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Developments in Opposition to Renewable Energy Facilities Through December 2023

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All of these federal lawsuits include claims that the agencies approving the projects violated the National Environmental Policy Act, among other federal causes of action.

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Cities, counties, and states score major procedural win in climate liability suits against fossil fuel companies

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In total, at least 25 cases have been filed in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawai’i, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Vermont. The plaintiffs strategically pled state law claims and refrained from adding federal causes of action to their cases.

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Supreme Court to hear major case on power of federal agencies

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The stakes in the case are high: The challengers argue that the current deferential standard is unconstitutional, while the Biden administration contends that overturning the existing doctrine would be a “convulsive shock to the legal system.” The doctrine at the center of the case is known as the Chevron doctrine.

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September 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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New Jersey Federal Court Remanded Hoboken’s Climate Case Against Fossil Fuel Companies to State Court. On September 8, 2021, a federal district court in New Jersey granted the City of Hoboken’s motion to remand to state court its climate change lawsuit against oil and gas companies. —in 20-1093, 20-1094 (D.C. Missouri v.