Climate change litigation and law / / Jean-François Masson, editor

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910969136603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2010
• ISBN: 1-61324-224-7
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (167 p.)
• Collana: Climate change and its causes, effects and prediction
• Altri autori (Persone): MassonJean-François
• Disciplina: 344.7304/6342
• Soggetti: Climatic changes - Law and legislation - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- CLIMATE CHANGE LITIGATION AND LAW -- CLIMATE CHANGE LITIGATION AND LAW -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 CLIMATE CHANGE LITIGATION: A GROWING PHENOMENON -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- I. CLEAN AIR ACT -- Stationary Sources of GHG Emissions -- The First EPA General Counsel Memorandum. -- Suits Enforcing the CAA against EPA -- Suits Enforcing the CAA against Stationary Sources -- Mobile Sources of GHG Emissions -- The Section 202 Petition Denial and the Second EPA General Counsel Memorandum -- Massachusetts v. EPA: The Challenge to EPA's Petition Denial -- D.C. Circuit Decision -- Supreme court decision -- Implications of supreme court decision -- II. WILDLIFE PROTECTION STATUTES -- Marine Mammal Protection Act -- Endangered Species Act -- III. ENERGY STATUTES -- Energy Policy and Conservation Act -- Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act -- IV. INFORMATION STATUTES -- National Environmental Policy Act -- District of Columbia Circuit -- Ninth Circuit -- Eighth Circuit -- State NEPAs -- Global Change Research Act -- Freedom of Information Act -- V. COMMON LAW TORT -- Nuisance -- Negligence, etc. -- VI. FEDERAL PREEMPTION -- Stationary Sources of GHG Emissions -- Mobile Sources of GHG Emissions: CAA Preemption -- Mobile Sources of GHG Emissions: Non-CAA Preemption -- VII. STATE UTILITY LAWS -- VIII. INTERNATIONAL LAW -- IX. COMMENTS -- End Notes -- Chapter 2 CALIFORNIA'S WAIVER REQUEST UNDER THE CLEAN AIR ACT TO CONTROL GREENHOUSE GASES FROM MOTOR VEHICLES -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- CALIFORNIA'S GREENHOUSE GAS REQUIREMENTS -- EPA'S RESPONSE TO THE WAIVER ; REQUEST AND RESULTING LITIGATION -- ACTIONS BY OTHER STATES -- WAIVER CRITERIA -- California's Justification of Its Waiver Request -- The Decision Document's Argument for Waiver Denial -- Positions of the Parties in the Waiver Denial Litigation -- PREVIOUS WAIVER REQUESTS.; RELATED LITIGATION -- COMMENTS AND CONCLUSIONS -- End Notes -- Chapter 3 CLIMATE CHANGE: FEDERAL LAWS AND POLICIES RELATED TO GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTIONS -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- BACKGROUND TO FEDERAL CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY: FROM "NO REGRETS" BACK TO "NO REGRETS -- The International Framework -- Developing Programs: EPACT and Climate Action Plans -- Rejection of the Kyoto Protocol -- REGULATORY PROGRAMS AFFECTING EMISSIONS OF GREENHOUSE GASES -- Energy and Environmental Programs Related to Emissions Reductions -- Emissions Reductions from Landfills -- Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) Determinations -- Residential Appliance Standards -- Updating State Commercial Building Codes -- Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) -- Renewable Fuel Standard -- Distributed Energy Resources -- Monitoring Rules-Carbon Dioxide Monitoring by Electric Generating Facilities -- Regulatory Program Promoting Renewable Energy through PURPA Eliminated by P.L. 109-58 -- THE ENERGY POLICY ACT OF 2005 -- THE ENERGY INDEPENDENCE AND SECURITY ACT OF 2007 -- CONCLUSION -- End Notes -- Chapter 4 HEARING ON IMPLICATIONS OF SUPREME COURT'S EPA DECISION-BROWNER TESTIMONY -- ATTACHMENT A -- United States Environmental Protection Agency Washington, D.C. 20460 Office of General Counsel -- I. Introduction and Background -- IL Clean Air Act Authority -- A. Definition of Air Pollutant -- B. EPA Authority to Regulate Air Pollutants -- C. EPA Authority to Implement an Emissions Cap-and-Trade Approach -- III. Conclusion -- ATTACHMENT B -- Testimony of Gary S. Guzy General Counsel U.S. Environmental Protection Agency before a Joint Hearing of the Subcommittee on National Economic Growth, Natural Resources and Regulatory Affairs of the Committee on Government Reform and the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment of the Committee on Science U.S. House of Representatives -- End Notes.; Chapter 5 HEARING ON IMPLICATIONS OF SUPREME COURT'S EPA DECISION- DONIGER TESTIMONY -- End Notes -- Chapter 6 HEARING ON IMPLICATIONS OF SUPREME COURT'S EPA DECISION-GLASER TESTIMONY -- Chapter 7 HEARING ON IMPLICATIONS OF SUPREME COURT'S EPA DECISION- KLEE TESTIMONY -- OVERVIEW -- THE MASSACHUSETTS V. EPA DECISION -- Implications of the Massachusetts Decision -- EPA's Existing Statutory Authority to Regulate Air Pollutants -- National Ambient Air Quality Standards -- New Source Performance Standards -- Cap and Trade Programs -- CONCLUSION -- End Notes -- Chapter 8 HEARING ON IMPLICATIONS OF SUPREME COURT'S EPA DECISION- REILLY TESTIMONY -- Chapter 9 THE SUPREME COURT'S CLIMATE CHANGE DECISION: MASSACHUSETTS V. EPA -- SUMMARY -- EPA's Denial of the Section 202 Petition -- Massachusetts v. EPA in the D.C. Circuit -- Massachusetts v. EPA in the Supreme Court -- Implications of the Supreme Court Decision for Mobile Sources -- Other Implications of the Supreme Court Decision -- End Notes -- CHAPTER SOURCES -- INDEX -- Blank Page.
• Sommario/riassunto: Climate change is viewed as a global issue, but proposed responses require action at the national level. This book emphasizes the steps that need to be taken to reduce the growth of greenhouse gas emissions.