ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JANUARY 13, 2021

On December 14, four environmental groups filed a lawsuit in the court to block the Secretary of the Interior and other defendants from approving applications for permit to drill under the lease. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act in March 2019. 1442, or the civil-rights removal statute, 28 U.S.C.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Fourth Circuit Declined to Stay Remand Order in Baltimore’s Climate Case Against Fossil Fuel Companies; Companies Sought Stay from Supreme Court. On the same day, the companies filed an application for a stay in the U.S. On September 13, the companies filed an expedited motion for stay pending appeal in the First Circuit.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

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. DECISIONS AND SETTLEMENTS. Chevron Corp. —in

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 6, 2018

The federal district court for the Northern District of California denied Oakland’s and San Francisco’s motions to remand their climate change public nuisance lawsuits against five major fossil fuel producers to state court. Public Citizen, Inc. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. Trump , No. 1:17 -cv-00253 (D.D.C.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JUNE 8, 2021

In Baltimore’s Climate Case Against Fossil Fuel Companies, Supreme Court Held that Appellate Review of Remand Order Extends to All Grounds for Removal. The Court declined to review the companies’ other grounds for removal, finding that the “wiser course” was to allow the Fourth Circuit to address them in the first instance.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MAY 7, 2021

States and Coal Company Sought Review of D.C. The second petition was filed by a coal mining company. The company argued that the D.C. Like the states, the company contended that Supreme Court had already recognized the critical importance of this question when it stayed the Clean Power Plan. FEATURED CASE. Haaland , Nos.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Circuit also rejected two arguments by coal companies against the ACE Rule. In addition, the court declined to find venue was proper in Boulder County based on the defendant’s subsidiary’s production of fossil fuels in the county. Army Corps of Engineers , No. 1:20-cv-03817 (D.D.C. On January 19, 2021, the U.S. City of Hoboken v.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

AUGUST 4, 2021

The plaintiffs—identified as environmentalists, environmental groups, natural resource conservation groups, and cattle ranchers—alleged, among other things, that the immigration actions resulted in increased greenhouse gas emissions. Pipeline Company Voluntarily Dismissed Appeal in Case Challenging South Portland Ordinance.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 2, 2021

The parties all opposed staying the proceedings, though the trade group petitioners said the court could temporarily defer ruling on their motion for a preliminary injunction. Chevron filed the third-party complaint in December 2017 against the company—of which the Norwegian State is majority stakeholder—for indemnity and contribution.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Bankruptcy Court Said California City and Counties Could Not Sue Coal Company for Climate Change Impacts. The plaintiffs alleged that Peabody (and a number of other fossil fuel companies) caused greenhouse gas emissions that resulted in sea level rise and damage to their property. Truck Trailer Manufacturers Association, Inc.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 9, 2021

Second Circuit Rejected New York City’s State Law Climate Claims Against Oil Companies. The Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of New York City’s lawsuit seeking climate change damages from oil companies. The Second Circuit’s decision largely followed the reasoning of the district court’s 2018 decision.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Ninth Circuit Heard Oral Argument in California Local Government Cases; Fossil Fuel Companies Said Juliana Decision Supported Their Position. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments on February 5, 2020 in the appeals in California local governments’ climate change cases against fossil fuel companies.

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Fordham Law News

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

2] A similar occurrence, of far more partisan timbre, arose in late 2020 as banks collectively began denying financing to certain fossil fuel activities. [3] 2] A similar occurrence, of far more partisan timbre, arose in late 2020 as banks collectively began denying financing to certain fossil fuel activities. [3] 1] See Rockaway Bev.,

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