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The Second Circuit Takes on the Clean Air Act’s International Air Pollution Provision and Climate Change

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The court correctly noted that, under the Supreme Court’s holding in American Electric Power v. Connecticut ( AEP ), the Clean Air Act has displaced federal common law related to domestic GHG emissions. The remaining question, then, is whether Section 115 preempts state law claims for some other reason.

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April 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The Second Circuit then held that the Clean Air Act, in turn, displaced federal common law claims related to domestic emissions. Connecticut , 564 U.S. The Second Circuit cited American Electric Power Co.

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