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

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

West Virginia v. EPA

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

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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

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

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American Lung Association v. EPA - letter

notice

American Lung Association v. EPA - notice

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American Lung Association v. EPA - reply

brief

American Lung Association v. EPA - brief

amicus 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

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American Lung Association v. EPA - motion to intervene

opposition

American Lung Association v. EPA - opposition

statement of issues

American Lung Association v. EPA - statement of issues

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American Lung Association v. EPA - memorandum

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American Lung Association v. EPA - response

petition for review

American Lung Association v. EPA

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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.

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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