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Climate Litigation Chart Updates – November 2016

Law Columbia

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had failed to fulfill its non-discretionary obligation under Section 321(a) of the Clean Air Act to conduct evaluations of loss or shifts in employment that might result from implementation of the Clean Air Act. Murray Energy Corp. McCarthy , No. 5:14 -cv-39 (N.D.

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Ripe for Disaster Declarations: Heat, Wildfire Smoke…and Death Data

Union of Concerned Scientists

For instance, while Hurricane Katrina took 1,400 lives in the US in 2005, Cyclone Nargis in the Bay of Bengal made landfall in Myanmar in 2008 and killed 140,000 people—100 times more people than Katrina. People perishing by heat or smoke one by one in the privacy of their homes or in the sterility of hospitals is relatively invisible.

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October 2019 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

In addition, the court rejected the contention that the Clean Air Act or foreign affairs doctrine completely preempted the plaintiffs’ claims and also indicated that federal common law would not provide a basis for complete preemption. Court Dismissed Counterclaims in Climate Scientist’s Defamation Lawsuit.

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May 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Columbia Climate Law

Individuals, companies, and organizations filed 18 amicus briefs in support of the Public Health and Environmental Petitioners, State and Municipal Petitioners, Clean Energy Associations, and Power Company Petitioners. Army Corps of Engineers for a docking facility in New Jersey to transport liquefied natural gas (LNG) to docked vessels.