Legal Opinion
Kain v. Department of Environmental Protection
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 17, 2016No. SJC 11961PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCordy, J.
In this case, we are asked to decide whether the Department of Environmental Protection (department) has fulfilled its statutory mandate under G. L. c. 21N, § 3 (d) (§ 3 [&]), which provides that the department “shall promulgate regulations establishing a desired level of declining annual aggregate emission limits for sources or categories of sources that emit greenhouse gas emissions.” By the terms of the enabling legislation, the Global Warming Solutions Act, St. 2008, c. 298 (act), these regulations were to be issued by January 1, 2012, to take effect on January 1, 2013, and to expire on…
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