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December 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Army Corps of Engineer permits for construction of a portion of a proposed methanol refinery and export terminal in Washington (the Kalama Project). The court concluded that the Freedom of Information Act’s deliberative process privilege shielded the redactions from disclosure.

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January 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The federal district court for the District of Maine declined to issue a preliminary injunction barring construction of the New England Clean Energy Connect (NECEC), an electricity transmission project to connect the New England energy grid with non-fossil fuel sources of electric power. Southern Environmental Law Center v. 4:20-cv-00115 (D.

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