In a per curiam opinion, the D.C. Circuit granted industry groups' petitions and denied environmental groups' petition to review EPA's application of a 2022 rule that classified industrial boilers built after 2010 as "new" rather than "existing" sources of hazardous air pollutants.

A district court granted the state of Louisiana's motion to permanently enjoin EPA from (1) enforcing disparate impact requirements under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act against any entity of the state, or requiring compliance with those requirements as a condition of financial assistance; and (2) enforcing against any state entity any disparate impact or cumulative impact requirement under Title VI that has not been ratified by the president and is not contained in Agency regulations implementing Title VI.

The September 2024 issue of ELR-The Environmental Law Reporter includes articles on sea-level change science for decisionmakers, gatekeeping renewable energy, and the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Chevron. Also included are pieces on climate migration as climate resilience, and providing safeguards for vulnerable communities in coastal communities via the "migration with dignity" framework. A lightly edited transcript to a recent ELI webinar on LNG exports is included as well. Enjoy!

Using the “migration with dignity” framework, this Comment offers recommendations to diminish the vulnerability of coastal communities in two climate migration case studies in the United States.