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October 2019 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

The court found that a 2012 no-jeopardy determination was unsupported, arbitrary, and capricious because it did not account for the owl’s recovery. 2012 CA 008263 B (D.C. In addition, the court found that the writer failed to allege elements of an abuse of process or a malicious prosecution claim. National Review, Inc. , filed Sept.

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February 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

The majority said it “reluctantly” concluded that “the plaintiffs’ case must be made to the political branches or to the electorate at large” and “[t]hat the other branches may have abdicated their responsibility to remediate the problem does not confer on Article III courts, no matter how well-intentioned, the ability to step into their shoes.”

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Donald Trump v. The Environment: learning from past attempts to dismantle environmental policy

Environmental Europe

A week after the Paris Agreement entered into force, the United States have elected Donald J. America’s environmental agenda will be guided by true specialists in conservation, not those with radical political agendas. 2] Examples of such principled opposition include calling for the respect for property rights (v.