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PennEnvironment, Inc. v. United States Steel Corp.
A district court denied environmental groups' motion for partial summary judgment in a CAA citizen suit brought against a steel company concerning hydrogen sulfide and sulfur dioxide emissions at its production facilities in Pennsylvania. The groups argued the company repeatedly violated the CAA, th...
Quincy, Massachusetts v. Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
The First Circuit affirmed the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection's (MDEP's) decision to issue an air permit for a natural gas compressor station in Weymouth, Massachusetts. Neighboring cities and individuals argued MDEP failed to follow its own established procedures by eliminatin...
The Constitutional Right to Save the Environment
More than 50 years ago, Franklin Kury drafted and championed an Environmental Rights Amendment to the Pennsylvania Constitution. His book, The Constitutional Question to Save the Planet: The Right to a Healthy Environment (ELI Press 2021), expands upon the story of his amendment to demonstrate how its principles can be the basis for addressing climate change in the rest of the world.