2018 Climate Scientist Endangered Species Act Fossil Fuels 
Law Columbia
MARCH 6, 2018
The federal district court for the Northern District of California denied Oakland’s and San Francisco’s motions to remand their climate change public nuisance lawsuits against five major fossil fuel producers to state court. 1, 2018; order denying remand and notice re tutorial Feb. 1, 2018; ruling Feb. BP p.l.c. ,
Law Columbia
OCTOBER 7, 2019
HERE ARE THE ADDITIONS TO THE CLIMATE CASE CHART SINCE UPDATE # 126. Fourth Circuit Declined to Stay Remand Order in Baltimore’s Climate Case Against Fossil Fuel Companies; Companies Sought Stay from Supreme Court. Circuit Ruled that EPA Must Consider Endangered Species in Setting Renewable Fuel Standards.
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Columbia Climate Law
MAY 8, 2020
Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) 2018 rule in which EPA decided to expand the D.C. EPA’s 2018 rule also suspended the prohibition for companies currently using ozone-depleting substances. In ruling on the challenge to the 2018 rule, the D.C. The court also rejected the contention that the 2018 rule was not final action.
Law Columbia
JUNE 6, 2023
The project will also contribute to “ carbon lock-in ” – the process by which expanding oil and gas infrastructure causes continued dependence on fossil fuels. This approach has been used to assess the responsibility of specific entities, such as national governments and carbon emitting companies, to climate change-related harms.
Law Columbia
AUGUST 4, 2021
Court Said Climate Scientist Provided Sufficient Evidence of Actual Malice for Blog Authors but Not for Publisher. In the Tenth Circuit, both fossil fuel companies and local government entities filed supplemental briefs on July 16. Energy Policy Advocates v. Mayor & City Council of Baltimore , No. July 15, 2021).
ESA
APRIL 11, 2022
It was a familiarly stark report card on the world’s progress on cutting emissions from the IPCC, which has been monitoring climate change since 1988. Despite the panel’s regular reports about the consequences of burning fossil fuels, between 1990 and 2019 global emissions rose 54 percent and they are still rising.
ESA
JUNE 1, 2021
Even when Republicans controlled both the House and Senate in 2017 and 2018, Congress largely rejected these steep cuts. EPA Administrator Michael Regan announced that the agency will rewrite a Trump administration regulation that limited state’s ability to block pipeline and fossil fuel export facilities under the Clean Water Act.
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