ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 11, 2020

The federal district court for the District of Columbia granted BLM’s and federal officials’ motion for voluntary remand without vacatur of claims that they failed to comply with NEPA in connection with 27 oil and gas leasing decisions across Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, New Mexico, and Montana between September 2016 and March 2019.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 20, 2020

After District Court Declined to Enjoin Coal Company’s Road-Building Activities in Colorado, Tenth Circuit Entered Temporary Injunction. Forest Service adopted the North Fork Exception to the Colorado Roadless Rule in 2016, allowing for road construction related to coal mining in the Sunset Roadless Area. BP America Inc. ,

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Court Government Compensatory Damages Litigation 72

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MAY 7, 2021

DECISIONS AND SETTLEMENTS. Parties Voluntarily Dismissed Appeals of Federal Court Decision Requiring More Climate Change Analysis for Wyoming Oil and Gas Leases. The court found that both parties were entitled to intervene as of right. 20-1530 (U.S. 29, 2021); North American Coal Corp. 20-1531 (U.S. Haaland , No.

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