Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Shell Oil Loses Arctic Drilling Lawsuit Anastasia Pantsios | EcoWatch | November 13, 2014 In early October it was announced that the Greenpeace Campaign to get Danish toy company LEGO to sever its nearly 50-year partnership with the oil giant was successful. References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Shell Oil Loses Arctic Drilling Lawsuit Anastasia Pantsios | EcoWatch | November 13, 2014 In early October it was announced that the Greenpeace Campaign to get Danish toy company LEGO to sever its nearly 50-year partnership with the oil giant was successful. References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 7, 2019

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. The court dismissed the proceedings 11 days after the effective date of the U.S.

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Legal Planet

MAY 11, 2023

still does not limit carbon emissions from existing power plants, which generate 25 percent of our greenhouse gases. On June 2, 2014 , this blog led with an almost-identical sentence about EPA releasing its rule to regulate climate change-related carbon emissions from existing power plants, known as the Clean Power Plan.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

California Court Set Aside Environmental Reviews for Plant Pest Prevention and Management Program but Rejected Argument that Agency Failed to Consider Greenhouse Gas and Other Impacts of Program Modifications. ExxonMobil Corp. applied federal common law. North Coast Rivers Alliance v. Circuit’s Revocation of Project Authorizations.

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Columbia Climate Law

MAY 8, 2020

EPA of a 2015 rule barring replacement of ozone-depleting substances with hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), which are powerful greenhouse gases. The court also found that denial of the permit application based on State Environmental Policy Act substantive authority was not clearly erroneous. Circuit’s partial vacatur in Mexichem Fluor, Inc.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 4, 2021

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to issue a decision on Exxon’s application to renew the NPDES permit, which had expired in 2014. The district court had granted Exxon’s motion to stay the case under the doctrine of primary jurisdiction to allow the U.S. Oatly Group AB , No. 1:21-cv-06485 (S.D.N.Y., filed July 30, 2021); Jochims v.

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Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2021

The Clean Air Act provision at issue authorizes small refineries to petition EPA “for an extension of the exemption … for the reason of disproportionate economic hardship.” ruled in 2019 that BLM had failed to adequately assess the potential impacts of greenhouse gas emissions for certain oil and gas leases in Wyoming.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

The plaintiffs alleged that Peabody (and a number of other fossil fuel companies) caused greenhouse gas emissions that resulted in sea level rise and damage to their property. Circuit Stayed Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for Truck Trailers.

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ESA

MAY 6, 2021

will halve its greenhouse gas emissions from 2005 levels. He served as NOAA’s chief scientist from 2014 and 2016 and has also led both NOAA’s Office of Atmospheric Research and the National Ocean Service. EPA – Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit. Richard Spinrad to be NOAA administrator.

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