ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 11, 2020

FEATURED CASE. Federal Court Found Flaws in New Climate Change Analysis for Wyoming Oil and Gas Leases. The federal defendants in the instant case said they had concluded that further analysis under NEPA was appropriate for all but three of the leasing decisions. In Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations, Inc.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Wyoming Federal Court Vacated 2016 Waste Prevention Rule. The federal district court for the District of Wyoming vacated the bulk of the Waste Prevention Rule promulgated during the Obama administration, holding that the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) exceeded its authority and acted arbitrarily and capriciously.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JANUARY 13, 2021

Zinke , where the court held that BLM failed to adequately analyze greenhouse gas emissions and climate change impacts of oil and gas leases in Wyoming. Zinke , that it had violated NEPA in connection with “hundreds of oil and gas leases” in Utah, including the lease at issue in this case. Minnesota v. 20-cv-1636 (D. BP p.l.c.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

AUGUST 4, 2021

Developments in other local government climate cases pending in federal district courts included the following: In Oakland and San Francisco’s case, a fully briefed renewed motion to remand is pending before the federal district court for the Northern District of California. The cases were filed in 2016 , 2020 , and 2021.

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