ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

For example, in a 2017 decision– Sierra Club v. On the rare occasions that upstream and downstream emissions have been considered, FERC has often failed to quantify the extent of such emissions, assess the significance of their contribution to climate change, or monetize the climate-related damages they cause. . FERC –the D.C.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JANUARY 13, 2021

Sierra Club v. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral argument on January 19, 2021 in fossil fuel companies’ appeal of a Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals decision affirming an order remanding to state court the City of Baltimore’s climate change case against the companies. Army Corps of Engineers , No. 2:20-cv-00396 (D.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Charleston, SC filed suit against fossil fuel companies alleging their responsibility for “devastating” climate change impacts. In Baltimore’s Climate Case Against Fossil Fuel Companies, Supreme Court Agreed to Consider Scope of Appellate Review of Remand Order. Source: Khanrak ). By Margaret Barry and Korey Silverman-Roati.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Sierra Club , are both likely to be rendered moot because of President Joe Biden’s announced changes to immigration policy. Sierra Club challenged the constitutionality of the Mexican border wall funding, the construction of which Biden halted on his first day as president. The removed cases, Mayorkas v.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 6, 2018

West Virginia Court Dismissed Defamation Suit Against John Oliver Brought by Coal Executive and His Companies. Murray and some of his coal companies against the comedian John Oliver and other defendants involved in the production and broadcasting of Oliver’s television show Last Week Tonight. Sierra Club v. 16-1329 (D.C.

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JURIST

JUNE 10, 2021

The permit, issued by the Trump administration in 2017, allowed TC Energy, a Canadian company, to construct the pipeline and maintain facilities in a Montana county. ” The company plans to keep identifying areas to apply its technologies, including its “current evaluation of the potential to power existing U.S.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 9, 2021

Hawai‘i Federal Court Sent Honolulu’s and Maui’s Climate Cases Back to State Court; Fossil Fuel Companies Appealed. The federal district court for the District of Hawai‘i remanded cases brought by the City and County of Honolulu and the County of Maui seeking to hold fossil fuel companies liable for climate change-related damages.

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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

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Circuit also rejected two arguments by coal companies against the ACE Rule. Supreme Court heard oral argument in fossil fuel companies’ appeal of a Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals decision affirming an order remanding to state court the City of Baltimore’s climate change case against the companies. Army Corps of Engineers , No.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

AUGUST 4, 2021

Pipeline Company Voluntarily Dismissed Appeal in Case Challenging South Portland Ordinance. In the Tenth Circuit, both fossil fuel companies and local government entities filed supplemental briefs on July 16. State of Washington ex rel. Haskell v. Spokane County District Court , No. 98719-0 (Wash. July 15, 2021). Biden , No.

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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. Sierra Club v.

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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

In a joint status report filed with the district court for the District of Columbia, EPA indicated that it had completed its search for records responsive to Sierra Club’s request for records on which Wheeler relied. Sierra Club v. Army Corps of Engineers , No. 4:19-cv-00044 (D. 1:19-cv-03018 (D.D.C.). City of Oakland v.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The AGs posit that the NZBA emissions reduction goals amount to a concerted effort to block fossil fuel companies from receiving financial services, and assert that the banks’ participation in the NZBA may run afoul of consumer protection and antitrust laws. companies engaged in the fossil fuel business. Honda Motor Co.,

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

In briefs filed in the case, stakeholders ranging from climate scientists to companies like Apple and Amazon emphasize the importance of the EPA’s role in regulating greenhouse-gas emissions and caution the justices against a ruling that would, they say, hamstring the EPA’s ability to take nationwide action to fight climate change.

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