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Justices' Climate Ruling May Transform Administrative Law

Law 360

Supreme Court in West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency has shed light on how the court's decision could significantly limit the federal government's efforts to address climate change, and reshape administrative law and the separation of powers, say Matthew Sinkman and Andrew Alessandro at Gibbons.

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May Regulatory Dates for Broadcasters – Rulemaking Comments on Various TV Issues and More

Broadcast Law Blog

The FCC has already issued such an extension three times since the initial compliance deadline of May 26, 2015, as the NAB contends that there still is no workable technology that can perform the functions required by the rule (see our Broadcast Law Blog article here from the last extension 5 years ago).

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Federal Court Limits State Authority to Deny Interstate Transmission Projects

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

PJM determined that a project proposed by Transource consisting of new transmission lines running from West Virginia to Maryland would reduce this congestion and provide net positive economic benefits. PJM therefore concluded that there was a public need for the project, based on FERC-approved methods for determining public need.

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High Court's New EPA Ruling And Its Long-Term Implications

Law 360

Supreme Court's decision in West Virginia v.

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New California Legislation Would Be a Major Step Forward for Climate Disclosure

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

Orts, Reflexive Environmental Law, 89 Northwestern University Law Review 1227 (1995); Dennis D. Hirsch, “Green Business and the Importance of Reflexive Law: What Michael Porter Didn’t Say,” 62 Administrative Law Rev iew 1063 (2010); John S. cit [50] See, e.g., West Virginia v. Times , Oct.

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Supreme Court rules proposed EPA regulations unconstitutional

JURIST

The US Supreme Court Thursday ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) does not have the authority under section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act to enforce proposed power plant emission limitations in West Virginia v. ” In West Virginia v.

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Sabin Center Files Amicus Brief in Support of New GHG Vehicle Emissions Standards

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

Petitioners also argue that the potential economic and political ramifications of the standards are so great that EPA’s rule violates the so-called “major questions doctrine,” a relatively new and quickly evolving concept in administrative law. This doctrine was recently and prominently applied by the Supreme Court in West Virginia v.