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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Each month, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP (APKS) and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. and non-U.S. climate litigation charts. If you know of any cases we have missed, please email us at columbiaclimate at gmail dot com. FEATURED CASE.

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Cities & the Inflation Reduction Act

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The bill is sprawling, covering climate and energy topics as diverse as electric vehicles, building decarbonization, clean energy manufacturing and supply chains, agriculture, and greening the electricity system, all through a range of tax incentives and direct grants. State energy offices, as defined under Section 124(a) of the U.S.

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November 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Oregon Supreme Court Said Public Trust Doctrine Did Not Impose Obligation to Protect Resources from Climate Change. The court therefore declined to expand the doctrine to cover additional resources, including the atmosphere. Portland, Oregon. Source: Gary Halvorson, Oregon State Archives. By Margaret Barry and Korey Silverman-Roati.

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October 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The court also concluded that the complaint stated claims under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), except to the extent the claims were based on federal, instead of state, RCRA regulations. Charleston, SC filed suit against fossil fuel companies alleging their responsibility for “devastating” climate change impacts.

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January 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s (BOEM) approval of an offshore drilling and production facility off the coast of Alaska in the Beaufort Sea, finding that BOEM failed to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the Endangered Species Act (ESA). and non-U.S. Dingell, Jr.

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October 2019 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Citing the well-pleaded complaint rule, the court concluded that removal was not appropriate based on federal question jurisdiction because the plaintiffs’ claims did not on their face raise the federal issues of energy, the environment, and national security. Suncor Energy (U.S.A.) and non-U.S. climate litigation charts.

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‘Investor-State Dispute Settlement’ as a new avenue for climate change litigation

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However, the confidential nature of such processes means they are difficult to examine and quantify. by Matteo Fermeglia, Catherine Higham, Korey Silverman-Roati and Joana Setzer*. Photo: Steve Buissinne, Pixabay. Climate litigation is now established as a critical part of domestic climate governance regimes.