By Jeryl L. Olson and Eric E. Boyd

The United States Supreme Court today ruled unanimously that the Clean Air Act’s regulation of green house gases (GHGs) “displaces” federal common law public nuisance claims. American Electric Power Company, et al. v. Connecticut, et al., No. 1-174, 564 U.S. ___ ( 2011). The law suits addressed by the Court, begun

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By Jeryl L. Olson

USEPA has determined that certain information required to be submitted to the Agency under the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rules of 40 CFR Part 98 will not be treated as Confidential Business Information, but will be available to the public. In a Final Rule published in the Federal Register on May 26, 2011, USEPA amended the Confidential

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