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5 Jul 2024, 3:34 am by Christopher McKinney
The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) challenged this interpretation, leading to a legal battle that culminated in the Supreme Court's ruling.Justice John Paul Stevens, writing for the Court, outlined a two-step framework for judicial review of agency interpretations:Step One: Determine if Congress has directly addressed the specific issue. [read post]
9 Nov 2011, 1:41 pm by WIMS
Nov 8: On November 8, 2011, Department of Interior (DOI) Secretary Ken Salazar announced the Proposed Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Leasing Program for 2012-2017, which he said makes more than 75 percent of undiscovered technically recoverable oil and gas resources estimated in Federal offshore areas available for exploration and development [See WIMS 11/8/11]. [read post]
1 Feb 2012, 1:22 pm by WIMS
"     Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) President Frances Beinecke issued a statement on the House bill saying, "The Republican leadership has the temerity to call this horrible package a jobs bill, but it's actually a measure that will make it impossible to pass a transportation bill -- the one true jobs bill Congress co [read post]
12 Jul 2013, 1:32 pm by WIMS
      Franz Matzner, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) associate director of government affairs said, "Once again, House Republicans are pushing an extreme agenda, this time to gut critically important conservation programs farmers depend on to be good stewards of our land and water and wildlife. [read post]
13 May 2015, 8:58 am by WIMS
FBI violated its own rules while spying on Keystone XL opponents -  [In WIMS yesterday] <> NRDC "Sneezing and Wheezing" Report Spotlights Climate Change Links to Asthma and Allergies Federal Register Highlights  The following is an alert of Environmental Federal Register announcements that may be of interest. [read post]
1 Jul 2024, 4:00 am by Eric Berger
NRDC, the Court announced a two-step test to determine whether courts should defer to administrative agency interpretations of statutes agencies administer. [read post]
8 Apr 2015, 8:56 am by WIMS
<> China's National Coal Cap Policy Could Save Nearly 50,000 Lives and $6.2 billion Every Year by 2020 - BEIJING (April 8, 2015) – China's proposed national policies to curb coal use will provide enormous air quality and health benefits to the public and coal industry workers, saving 49,000 lives and $6.2 billion in 2020, according to a new study released today by the China Coal Cap Project, a joint initiative of… [read post]
21 Apr 2015, 8:56 am by WIMS
EPA, requesting unredacted information to examine the influence of environmental advocacy groups, including but not limited to the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC), and contractors on EPA's greenhouse gas rulemakings for power plants. [read post]
18 May 2015, 8:57 am by WIMS
  <> Government of Canada announces 2030 emissions target - Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq announced that Canada plans to reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 30% below 2005 levels by 2030 -- Canada has now formally submitted its target, referred to as an intended "Nationally Determined Contribution," to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change UNFCCC's … [read post]
17 Jun 2024, 10:02 am by Dennis Crouch
NRDC, Inc., 555 U.S. 7, 26 (2008) (district court must meaningfully assess balance of equities and public interest). [read post]
7 Dec 2011, 2:37 pm by Steve Davies
Here are the last three paragraphs of his story, which also quotes John Echeverria, a professor at Vermont Law School who filed a brief in the case on behalf of NRDC: Casitas board President Pete Kaiser said the board will have to review the ruling “and figure out what is the appropriate measures we need to take for our ratepayers now and in the future. [read post]
29 Apr 2010, 5:32 pm by Keith Rizzardi
KEITHINKING: NRDC's blog published an interesting commentary by Andrew Wetzler on the exclusion of some areas from the critical habitat designation in Forest Service lands. [read post]
22 May 2024, 7:55 am by Evan George
  The chefs join NRDC, Earthjustice, and others in demanding that Congress safeguard the $13 billion in funding from the Inflation Reduction Act, which was the first law to directly tie agricultural funding to the adoption of climate-smart growing practices. [read post]
18 Jan 2009, 10:40 am
The creation of public interest offices was a positive step in the 80's but many law schools staffed the offices with low level administrators with little law practice experience whose role was to familiarize students with a few well-known organizations (ACLU, NAACP, NRDC) with few openings (as opposed to providing awareness of the thousands of individual practitioners representing those with personal plight issues) resulting in those students taking fallback positions with large firms… [read post]
25 Apr 2016, 9:22 pm by John D. Graham
On the heels of President Reagan’s groundbreaking Executive Order 12291 imposing a cost-benefit test on regulations — and three years before the Court’s famous Chevron v NRDC decision deferring to the interpretation of an ambiguous statute by the U.S. [read post]