gas industry over ozone air regulation in the state could serve as an early test of the Trump EPA’s policy that makes it easier for states to avoid being penalized for being out of attainment with federal ambient air standards by accounting for air pollution from overseas in attainment findings.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit will decide states and environmentalists’ case against EPA’s “close-out” of the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) emissions trading program without hearing oral argument, in what may be a bad omen for EPA’s chances of successfully defending the rule.
Progressive academics are urging Democratic presidential candidates to back calls to add more seats to the Supreme Court, charging that even if they win the 2020 election and are able to usher in sweeping climate change legislation, the current justices are “poised to strike down key aspects of any conceivable” climate law.
Environment Next is a new service for all InsideEPA.com subscribers, covering the burgeoning debate over the future of environmental policymaking.
The Environmental Council of the States (ECOS), representing many state environmental agencies, will debate the future of state and federal environmental policy at its upcoming fall meeting, including potential technology and policy innovations as well as states’ ability to exceed federal standards in response to EPA regulatory rollbacks.
Amazon’s new “Climate Pledge” could mark a major step toward larger companies using their marketplace influence to push other firms into stricter sustainability goals, as the retail giant is not only vowing to meet the zero-net-emissions target of the Paris Climate Agreement by 2040 but publicly campaigning for other firms to match its plan.
The Trump EPA is seeking additional time to complete several flagship deregulatory policies, delaying by several months the rollouts for major rules on the scope of the Clean Water Act (CWA), federal auto greenhouse gas emissions, and a contested policy on agency science.
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Legislation, litigation and agency rulemakings in the coming year on major air, water, waste, toxics and other policies.
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