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December 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The companies filed their brief on November 16, arguing that the Fourth Circuit erred by concluding that it was limited to reviewing removal based on the federal-officer removal statute. Environmental Groups Challenged Authorization for New Natural Gas Plant in Oregon. Oregon Department of Energy , No. City of Los Angeles , No.

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July 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The Court held that the provision used “extension” in its “temporal sense,” but that the statute did not impose a “continuity requirement” and instead allowed small refineries to apply for hardship extensions “at any time.” Among the inadequacies found by the court was Ecology’s failure to consider climate change in drafting the permits.

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