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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The states said the Wyoming federal court should complete its review and do so on an expedited basis to prevent harm to the parties even though BLM published a proposal to revise and rescind certain requirements of the rule on February 22. Foster , 34-2016-CR-00187 (N.D. NEW CASES, MOTIONS, AND NOTICES.

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June 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The court denied, however, Connecticut’s motion for costs and fees, noting that several issues raised by Exxon were novel in the Second Circuit and that many relevant portions of district court rulings in other circuits had not been subject to appellate review until the Supreme Court’s recent decision in the Baltimore case.

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August 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Washington Supreme Court Said Climate Activist Was Entitled to Present Necessity Defense Based on Evidence that Legal Alternatives Were Not “Truly Reasonable”. In addition, the Ninth Circuit took no position on whether the underlying action was moot or whether vacatur was appropriate, instead leaving those matters to the district court.

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