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

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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