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December 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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FEATURED CASE. Federal Court Found Flaws in New Climate Change Analysis for Wyoming Oil and Gas Leases. The federal defendants in the instant case said they had concluded that further analysis under NEPA was appropriate for all but three of the leasing decisions. In Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations, Inc.

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October 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Wyoming Federal Court Vacated 2016 Waste Prevention Rule. The federal district court for the District of Wyoming vacated the bulk of the Waste Prevention Rule promulgated during the Obama administration, holding that the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) exceeded its authority and acted arbitrarily and capriciously.

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