Updates | The Week of June 10, 2017
Britany Riley // 7/16/17 //
The D.C. Circuit’s decision in Clean Air Council vindicates the principle that agencies cannot use enforcement discretion to cancel legal obligations altogether, writes Zachary Price at Take Care.
- The Environmental Protection Agency asked the United States Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit to stay its ruling requiring the agency to enforce an Obama-era rule on methane emissions (The Hill).
The Trump Administration is reconsidering Obama-era penalties for automakers that violate fuel efficiency standards (The Hill).
Despite climate change skepticism, the administration may have endorsed action on climate change by signing onto a joint statement at the G-20 summit, notes Dan Farber at Legal Planet.