Law Columbia

JULY 6, 2017

Six environmental groups launched the proceeding challenging the stay after EPA published notice of the stay in the June 5, 2017 issue of the Federal Register. filed June 5, 2017; emergency motion for stay granted July 3, 2017). June 29, 2017). June 28, 2017). June 28, 2017). filed June 9, 2017).

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2017 Clean Air Act Climate Change Renewable Energy 40

Law Columbia

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Circuit Ruled that EPA Must Consider Endangered Species in Setting Renewable Fuel Standards. Circuit Court of Appeals sent the 2018 Renewable Fuel Standards rule back to EPA after finding that EPA failed to comply with requirements of the Endangered Species Act.

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2019 Endangered Species Act Climate Change Greenhouse 40

Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

The court stated that the issue arose “because a necessary and critical element of the hydrological damage caused by defendants’ alleged conduct is the rising sea level along the Pacific coast and in the San Francisco Bay, both of which are navigable waters of the United States.” AquAlliance v. Bureau of Reclamation , No.

2018 40

2018 Clean Air Act Climate Change Endangered Species Act 40

Columbia Climate Law

MAY 8, 2020

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in December 2017 and March 2018 because the environmental assessments for the lease sales failed to meet National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requirements, including by failing to take a hard look at cumulative climate change impacts. Greenpeace International , No. 17-cv-02824 (N.D.

2020 40

2020 Endangered Species Act Climate Change Greenhouse 40

Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2021

Chevron filed the third-party complaint in December 2017 against the company—of which the Norwegian State is majority stakeholder—for indemnity and contribution. Those issues included the revised plan’s impact on the national grizzly bear population. Indigenous Environmental Network v. Trump , No. 4:19-cv-00028 (D. June 9, 2021).

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2021 Climate Change Fossil Fuels Greenhouse 45