ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 11, 2020

The court concluded that the Freedom of Information Act’s deliberative process privilege shielded the redactions from disclosure. The court rejected DLNR’s argument that a 2017 Hawaii Supreme Court decision requiring environmental review for aquarium fishing only applied to fishing with fine-meshed nets. Chevron Corp. ,

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Montana Supreme Court Affirmed that Public Service Commission Improperly Rewrote Terms of Solar Project PPA, Including by Eliminating Carbon Adder. The district court held, among other things, that elimination of the carbon adder was arbitrary and capricious and directed the PSC to assign a price for carbon. 4:19-cv-00362 (E.D.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JANUARY 13, 2021

Federal Court Rejected Claims that Climate Change-Related Developments Necessitated Supplemental NEPA Review for Forest Plan and Projects. The federal district court for the District of Montana dismissed a lawsuit that sought to compel the U.S. Bureau of Land Management , No. Southern Environmental Law Center v.

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