ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 11, 2020

The Second Circuit agreed with the district court that the plaintiff lacked standing because he failed to allege an injury in fact since he “never explained why he had any legal right to have the document distributed.” EPA’s brief is due December 15. National Environmental Development Association’s Clean Air Project v. Williams , No.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JANUARY 13, 2021

The records included spreadsheets tracking and analyzing comments, draft ANPRM fact sheets, meeting agendas, and emails and meeting invitations regarding CEQ’s process for managing comments. The Court found that the case was not justiciable because it did not have a sufficient legal component to anchor the analysis. 3:18-cv-00113 (W.D.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 2, 2021

The District of Utah held that the lease suspensions merely maintained the status quo and therefore were not major federal actions subject to NEPA; the conservation groups therefore lacked standing. Among the inadequacies found by the court was Ecology’s failure to consider climate change in drafting the permits. Living Rivers v.

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