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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. BLM approved these leases prior to the court’s decision in March 2019 (also noted in the Feature Case, above) finding that BLM’s analysis of the climate change impacts of certain other oil and gas leases in Wyoming was insufficient.

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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. After that court vacated the repeal in July 2020, the Wyoming federal court lifted the stay. filed Sept.

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