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Climate Policy Watch

State AGs urge Trump to revoke NEPA executive order

A coalition of 16 Democratic state attorneys general are blasting the president’s directive that agencies exempt major infrastructure projects from environmental laws when possible.

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Updated Regulatory Agenda Says EPA Might Review Truck GHG Rules

EPA is suggesting it might reconsider the stringency of later-year greenhouse gas standards for heavy-duty trucks issued by the Obama administration in the 2016, a notable new item in its newly updated regulatory agenda that outlines the agency’s goals for this year and a potential second term for the Trump administration.

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Baltimore Urges High Court To Reject Oil Sector’s Climate Nuisance Appeal

Baltimore is urging the Supreme Court to reject the oil industry’s push to overturn an appellate decision allowing the city’s climate nuisance case to proceed in state court, arguing there is no circuit split over what issues appeals courts can consider when determining whether state or federal court is the proper venue for a case.

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CLF faces obstacles in restarting novel climate case

A federal appeals court says the Conservation Law Foundation has not explained how it can appeal a lower court’s order staying litigation over an ExxonMobil facility’s environmental permits.

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Critics Cite New High Court Rulings In Vehicle GHG Preemption Case

States and environmental groups are detailing their arguments against EPA and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) rule preempting state vehicle greenhouse gas standards, charging the move exceeds the agencies’ authorities and that their case is bolstered by a pair of recent major Supreme Court rulings.

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Automakers in California GHG deal weigh in on EPA rollback suit

Automakers that adopted California’s greenhouse gas standards are seeking to influence any potential court remedy in litigation over the Trump administration’s rollback of Obama-era limits.

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Farm state governors urge EPA to reject RFS waivers

Democratic and Republican governors from 22 biofuels-producing states are urging EPA not to grant 52 “gap year” applications small refiners have submitted for renewable fuel standard exemptions.

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Groups Make Final Pitches To OMB On Oil & Gas Methane Rule Rollback

Environmentalists and oil groups are making their final pitches to EPA and White House officials regarding the agency’s draft final rollback of oil and gas methane standards, including a late-hour battle over the implications of scrapping rules for low-production wells and the legal authority for the rollback.

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EDF targets pipeline approval based on lack of ‘need’

The environmental group’s case focuses on claims that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission improperly determined there was a “need” for a St. Louis-area natural gas pipeline.

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Ewire: House climate panel poised to release policy proposals

In today’s Ewire: The committee will unveil its long-awaited policy proposals June 30, while environmentalists are already unveiling political messaging focused on investing in clean energy jobs.

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