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IEA v. Brazil: When a court accepts the legally disruptive nature of climate change

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IEA appealed the transfer decision to the federal appellate court (TRF4). The Federal Court of Appeal’s decision. On August 20, 2021, the TRF4 (through a decision from the reporting judge) suspended the lower court decision to transfer the case and returned the case to the Federal District Court of Curitiba.

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January 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Sierra Club, Consumer Federation of America, and Massachusetts Union of Public Housing Tenants filed a petition for review in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals to challenge the U.S. Groups Challenged “Circumventing” of Efficiency Standards for Dishwashers. Bureau of Land Management , No.

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September 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The Ninth Circuit said the new issuance of NWP 12 rendered the appeals moot and ordered the district court to dismiss the underlying claim. The Ninth Circuit declined, however, to take a position on whether the underlying cases were moot in their entirety and also declined to vacate any district court decisions. Haaland , No.

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July 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The district court found the analysis of greenhouse gas and climate change impacts to be adequate but remanded for consideration of alternatives that did not involve leasing all nominated parcels. The conservation groups’ appeal of the district court decision is still pending, with the opening brief due on July 12.

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