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December 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Federal Court Found Flaws in New Climate Change Analysis for Wyoming Oil and Gas Leases. The federal district court for the District of Columbia ruled that the U.S. 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.

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January 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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They alleged that BLM was “poised to approve” the helium drilling project despite not having finalized the “curative” NEPA analysis it had undertaken in response to the district court’s March 2019 decision in WildEarth Guardians v. The plaintiffs alleged that BLM recognized, based on WildEarth Guardians v. 4:20-cv-00115 (D.

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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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DECISIONS AND SETTLEMENTS. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court decision that vacated the listing of the Arctic ringed seal as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). 22, 2018); Wyoming v. order setting schedule Mar. 1, 2018; order denying remand and notice re tutorial Feb.

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