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Additional Parties Joined Clean Power Plan Litigation; EPA Filed Opposition to Stay

Challenge to EPA's final Clean Power Plan rule.

West Virginia v. EPA

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West Virginia v. EPA - Other

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D.C. Circuit Dismissed Clean Power Plan Challenges

status report

West Virginia v. EPA - status report

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West Virginia v. EPA - reply

West Virginia v. EPA - response

motion to dismiss

West Virginia v. EPA - motion to dismiss

Clean Power Plan Challengers Sought Dismissal of Proceedings as Moot

EPA Notified D.C. Circuit of Clean Power Plan Repeal and Replacement

West Virginia v. EPA - order

motion

West Virginia v. EPA - motion

D.C. Circuit Granted EPA Request to Continue Abeyance for Clean Power Plan Challenges; EPA Sent Final Replacement Rule to OMB

opposition

West Virginia v. EPA - opposition

EPA Told D.C. Circuit It Expected to Take Final Action on Proposed Clean Power Plan Replacement by End of June

Michigan, Colorado Withdrew from Clean Power Plan Challenge

EPA Said It Intended to Finalize Affordable Clean Energy Rule in Spring 2019

EPA and Clean Power Plan Challengers Asked D.C. Circuit to Continue Holding Challenges in Abeyance Until EPA Completes New Rulemaking

EPA Reported That Proposal for Clean Power Plan Replacement Was Under OMB Review

D.C. Circuit Continued Abeyance for Long-Pending Challenges to Clean Power Plan, But Three Judges Expressed Concerns About Prolonged Delay

New Jersey Withdrew from Clean Power Plan Challenge

States, Cities, and Environmental and Public Health Groups Urged D.C. Circuit to Issue Decision on Merits

After Proposing Repeal of Clean Power Plan, EPA Sought Continued Abeyance of Pending Cases in D.C. Circuit

EPA Reported That It Expected to Finalize Clean Power Plan Rule in Fall 2017

D.C. Circuit Continued to Hold Clean Power Plan Case in Abeyance

brief

EPA Asked D.C. Circuit to Continue Hold on Clean Power Plan Cases

West Virginia v. EPA - brief

D.C. Circuit Put Clean Power Plan Challenges on Hold

notice

West Virginia v. EPA - notice

North Carolina Withdrew from Litigation Challenging to Clean Power Plan

letter

West Virginia v. EPA - letter

D.C. Circuit Set Schedule for Clean Power Plan Oral Argument, Parties Argued for Relevance of Recent Clean Air Act Precedents

D.C. Circuit Rescheduled Clean Power Plan Oral Argument for En Banc Hearing

Briefs Filed in Defense of Clean Power Plan

amicus motion

West Virginia v. EPA - amicus motion

Merits Briefing on Clean Power Plan Commenced in D.C. Circuit

motion to intervene

statement of issues

petition for review

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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.

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

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.

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

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

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

This sector involves the wholesale and retail selling of goods.

Any compulsory, unrequited payment to the government levied on corporations or individuals. This can be for environmental reasons, such as introducing a Carbon tax to set a price that emitters must pay for the greenhouse gases they emit.

Social and cultural groups that share collective ancestral ties to the lands and natural resources where they live, occupy or from which they have been displaced

Tradable permits are market-based tools that grant permission for specific activities, frequently used to regulate emissions. These permits can be issued within a trading system to manage environmental impacts.

People with different national or cultural traditions from the dominant population

A drought is an extended period of unusually dry weather marked by a significant and sustained lack of precipitation, falling below a specific threshold over a large area for more than a month

Direct investments by the governments using public funds. This can be to support climate initiatives or integrate climate into other projects.

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.

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

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

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.

The release of heat-trapping gases, primarily from human activities such as burning fossil fuels, agriculture and industry.

This sector involves managing waste treatment, sanitation, pollution control and environmental cleanup.

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.

Risks to the ecosystem health of the marine environment, including ocean warming, ocean acidification, and ocean deoxygenation, harming biodiversity, species health, ecosystem services, and coastal community livelihoods.

Slow onset events evolve gradually from incremental changes over many years or from increased frequency or intensity of recurring events. As defined in the Cancun Adaptation Framework (2010), slow onset events include risks and impacts from rising temperatures, desertification, biodiversity loss, land and forest degradation, glacial retreat, ocean acidification, sea level rise, and salinization.

Climate change can have a range of impacts on technological system. Extreme weather events can cause infrastructure failures like power outages or damage to roads and bridges, as well as the impacts from waste following natural disasters. Human activities also cause technological impacts, such as the risks posed by oil spillage and leaks.

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.

Either money or something of monetary value is transferred between two or more organisations, people or countries.

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

Production of electricity and heat from solar irradiation.

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

Codes and standards are regulatory instruments that specify minimum standards to protect health and safety. This ranges from performance standards, which prescribe outcomes while allowing flexibility to achieve compliance, to the more prescriptive approach of technology-specific standards.

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

Extreme weather refers to events where a weather variable exceeds (or falls below) a threshold. Meaning it is significantly different from the average or usual weather pattern.

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.

Additional Parties Joined Clean Power Plan Litigation; EPA Filed Opposition to Stay

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