ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Federal Court Found Flaws in New Climate Change Analysis for Wyoming Oil and Gas Leases. BLM approved these leases prior to the court’s decision in March 2019 (also noted in the Feature Case, above) finding that BLM’s analysis of the climate change impacts of certain other oil and gas leases in Wyoming was insufficient.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

The First Circuit—like the Fourth, Ninth, and Tenth Circuits in other climate change cases—concluded that the scope of its appellate review was limited to whether the defendants properly removed the case under the federal-officer removal statute. On October 8, the District of Wyoming vacated the 2016 rule, with judgment entered on October 23.

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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. 1442, or the civil-rights removal statute, 28 U.S.C. The plaintiffs alleged that BLM recognized, based on WildEarth Guardians v.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 2, 2021

After the Louisiana federal court issued the nationwide injunction, the federal district court for the District of Wyoming issued a sua sponte order in a separate case challenging the pause on new onshore leasing. On June 30, the Wyoming federal court denied the motions without prejudice, finding that they were “materially moot.”

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