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Trump v. The Climate, Round Two: What Four More Years of Trump Might Mean for Climate Regulation

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Webb. President Trump meets with energy company executives in April 2020. Based on their statements and actions taken during President Trump’s first term, we have identified eight energy and environmental policy objectives we believe are likely to be pursued if Trump is re-elected: 1. By Daniel J. Metzger and Romany M.

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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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April 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Second Circuit Rejected New York City’s State Law Climate Claims Against Oil Companies. The Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of New York City’s lawsuit seeking climate change damages from oil companies. The Second Circuit’s decision largely followed the reasoning of the district court’s 2018 decision.

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January 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Ninth Circuit Said NEPA Review for Offshore Drilling Project Should Have Considered Greenhouse Gas Emissions Associated with Foreign Oil Consumption. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) of a helium extraction project in an area of the San Rafael Desert in southeastern Utah covered by an oil and gas lease sold in December 2018.

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March 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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By Margaret Barry and Korey Silverman-Roati . Sunset in Hawaii. Each month, Arnold & Porter 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. HERE ARE THE ADDITIONS TO THE CLIMATE CASE CHART SINCE UPDATE # 143.

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February 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Circuit Vacated Trump EPA’s Affordable Clean Energy Rule. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Affordable Clean Energy Rule (ACE Rule) for greenhouse gas emissions from power plants rested on an erroneous interpretation of the Clean Air Act that barred EPA from considering measures beyond those that apply at and to an individual source.

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October 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The federal district court for the District of Rhode Island for the most part denied a motion to dismiss a citizen suit asserting that Shell Oil Products US and other defendants (Shell) failed to prepare a terminal in Providence for the impacts of climate change. Shell Oil Products US , No. Source: Khanrak ). and non-U.S.

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