Challenge to final rule repealing the Clean Power Plan and replacing it with the Affordable Clean Energy rule.

West Virginia v. EPA

Litigation

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opinion

Supreme Court Said Obama Administration Regulation of Power Plant Carbon Emissions Exceeded EPA’s Authority

transcript

West Virginia v. EPA - transcript

amicus brief

West Virginia v. EPA - amicus brief

letter

West Virginia v. EPA - letter

brief

West Virginia v. EPA - brief

order list

Supreme Court Agreed to Hear Case Concerning EPA Authority to Regulate Carbon Emissions at Existing Power Plants

reply

Supreme Court to Consider Whether to Hear Appeals of D.C. Circuit Decision Vacating Trump Administration’s Repeal and Replacement of Clean Power Plan

Parties Filed Briefs Supporting Supreme Court Review of D.C. Circuit Decision on Affordable Clean Energy Rule

response

West Virginia v. EPA - response

petition for writ of certiorari

States and Coal Company Sought Review of D.C. Circuit Decision Vacating Affordable Clean Energy Rule

Filing Year For Action

petition for review

Consolidated Edison, Inc. v. EPA - petition for review

Consolidated Edison, Inc. v. EPA

motion to intervene

Robinson Enterprises, Inc. v. EPA - motion to intervene

statement of issues

Robinson Enterprises, Inc. v. EPA - statement of issues

Robinson Enterprises, Inc. v. EPA - petition for review

Robinson Enterprises, Inc. v. EPA

Westmoreland Mining Holdings LLC v. EPA - petition for review

Westmoreland Mining Holdings LLC v. EPA

notice of voluntary dismissal

Nevada v. EPA - notice of voluntary dismissal

Nevada v. EPA - petition for review

Nevada v. EPA

North American Coal Corporation v. EPA - petition for review

North American Coal Corporation v. EPA

City & County of Denver v. EPA - petition for review

City & County of Denver v. EPA

motion

Biogenic CO2 Coalition v. EPA - motion

Biogenic CO2 Coalition v. EPA - petition for review

Biogenic CO2 Coalition v. EPA

American Wind Energy Association v. EPA - petition for review

American Wind Energy Association v. EPA

Advanced Energy Economy v. EPA - petition for review

Advanced Energy Economy v. EPA

Chesapeake Bay Foundation v. EPA - motion to intervene

Chesapeake Bay Foundation v. EPA - petition for review

Chesapeake Bay Foundation v. EPA

Appalachian Mountain Club v. EPA - statement of issues

Appalachian Mountain Club v. EPA - petition for review

Appalachian Mountain Club v. EPA

New York v. EPA - petition for review

New York v. EPA

status report

American Lung Association v. EPA - status report

judgment

American Lung Association v. EPA - judgment

order

D.C. Circuit to Hold Challenges to Trump Administration’s Affordable Clean Energy Rule in Abeyance

American Lung Association v. EPA - motion

American Lung Association v. EPA - order

American Lung Association v. EPA - Other

D.C. Circuit Granted EPA Request to Stay Issuance of Mandate Vacating Repeal of Clean Power Plan

D.C. Circuit Vacated Trump EPA’s Affordable Clean Energy Rule

American Lung Association v. EPA - letter

D.C. Circuit to Hear Argument on October 8 on Repeal and Replacement of Clean Power Plan

notice

American Lung Association v. EPA - notice

American Lung Association v. EPA - reply

American Lung Association v. EPA - brief

American Lung Association v. EPA - amicus brief

EPA Defended Clean Power Plan Repeal and Replacement

Briefing in Challenges to Regulations for Existing Power Plants to Be Complete by End of July

D.C. Circuit Declined to Expedite or Stay Challenges to ACE Rule

American Lung Association v. EPA - motion to intervene

opposition

American Lung Association v. EPA - opposition

American Lung Association v. EPA - statement of issues

memorandum

American Lung Association v. EPA - memorandum

American Lung Association v. EPA - response

American Lung Association v. EPA

North Dakota v. EPA - reply

North Dakota v. EPA - petition for writ of certiorari

North Dakota v. EPA

Westmoreland Mining Holdings LLC v. EPA - reply

Westmoreland Mining Holdings LLC v. EPA - petition for writ of certiorari

North American Coal Corp. v. EPA - reply

North American Coal Corp. v. EPA - amicus brief

North American Coal Corp. v. EPA

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Financial support to help individuals manage the effects of unexpected events, securing their livelihoods and increasing the resilience of people and businesses to the changing climate. It’s especially vital in developing regions where everyday risks, climate-related weather extremes, or crop failures can push people into poverty. Without insurance, people may have to resort to selling assets or cutting consumption to cope with losses.

A subsidy is a direct or indirect payment to individuals or businesses, typically provided as a government cash payment or a specific tax reduction.

A long-lived, colourless gas, chiefly emitted from fossil fuel combustion, deforestation and cement production.

Molecules in the atmosphere that play a key role in the greenhouse effect by trapping heat radiating from Earth’s surface.

Electrical energy generated from mechanical devices driven by flowing fresh water.

Renewable energy means all forms of energy produced from renewable sources in a sustainable manner.

Production of electricity and heat from solar irradiation.

Kinetic energy of airflow transformed into useful energy, mostly electrical energy.

Oil is a combustible liquid fossil fuel composed mainly of hydrocarbons, occurring as crude oil and refined into petroleum products such as petrol, diesel and kerosene.

Coal is a combustible sedimentary rock formed from carbonised plant matter, rich in carbon and hydrocarbons, and occurring in several main types including hard coal and brown coal.

Fossil fuel is a generic term for non-renewable energy sources such as coal, fossil gas, and oil (including crude oil, and petroleum products), that can be used for electricity and heat generation. Fossil fuels are hydrocarbons formed from pressurised and heated organic material buried over millions of years.

Fossil gas, commonly known as natural gas, is a fossil fuel consisting chiefly of methane with smaller amounts of other hydrocarbons and trace gases, found in underground deposits.

People whose health, both mental and physical, makes them more vulnerable to the effects of climate change

The activities of industries involved in the production, distribution, and sale of energy, including electricity, gas, and renewables.

Activities of government agencies and institutions that provide public services, enforce laws and manage public resources.

This sector involves the wholesale and retail selling of goods.

Activities that involve planning, designing and building infrastructure, residential, and commercial structures.

Activities of industries that extract natural resources, such as mining, oil, and gas, for commercial use.

Air pollution involves harmful contaminants in the air, affecting both indoor and outdoor environments. It can lead to health issues like respiratory diseases and heart problems, and climate impacts such as global warming. Pollutants can damage plants, trees, habitats, and water bodies like rivers and lakes.

Any substance with chemical properties that can cause physical harm to people or damage the environment, including ammonia, carbon monoxide, phosphine, chlorine, arsenic, cadmium, mercury, pesticides, dioxins, microplastics, benzene, asbestos, aflatoxins, fluoride, methanol, and toxins from marine sources.

An aim to achieve a quantifiable outcome within a given time-frame, set by an institution such as a national government.

Policy instruments are techniques or tools used by governing authorities to promote certain policies in order to achieve predetermined goals. Put simply, instruments are how a government tries to achieve its goals, with this taxonomy being focused on national policy instruments.

Risk is the potential for adverse consequences resulting from the dynamic interplay between (climate-related) hazards, exposure, and vulnerability of affected human or ecological systems.

Groups  of people who are adversely affected by climate change or the response to it

A set of principles, processes, and practices that build economic and political power to shift from an extractive economy to a regenerative economy.

Area of the economy in which actors engage in identical or related activities.

In human systems, the process of adjustment to actual or expected climate change and its effects, in order to moderate harm, increase resilience or exploit beneficial opportunities. In natural systems, the process of adjustment to actual climate change and its effects; human intervention may facilitate adjustment to expected climate change and its effects.

The management and allocation of funds, assets and investments to meet various objectives

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