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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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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JANUARY 13, 2021

Supreme Court Agreed to Hear Small Refiners’ Appeal in Renewable Fuel Standard Exemption Case. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) orders granting three petitions for extensions of small refinery exemptions from renewable fuel standards. On January 8, 2021, the U.S. 1442, or the civil-rights removal statute, 28 U.S.C. 20-783 (U.S.

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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. Chevron Corp. —in

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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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FEBRUARY 10, 2021

The court said Congress knew “both the scope and important of what it was doing” when it gave EPA authority to set standards and that it “cabined the EPA’s authority with concrete and judicially enforceable statutory limitations.” With respect to the significant regulatory consequences of the standards, the D.C. A20-1071 (Minn.

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AUGUST 4, 2021

Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) 2019 rule setting renewable fuel volumes in the Clean Air Act’s Renewable Fuel Standard Program. Pipeline Company Voluntarily Dismissed Appeal in Case Challenging South Portland Ordinance. State of Washington ex rel. Haskell v. Spokane County District Court , No. 98719-0 (Wash. Biden , No.

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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. The company argued that the D.C. Circuit erred by “untethering” Section 111(d) standards from the existing source being regulated. FEATURED CASE. Public Citizen , 541 U.S.

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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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