ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Federal Court Vacated Permits for Methanol Refinery and Export Terminal, Citing Failure to Consider Indirect Cumulative Greenhouse Gas Impacts. The federal district court for the Western District of Washington vacated U.S. the court continued the case management conference scheduled for December 16 to June 9, 2021.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JANUARY 13, 2021

Maine Federal Court Declined to Enjoin Work on Electric Transmission Project. 1442, or the civil-rights removal statute, 28 U.S.C. The federal district court for the District of Minnesota scheduled a hearing on Minnesota’s remand motion for January 13, 2021. Minnesota v. American Petroleum Institute , No. 20-cv-1636 (D.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 20, 2020

1442, or the civil-rights removal statute, 28 U.S.C. The district court rejected eight grounds for removal, but the Fourth Circuit concluded its appellate jurisdiction was limited to determining whether the companies properly removed the case under the federal-officer removal statute. 19-1189 (U.S. BP p.l.c. ,

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

AUGUST 4, 2021

After the developers terminated the Keystone XL pipeline project, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on July 16, 2021 dismissed for lack of jurisdiction an appeal of the district court’s denial of a motion for a preliminary injunction barring work on the pipeline.

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