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Bounty laws and citizen suits

Acoel

8, the Texas abortion bounty statute. This law, adopted in 2021, empowers private claimants to sue individuals who assist women seeking an abortion in Texas (or, arguably, outside the state) and recover a statutory award of $10,000 per abortion (plus costs). In Environment Texas Citizen Lobby v. Supreme Court reversed Roe v.

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Federal Water Tap, May 24: In Congress, Lawmakers Target Water Debt Relief, Drought Response

Circle of Blue

It would require the federal government’s economic agencies to measure the “value and impact” of the blue economy, meaning industries that use the open waters. Clean Water Act Compliance. The forecast is for three to five major hurricanes, those with wind speeds above 111 miles per hour that are rated category 3, 4, or 5.

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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

The plaintiffs’ complaint asserting National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Clean Water Act, and Rivers and Harbors Act violations included allegations that the U.S. The federal district court for the Middle District of Louisiana enjoined work on the Bayou Bridge Pipeline in the Atchafalaya Basin in Louisiana.

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August 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

The plaintiffs cited three reasons that the case was not moot: (1) President Biden’s revocation of the presidential permit could be vacated in the pending Texas v. Circuit after President Biden signed a joint resolution under the Congressional Review Act disapproving the September 2020 rule. Biden , No. 3:21-cv-00065 (S.D.

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June 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

In a lawsuit challenging the National Marine Fisheries Service’s 2020 biological opinion concerning oil and gas activities on the outer continental shelf in the Gulf of Mexico, the federal district court for the District of Maryland denied a motion to transfer venue to the Eastern District of Louisiana or the Southern District of Texas.

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July 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

The approval of the permit was therefore contrary to law because climate change had to be considered “to some extent” in order for Ecology to act consistently with implementing regulations under the Clean Water Act and the Water Pollution Control Act. Washington State Dairy Federation v. 52952-1-II (Wash.

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Policy News: June 14, 2021

ESA

It changed long-time agency policy to allow major sources of pollution to reclassify as area sources, a category with fewer regulatory requirements, once their emissions fell below a certain threshold. NC Senate Republicans act to deny Cooper environmental appointee’s confirmation, a first – The News and Observer.

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