SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 14, 2021

As we noted last week , the Supreme Court relisted 18 new cases from its “long conference” that marked its return to business after the summer recess. involving whether punitive damages that are twice compensatory damages and fall within a state’s statutory punitive damages cap are constitutionally excessive.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 6, 2022

On June 30, 2022, the New York Department of Environmental Conservation denied Greenidge Generation LLC’s application to renew a Title V air quality permit for the Greenidge Generating Station. Greenidge’s permit renewal application has thus drawn a significant amount of attention state- and nation-wide.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 11, 2023

Top Recommended Resources: [Webinar] Overview of interconnected antitrust + sustainability considerations, including competitor collaborations, the anti-ESG movement, greenwashing, and more: ​​Arnold and Porter Webinar, 27 April 2023, ESG Investigations Series: Navigating The Minefield Of State AG, DOJ, And FTC Enforcement Risk.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Although the court found that the plaintiff, Conservation Law Foundation (CLF), lacked standing to the extent its claims relied on “future harms,” the court concluded that CLF had asserted “certainly impending harm” as to “near-term harms from foreseeable weather events.” Conservation Law Foundation v. climate litigation charts.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 7, 2019

On October 1, 2019, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals denied fossil fuel companies’ motion for a stay pending their appeal of the district court order remanding Baltimore’s climate change lawsuit against the companies to state court. Colorado Federal Court Remanded Local Governments’ Climate Case to State Court. and non-U.S.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 6, 2018

Federal Court Denied Oakland and San Francisco Motions to Return Climate Change Nuisance Cases to State Court; Found Federal Common Law of Nuisance Could Apply, Despite AEP v. It necessarily involves the relationships between the United States and all other nations. climate litigation charts. FEATURED CASE. ExxonMobil Corp.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Circuit Found Deficiencies in Climate Change and Environmental Justice Analyses for Texas LNG Export Terminals. Circuit also found that FERC arbitrarily limited the scope of its environmental justice analysis to communities within two miles of the facilities despite acknowledging that impacts would extend beyond a two-mile radius.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 16, 2024

Share The Supreme Court will hear oral argument on Wednesday in a case involving the deference that courts should give to federal agencies’ interpretations of the laws that they administer. From health care to finance to environmental pollutants, administrative agencies use highly trained experts to interpret and carry out federal laws.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MAY 7, 2021

States and Coal Company Sought Review of D.C. The first petition was filed by West Virginia and 18 other states that had intervened to defend the repeal and replacement rule, known as the Affordable Clean Energy rule. The states argued that the Supreme Court’s stay of the Clean Power Plan while it was under review by the D.C.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JUNE 8, 2021

1447(d), which provides that “an order remanding a case to the State court from which it was removed pursuant to section 1442 [the federal officer removal statute] or 1443 [removal statute for civil rights cases] of this title shall be reviewable by appeal.” and non-U.S. climate litigation charts. FEATURED CASE. In a 7-1 decision, the U.S.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

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. and non-U.S. climate litigation charts.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

AUGUST 4, 2021

State of Washington ex rel. 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. If you know of any cases we have missed, please email us at columbiaclimate@gmail.com. FEATURED CASE.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 3, 2022

Even with Chief Justice John Roberts denouncing attempts at “inappropriate political influence” on the Court, the threats of Court packing and other measures are likely to become even more shrill as these decisions rollout in the new year. Here’s just a partial list of what is coming in the new year: Abortion. Gun rights.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 9, 2021

Hawai‘i Federal Court Sent Honolulu’s and Maui’s Climate Cases Back to State Court; Fossil Fuel Companies Appealed. On March 5, 2021, the court denied the companies’ motions to stay the remand order but delayed transmission of the order to the state courts for 10 days to allow the companies to seek relief in the Ninth Circuit.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 4, 2024

Below is my column in USA Today on the alliance of civil libertarians and gun rights groups to oppose New York’s attack on free speech rights in the name of gun control. Specifically, the NRA contends that Vullo’s office pressured insurance companies not to cover the NRA or risk retaliation from the state.

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SCOTUSBlog

JULY 7, 2022

The new balance of power on the court was on display before the term officially began, when the justices rejected a request to block enforcement of S.B. 8, a Texas law that bans nearly all abortions in the state. An abortion prelude. Although the law conflicted directly with Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. On the night of Sept.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 2, 2021

Louisiana Federal Court Blocked Biden Administration “Pause” on New Oil and Gas Leases. The federal district court for the Western District of Louisiana issued a nationwide preliminary injunction barring the Biden administration from implementing a “Pause” on new oil and natural gas leases on public lands or in offshore waters.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other governmental entities to allow continued enforcement of environmental laws related to ongoing mining operations. Circuit Upheld Department of Energy LNG Export Authorizations from Three More Facilities. and non-U.S. climate litigation charts. FEATURED CASE.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 9, 2021

Second Circuit Rejected New York City’s State Law Climate Claims Against Oil Companies. Second Circuit Rejected New York City’s State Law Climate Claims Against Oil Companies. If you know of any cases we have missed, please email us at columbiaclimate@gmail.com. Creative Commons, NYC Manhattan Skyline.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

United States , No. Circuit Declined to Speed Up or Slow Down Challenges to Withdrawal of California Waiver and Preemption of State Authority to Regulate Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions. If you know of any cases we have missed, please email us at columbiaclimate@gmail.com. 18-36082 (9th Cir.

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

She spent the year between college and law school as a reporter and researcher at Time magazine in New York. In a December 2020 letter, during his presidential transition, he asked Democratic senators to recommend public defenders and civil rights lawyers, who have generally been underrepresented on the federal bench, for judgeships.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 28, 2023

As Trump accepted the Oakland County Republican Party’s Man of the Decade award, he also claimed that transitioning to electric vehicles would “decimate” the state of Michigan. Meanwhile, his “war chest” to defend himself continues to grow with some 20 percent of those giving having allegedly not done so before.

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