ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 11, 2020

In its November 17 opinion, the Fourth Circuit found that on remand from the 2018 decision EPA had addressed most of the deficiencies but that supplemental materials from another case called into question EPA assertions about the criteria the Department of Energy and EPA used to support denial. Ergon-West Virginia, Inc. 19-2128 (4th Cir.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

The First Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court order remanding to state court the State of Rhode Island’s lawsuit that seeks relief from oil and gas companies for climate change injuries allegedly caused by the companies’ actions. Tenth Circuit Ordered Coal Company to Stop Preparation for Mining in Colorado Roadless Area.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 6, 2018

ExxonMobil Corp. The plaintiffs’ complaint asserting National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Clean Water Act, and Rivers and Harbors Act violations included allegations that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers , No. California Federal Court Ordered Publication of Obama-Era Energy Conservation Standards in Federal Register.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MAY 7, 2021

States and Coal Company Sought Review of D.C. Circuit Decision Vacating Affordable Clean Energy Rule. The first petition was filed by West Virginia and 18 other states that had intervened to defend the repeal and replacement rule, known as the Affordable Clean Energy rule. The second petition was filed by a coal mining company.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

In a split decision, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that young people and other plaintiffs asserting a claim against the federal government for infringement of a Fifth Amendment due process right to a “ climate system capable of sustaining human life” did not have Article III standing. Portland Pipe Line Corp.

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