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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The Second Circuit said the Connecticut statutes authorizing the solicitations did not compel utilities to enter into contracts with specific bidders. The Second Circuit also distinguished the Connecticut program from a Maryland regulatory scheme that the U.S. Supreme Court determined was preempted in Hughes v.

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November 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) authorization of liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports from three facilities in Louisiana, Maryland, and Texas. In an unpublished decision, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the U.S. A Minnesota trial court granted four environmental activists’ motion to present a necessity defense.

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