A district court held that New York's Zero-Emission Credit (ZEC) program is not preempted by federal law. In an effort to curb the effects of global warming, New York issued a Clean Energy Standard (CES) Order that created two programs, one being ZEC. A ZEC is a “credit for the zero-emissions attr...

The D.C. Circuit held that EPA must justify emissions limits set for certain hazardous air pollutants. The CAA requires EPA to set limits for seven different hazardous air pollutants (HAPs). In 2015, the Agency claimed to have identified sources of these pollutants and set emissions limits for them....

A district court rejected a public utility's attempt at a global settlement with those impacted by a 2014 chemical spill into West Virginia's Elk River. On January 9, 2014, over 224,000 residents of Charleston, West Virginia, and the surrounding area suffered an interruption in their water supply ca...