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Group of States, Cities, and Organizations Tell Court Enough is Enough in CPP Abeyance

Posted on September 6, 2018 by Jessica Bell

UPDATED 9.27.2018 On September 21, Intervenor-Respondents filed a joint reply to EPA’s September 14 response. UPDATED 9.20.2018  EPA’s September 14 response is available here.  Petitioners and Petitioner-Intervenors also responded. A group of intervenors in the litigation over the CPP (Intervenor-Respondents) filed to … Continue reading →

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D.C. Circuit Vacates FERC Hydropower Licensing Decision

Posted on July 18, 2018 by Jeff Bayne

Earlier this month, the D.C. Circuit vacated a FERC order renewing a hydroelectric license issued to Alabama Power Company.  FERC had granted Alabama Power Company a new 30-year license in 2013 to continue operating seven hydropower developments along the Coosa … Continue reading →

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D.C. Circuit Extends Abeyance of Clean Power Plan Litigation, Possibly for the Last Time?

Posted on June 27, 2018 by Jeff Bayne

The litigation over the CPP has been on hold for over a year, and yesterday the the D.C. Circuit ordered that it remain in abeyance for another 60 days.  At least some of the judges, however, appear to be growing … Continue reading →

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EPA Moves to Hold Coal Ash Rule in Abeyance and to Continue Oral Argument

Posted on September 26, 2017 by Katherine O'Konski

Last week, EPA filed a motion asking the D.C. Circuit to postpone oral argument scheduled for October 17 in Utility Solid Waste Activities Group v. EPA, Docket No. 15-1219, the litigation surrounding its Coal Ash Rule.  EPA also moved to … Continue reading →

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D.C. Circuit Orders NSPS Litigation to Remain in Abeyance Indefinitely

Posted on August 10, 2017 by Katherine O'Konski

Today the D.C. Circuit issued, on its own initiative, an order indefinitely holding in abeyance the litigation over the EPA’s New Source Performance Standards in North Dakota v. EPA.  The succinct order reads as follows: It is ORDERED, on the court’s … Continue reading →

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