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Our brief supports dismissal, explaining that because the cities and county would apply Maryland law to emissions from all over the world, their claims are barred by the Clean Air Act and the Constitution.
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Background: Maryland cities and one county seek billions in damages against fossil-fuel companies for alleged climate change harms. Maryland’s Supreme Court is now reviewing the trial courts’ decisions to dismiss these claims.
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Yesterday, we filed an amicus brief in the Maryland Supreme Court to stop overreaching state lawsuits that unlawfully interfere with federal authority and undermine the President’s efforts to secure reliable sources of domestic energy.
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Ship Manager Pleads Guilty to Dumping Oily Waste into U.S. Waters Off Coast of New Orleans. Read more:
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Doc Antle, Owner of Myrtle Beach Safari, Sentenced for Federal Wildlife Trafficking and Money Laundering Charges. Co-Defendants Also Sentenced; Woman Pleads Guilty in Related Case for Unlawfully Selling Chimpanzees to Antle. 🔗:
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RT @TheJusticeDept: Justice Department Files Motion to Prevent Construction Delays for “Alligator Alcatraz” Immigration Detention Center in….
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New York Construction Company Supervisor Sentenced for Attempting to Cover Up Role in Fatal Long Island Construction Incident. 🔗:
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RT @USAO_SDTX: Mexican commercial fishermen plead guilty to illegal red snapper harvesting.#BrownsvilleTx . https://….
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Justice Department Successfully Defends Army Corps of Engineers Permit for South Carolina Mixed Use Development. 🔗:
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Ohio Company Sentenced for Violating OSHA Rule Leading to Worker’s Death. 🔗:
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Final of 14 Individuals Sentenced for Dog Fighting. 🔗:
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Panama City Commercial Fisherman Sentenced for Killing Dolphins in the Gulf of America. 🔗:
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Grand Jury Indicts 11 More Individuals for Involvement with Online Groups Dedicated to Monkey Torture and Mutilation. 🔗:
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In this administration, Americans will have affordable, reliable energy. And the Department will not allow state overreach to derail @POTUS Trump’s energy agenda that promises low costs and economic security for all Americans.
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These radical policies would force hard working Americans to pay more at the pump so that New York and Vermont can build “climate” projects in their states. It is unfair and unconstitutional.
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The states seek to impose billions of dollars in penalties on American energy producers for emissions not just in New York & Vermont, but across the entire world.
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Last week, the Environment and Natural Resources Division sued New York and Vermont over their unconstitutional “climate superfund” laws.
Justice Department Files Complaints Against Hawaii, Michigan, New York and Vermont Over Unconstitutional State Climate Actions. 🔗:
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Rhode Island Man Pleads Guilty to Cockfighting Charges. 🔗:
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Companies and President Operating Oregon Wood Treatment Facility to Pay $1.5M in Criminal Fines for Hazardous Waste and Air Pollution Charges. 🔗:
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