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December 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The Washington Court of Appeals affirmed a guilty verdict against a climate activist who cut a chain to enter a pipeline facility and attempted to cut a bolt that secured a shutoff valve on the pipeline, which carried tar sands oil from Canada. Hawaii Court Ruled that Commercial Aquarium Fishing Required Environmental Review.

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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The Ninth Circuit also said the district court had misapplied Section 4 of the ESA by requiring quantitative data that was not available to pinpoint an extinction threshold. Alaska Oil & Gas Association v. Louisiana Federal Court Halted Work on Crude Oil Pipeline in Swamp Area. Northern Alaska Environmental Center v.

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November 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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As Compliance Date for Methane Waste Rule Nears, California Federal Court Ruled That BLM Could Not Postpone Compliance, Oil and Gas Trade Groups Again Asked Wyoming Federal Court for Preliminary Injunction. On October 4 , the federal district court for the Northern District of California vacated the U.S.

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