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Environmental & Energy

Jan. 29, 2021

DC Court of Appeals strikes down Trump EPA’s ACE rule

On the eve of President Joe Biden's inauguration, a split-panel opinion by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit delivered a final parting blow to the outgoing Trump administration and provided the incoming administration with favorable precedent to back its ambitious climate change agenda.

Niran S. Somasundaram

Senior Counsel and Attorney
Hanson Bridgett LLP

Real Estate + Environment practice

Phone: (415) 995-5872

Email: nsomasundaram@hansonbridgett.com

Madison DiZinno

Associate
Hanson Bridgett LLP

Madison works with clients in the Real Estate, Environmental Law, and Land Use sections

On the eve of President Joe Biden's inauguration, a split-panel opinion by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit delivered a final parting blow to the outgoing Trump administration and provided the incoming administration with favorable precedent to back its ambitious climate change agenda. In American Lung Association v. Wheeler, the court vacated and remanded the Affordable Clean Energy Rule, known as the ACE rule, which the Trum...

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