Supreme Court declines to hear Alaskan village's greenhouse gas claim
May 21, 2013
The US Supreme Court declined Monday to review an Alaskan village's claims that greenhouse gas producers should be held accountable to the village for pollution that threatens its vitality. Kivalina, a village of Inupiat Eskimo natives, filed suit against 22 corporations in 2009 for damages caused b....... [more] 
UK Supreme Court finds government violating EU air quality law
May 1, 2013
The UK Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the government has been failing to meet EU air quality standards and reached out to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) for guidance. This is the first time that the court has addressed the problem with air pollution in the UK, which is the worst in the EU....... [more]
EPA was ordered to disclose mercury rule documents
April 14, 2013
On April 14, 2006, Judge Robert Collins of the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts ordered the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to release internal documents pertaining to the controversial Clean Air Mercury Rule (CAMR). The goal of the CAMR was to permanently cap and reduce....... [more]
Federal appeals court rules EPA can halt power plant construction
March 29, 2013
The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled Thursday that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) can suspend power plant construction projects before project completion based on evidence that a plant is underestimating the extent to which the project will affect its aggregate pollutant em....... [more]
Supreme Court rules stormwater pollution case can proceed
March 21, 2013
The US Supreme Court ruled 8-0 Wednesday in Decker v. Northwest Environmental Defense Center (NDEC) that 33 USC § 1369 of the Clean Water Act (CWA) is not a jurisdictional bar to suits seeking to invalidate certain agency decisions, and an amendment to regulations made by the Environmental Prot....... [more]
EU court rejects Poland appeal to alter distribution of carbon credits
March 7, 2013
The EU General Court on Thursday ruled against Poland in an appeal challenging the EU's Emissions Trading System (ETS) mechanism for distributing free-carbon permits. Poland had claimed that the law was inequitable in its effect as it failed to take into consideration the energy portfolio of each of....... [more]
A Bridge to Nowhere: Creating Natural Gas-Based Infrastructure
February 20, 2013
JURIST Guest Columnists Joseph Otis Minott and Jay Duffy of the Clean Air Council argue that rather than being a bridge to a renewable energy future, natural gas may not deliver promised climate benefits...Many have advocated the transition from a coal-based to a natural gas-based energy infrastruct....... [more]
Dutch court finds Shell subsidiary liable to Nigerian farmer for oil pollution
January 30, 2013
The Dutch District Court of The Hague ruled Wednesday that a subsidiary of Shell could be held liable to one farmer for damages resulting from polluting the Niger Delta region in southern Nigeria. However, the court dismissed four other claims brought by farmers and fishermen, along with Friends of....... [more]
Federal government was ordered to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
January 29, 2013
On January 29, 2010, US President Barack Obama ordered the federal government to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 28% by 2020. The reduction order followed a December 2009 announcement from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that greenhouse gases threatened both public health and the enviro....... [more]
Federal courts and offices were closed in mourning for President Ford
January 2, 2013
On January 2, 2007, most federal offices and courts closed after President George W. Bush declared a National Day of Mourning for former President Gerald Ford. Ford, who was president from 1974 till 1977, died on December 26, 2006, at the age of 93. National Days of Mourning are a tradition held to....... [more]
Public Nuisance's Place Since American Electric Power Co. v. Connecticut
December 10, 2012
JURIST Guest Columnist Michael Fico, St. John's University School of Law Class of 2013, is the author of the fourteenth article in a 15-part series from the staffers of the Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development. He discusses the federal common law public nuisance's place after Supreme Cou....... [more]
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