ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
DECEMBER 11, 2020
Federal Court Found Flaws in New Climate Change Analysis for Wyoming Oil and Gas Leases. The federal district court for the District of Columbia ruled that the U.S. The federal defendants in the instant case said they had concluded that further analysis under NEPA was appropriate for all but three of the leasing decisions.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
OCTOBER 20, 2020
DECISIONS AND SETTLEMENTS. Wyoming Federal Court Vacated 2016 Waste Prevention Rule. The federal district court for the District of Wyoming vacated the bulk of the Waste Prevention Rule promulgated during the Obama administration, holding that the U.S. 1442, or the civil-rights removal statute, 28 U.S.C.
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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
JANUARY 13, 2021
They alleged that BLM was “poised to approve” the helium drilling project despite not having finalized the “curative” NEPA analysis it had undertaken in response to the district court’s March 2019 decision in WildEarth Guardians v. 1442, or the civil-rights removal statute, 28 U.S.C. Bureau of Land Management , No. filed Dec.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
MARCH 6, 2018
DECISIONS AND SETTLEMENTS. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court decision that vacated the listing of the Arctic ringed seal as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). 22, 2018); Wyoming v. order setting schedule Mar. 1, 2018; order denying remand and notice re tutorial Feb.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
MAY 7, 2021
Circuit majority opinion’s interpretation was foreclosed by the statute and violated separation of powers. The states argued that the Supreme Court’s stay of the Clean Power Plan while it was under review by the D.C. DECISIONS AND SETTLEMENTS. The court found that both parties were entitled to intervene as of right.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
JUNE 8, 2021
Supreme Court held that the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals erred when it concluded that its review of the remand order in Baltimore’s climate change case against fossil fuel companies was limited to determining whether the defendants properly removed the case under the federal officer removal statute.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
AUGUST 4, 2021
After the developers terminated the Keystone XL pipeline project, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on July 16, 2021 dismissed for lack of jurisdiction an appeal of the district court’s denial of a motion for a preliminary injunction barring work on the pipeline. The cases were filed in 2016 , 2020 , and 2021.
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