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89 FR 38508
EPA finalized amendments to NESHAPs for the coal- and oil-fired electric utility steam generating units source category.
Juliana v. United States
A district court denied the Biden Administration's motion to stay an ongoing climate change lawsuit brought by 21 young people. The U.S. government argued the suit must be stayed because there was a substantial likelihood the Ninth Circuit would grant its petition for mandamus. The court found the g...
United States v. U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon
The Ninth Circuit granted the Biden Administration's mandamus petition to dismiss an ongoing climate change lawsuit brought by 21 young people. Plaintiffs initially argued that the U.S. government, by failing to adequately respond to the threat of climate change, violated a "right to a stable climat...
Sierra Club v. Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality
The Fifth Circuit rejected an environmental group's challenge to the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality's (LDEQ's) decision to issue preconstruction permits for a liquefied natural gas export facility in Cameron Parish. The group sought to have LDEQ's decision vacated, arguing the facilit...
89 FR 37137
SIP Approval: Nevada (nonattainment new source review requirements for the 2015 ozone NAAQS for Clark County Department of Environment and Sustainability).
89 FR 36679
EPA made an interim final determination that the California Air Resources Board has submitted a revised rule and has also submitted revised rules on behalf of the San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District, Ventura County Air Pollution Control District, and South Coast Air Quality Management District that correct deficiencies in its CAA SIP provisions concerning ozone nonattainment requirements for controlling volatile organic compounds at crude oil and natural gas facilities.
89 FR 36729
SIP Proposal: California (revisions concerning emissions of volatile organic compounds from crude oil and natural gas facilities).
89 FR 36870
EPA proposed revisions to the preconstruction permitting regulations that apply to modifications at existing major stationary sources in the new source review program under the CAA.
Shipping's Fair Share
In July 2023, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) resolved to reduce international shipping’s greenhouse gas emissions to net zero “by or around, i.e., close to” 2050. There is a long-running debate about whether the sector should decarbonize and how it could do so in a way that is equitable for states and the shipping industry. This Article is the first to normatively define shipping’s fair share of the overall climate mitigation burden using principles of international environmental law.