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December 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Army Corps of Engineer permits for construction of a portion of a proposed methanol refinery and export terminal in Washington (the Kalama Project). Environmental Groups Challenged Authorization for New Natural Gas Plant in Oregon. Oregon Department of Energy , No. Columbia Riverkeeper v. 20CV38607 (Or. filed Nov. 2, 2020).

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Government power, from federal agencies to counties, highlights January session

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When FBI agents interrogated Fikre about the mosque he attended in Oregon they suggested that he could become an informant in exchange for his removal from the list. Texas argues that it is up to Congress to create a cause of action for Fifth Amendment takings clause claims against states, which it has not done. Fikre declined.

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November 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Portland, Oregon. Source: Gary Halvorson, Oregon State Archives. Oregon Supreme Court Said Public Trust Doctrine Did Not Impose Obligation to Protect Resources from Climate Change. Maui asserted causes of action for public nuisance, private nuisance, strict liability failure to warn, negligent failure to warn, and trespass.

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July 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The court said the petitioner’s “alleged aesthetic injuries reflect nothing more than generalized grievances,” that her allegations regarding traffic hazards did not meet her causation burden, and that alleged construction-related injuries were not redressable because construction was complete. Environmental Defense Fund v.

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