The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), codified in 42 U.S.C. Chapter 103, is a large piece of legislation that gives the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) the ability to intervene in...
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Industry diverts billions of gallons of water a day into water-intake coolant systems in order to cool industrial equipment and also to generate power. See Riverkeeper, Inc. v. EPA, 358 F.3d 174, 181 (2d. Cir. 2004). Though this water is returned to...
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Environmental law refers to a variety of protections which share the goal of protecting the environment.
Federal LawThe National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) was passed in 1970 along with the Environmental Quality...
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In passing the Clean Air Act, Congress empowered the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to set National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS), the maximum permissible levels of common pollutants released into the air. See EME Homer City...
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In 2005 and 2007, Congress amended the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. § 7401, to direct the Environment Protection Agency (“EPA”) to require gasoline sold in the United States to include an increasing amount of renewable fuel. Renewable Fuels Association v....
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In October of 1999, the International Center for Technology Assessment (the “CTA”) petitioned the EPA to regulate carbon dioxide and three other greenhouse gasses released by motor vehicles as per § 202(a) of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C.§ 7521(a)(1)....
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In 2007, Chantell and Michael Sackett purchased an undeveloped, residential plot in a subdivision near Priest Lake, Idaho. See Brief for Petitioners, Chantell and Michael Sackett at 6; see Brief for Respondent, Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA")...