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26 Jan 2009, 9:30 am
[JURIST] US President Barack Obama [official website] issued a Presidential Memorandum [text] to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) [official website] Monday, directing the agency to allow California and several other states to impose state vehicle emissions standards that are more stringent than the federal vehicle emissions standards. [read post]
9 Nov 2007, 2:11 pm
Environmental Protection Agency for failing to rule quickly enough on the Golden State's request for a waiver of Clean Air Act preemption of its greenhouse... [read post]
7 May 2019, 3:52 pm by Liz Klebaner
On April 29, 2019, Governor Newsom issued Executive Order N-10-19  (EO) directing the California Natural Resources Agency, the California Environmental Protection Agency, the California Department of Food and Agriculture, in consultation with the Department of Finance (collectively, the “agencies”), to prepare a 21st century water resilience portfolio to meet the needs of California’s… [read post]
5 May 2009, 9:56 pm
The California Environmental Protection Agency apparently has concluded that corn ethanol would not help the state implement Executive Order S-1-07. [...] [read post]
19 Jun 2011, 11:45 am
This historical backdrop is essential to understanding tribal status today under the Environmental Protection Agency, and the challenges some tribal governments now present to environmental exploitation and degradation by states and corporations. [read post]
2 Jun 2012, 5:17 am by Walter Olson
As green czars go, the powers of the Environmental Protection Agency and its administrator are at least circumscribed by law, the powers of the Ninth Circuit U.S. [read post]
28 Apr 2015, 9:01 am by WIMS
At issue is whether the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) approval of the regulation as part of California's state implementation plan (SIP) divested the district court of subject matter jurisdiction under the Clean Air Act. [read post]
14 Sep 2015, 9:30 pm by Kate Sell
” Because these and other environmental protection measures will require additional resources, AB243 also directs the BMMR to allocate funds to support environmental enforcement and remediation efforts. [read post]
11 Mar 2014, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
Environmental advocates and their fans in the press come off badly in Chevron/Ecuador litigation scandal [Coyote, earlier] Drought disaster unfolds in California’s Central Valley, where project water is allocated by fiat, not bid for in market [Allysia Finley, WSJ; San Jose Mercury-News] Other large democracies resist the idea of packing environmental terms into trade treaties, and maybe they’re right [Simon Lester, Cato] “A Tough Day in Court for… [read post]
17 Nov 2016, 5:30 am by Kori Shafer-Stack
California’s Department of Industrial Relations (DIR), the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) and the California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) recently announced a landmark set of regulations to strengthen workplace and environmental safety at oil refineries across the state. [read post]
2 Jan 2008, 7:40 am
[JURIST] California filed a lawsuit [petition, PDF; press release] against the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Wednesday challenging the agency's decision to deny the state's request for a waiver [rejection letter, PDF; JURIST report] that would have allowed it and 16 other states following its lead to impose stricter greenhouse gas emissions standards on cars and light trucks. [read post]
21 Feb 2017, 9:31 pm by Craig N. Oren
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Myron Ebell of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, proposed cutting the agency’s staff by two-thirds—that is, down to EPA’s staffing levels during the Nixon years, when the agency’s responsibilities were far less than they are now. [read post]
26 Jan 2009, 7:16 am
Today, President Obama ordered the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to review the Bush administration’s rejection of California’s request for a waiver under the Clean Air Act that would allow California to enforce greenhouse gas emission standards on automobiles. [read post]
19 Dec 2007, 7:14 pm
[JURIST] The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) [official website] Wednesday rejected [press release] California's request for a waiver that would have allowed it and 16 other states following its lead to impose stricter greenhouse gas emissions standards on cars and light trucks. [read post]
30 Jun 2009, 7:53 am
[JURIST] The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Tuesday granted permission [press release; waiver, PDF] to California to enforce its own greenhouse gas emissions standards. [read post]
30 Sep 2015, 9:35 am by Stephen R. Miller
As previously noticed, the California Environmental Protection Agency, California State Transportation Agency, California Energy Commission, California Public Utilities... [read post]
AIR QUALITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE Supreme Court’s Upcoming Review Of The Environmental Protection Agency’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions Authority Could Change Scope Of EPA’s Ability To Regulate Carbon Emissions. [read post]
28 May 2008, 6:05 pm
Last week, the Senate Environment Committee approved legislation to overturn the Environmental Protection Agency's denial of California's request for a waiver of preemption of the Golden State's regulation of greenhouse... [read post]
2 Aug 2018, 2:25 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
The Environmental Protection Agency and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration jointly proposed on Thursday to cap fuel economy requirements at a fleet average of 37 miles per gallon starting in 2020. [read post]