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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Thirteen states, the District of Columbia, and the City of Chicago sought leave to intervene on behalf of the petitioners. Ward freely admits he closed an emergency valve on a tar sands pipeline to prevent harm to the climate, as part of a coordinated action in four states.… Department of the Interior Secretarial Order No.

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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The federal district court for the District of Columbia concluded that it lacked jurisdiction to consider an action challenging President Trump’s Executive Order on “Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs” because the plaintiffs had failed to establish that they had standing to sue.

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