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BlogAnti-Slavery Day: complying with human rights law
In honor of Anti-Slavery Day (October 18), companies may want to familiarize themselves with a recent guide from the IEMA on complying with environmental and human rights laws.
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States sue to stop EPA’s emissions rule rollback
A coalition of states, representing approximately 43 percent of the new-car sales market nationally, is suing the EPA to preserve auto emissions standards.
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Activists claim Pruitt purged climate information from EPA website
The Environmental Defense Fund says it can show EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt’s personal involvement in efforts to remove information about climate change from his agency’s Website. It also wants him to recuse himself from any further Clean Power Plan proceedings
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EPA head demands an end to ‘regulation through litigation’
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has issued an agency-wide directive and memorandum intended to end “sue and settle” practices at the agency for consent decrees and settlement agreements.
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EPA head urges cattlemen to denounce WOTUS rule, support repeal
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt appears in a new video that urges the nation’s cattlemen to support and comment on a proposal to repeal the controversial Waters of the United States rule.
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California rallies to resurrect, extend ‘cap-and-trade’
Despite a federal retreat from environmental regulations, a bipartisan coalition of California lawmakers has passed legislation that extends the state’s cap-and-trade program to 2030.
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Court orders EPA to enforce methane rule
A federal court has ordered the EPA to resume its enforcement of a methane reduction rule imposed during the Obama Administration. Halting the requirements requires a full rulemaking process, it said.
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Brexit poses many environmental law challenges
A taskforce of environmental lawyers in the United Kingdom gathered in London last month to discuss how to roll over environmental law after withdrawal from the European Union.