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New Mexico joins state climate alliance, sets 2030 GHG target

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) issued an executive order that commits her state to achieve the goals of the Paris climate agreement and seeks to cut GHGs 45 percent below 2005 levels by 2030.

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Environmentalists seek 60-day extension for NSPS comments

Several groups say that the just-concluded government shutdown restricted their ability to analyze all of the underlying technical data for EPA's proposed rollback of the Obama-era climate rule for new coal plants.

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Corps asks 4th Circuit to remand pipeline permit

Following the appellate court's vacatur of a Clean Water Act permit for the Mountain Valley Pipeline, the Corps is asking the court to also remand and vacate use of the permit for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline.

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States Urge EPA To Drop Plan To Curb CWA 401 Powers, Citing Pledges

A coalition of state groups is urging EPA's top water official to drop plans to narrow states' authority for reviewing federally permitted pipelines and other projects under the Clean Water Act (CWA) section 401 authority, arguing changes are unnecessary and would contradict the Trump administration's commitment to cooperative federalism.

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High Court Urged To Resolve Series Of Court Splits On CWA 401 Approvals

Environmentalists are asking the Supreme Court to resolve a set of splits between and among federal appellate courts on when states' Clean Water Act (CWA) section 401 certifications for natural gas pipelines are final and subject to judicial review, creating new legal uncertainty for the authority just as EPA and GOP lawmakers weigh possible reforms.

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Amid Democrats' Concern, Wheeler Struggles To Justify Climate Rollbacks

Forced into a public discussion with Senate Democrats about the risks posed by climate change, acting EPA chief Andrew Wheeler struggled to justify the Trump administration's planned regulatory rollbacks, underscoring the broader policy challenge the administration has faced on the issue.

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First Study Of ACE Emission Impacts Finds 19 States Could See More GHGs

A new peer-reviewed study of the greenhouse gas and other emission effects of EPA's Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) proposal finds the policy would have the perverse outcome of boosting GHGs in 19 states by causing almost one-third of existing coal plants to run more often.

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First Study Of ACE Emission Impacts Finds 18 States Could See More GHGs

A new peer-reviewed study of the greenhouse gas and other emission effects of EPA's Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) proposal finds the policy would have the perverse outcome of boosting GHGs in 18 states and the District of Columbia by causing almost one-third of existing coal plants to run more often.

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Appellate Court Backs States' 'Broad' Discretion In Setting CWA 401 Criteria

A federal appellate court has upheld Virginia's Clean Water Act (CWA) section 401 certification approving a federally permitted natural gas pipeline and emphasized states' “broad discretion when developing the criteria” for such certifications, a ruling that could undermine efforts by GOP policymakers to limit states' discretion.

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New GHG Findings Clash With Industry Defense Of Gas As Climate Strategy

New findings of a sharp spike in domestic greenhouse gas emission levels are clashing with the oil and gas sector's argument that increased use of natural gas, a lower carbon fuel source than coal, is an effective climate strategy, an argument that Trump administration officials have generally echoed.

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