Clean Air Act

AG Kaul’s Climate Change Suit

On August 13, Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul announced Wisconsin would join 22 states and 7 local governments suing the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)…

EPA publishes Clean Power Plan in Federal Register; States sue

A coalition of 24 states filed a lawsuit on Friday challenging the Obama Administration’s signature environmental regulation, the Clean Power Plan, in response to the…

Michigan v. EPA: SCOTUS rules EPA must consider costs in initial decision to regulate.

Scalia, writing for the Court, stated that “[EPA] gave cost no thought at all, because it considered cost irrelevant to its initial decision to regulate,”…

U.S. Court of Appeals denies petition for writ of prohibition on EPA’s Proposed Clean Power Rule

In In Re Murray Energy Corp. Judge Kavanaugh wrote the majority opinion for the court which held that the petitioners’ petitions for review and petition…