2014 Government Paris Agreement Sea Level 
Legal Planet
MARCH 10, 2022
Most of that discussion was at a very general level. The Paris agreement calls for capping warming as near as possible to 1.5° It’s worth taking a closer look at some key findings and their policy implications. Here, I want to focus on several key points in the report. for avoiding dangerous warming. C in the near?
Law Columbia
JULY 6, 2017
The federal government argued that denial of the motion to dismiss was based on clear error and that mandamus was warranted to confine the district court to the lawful exercise of its jurisdiction. Federal Government Moved to Dismiss Keystone Pipeline Challenges. filed June 13, 2017).
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Law Columbia
OCTOBER 7, 2019
Colorado Federal Court Remanded Local Governments’ Climate Case to State Court. The court said the defendants’ argument that the plaintiffs’ state law claims were governed by federal common law appeared to be a matter of ordinary preemption, which would not provide a basis for federal jurisdiction. Rhode Island v. Chevron Corp. ,
Law Columbia
MARCH 6, 2018
The court held that federal common law necessarily governed the nuisance claims because “[a] patchwork of fifty different answers to the same fundamental global issue would be unworkable” and “the extent of any judicial relief should be uniform across our nation.” Connecticut ) and Ninth Circuit ( Native Village of Kivalina v.
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. In the Tenth Circuit, both fossil fuel companies and local government entities filed supplemental briefs on July 16. July 16, 2021); Indigenous Environmental Network v. Trump , No. 4:19-00028 (D.
Columbia Climate Law
MAY 8, 2020
A climate change-related argument rejected by the trial court—that sea level rise projections in the Plan were too high and not based on best available science—did not appear to have been before the appellate court. argued that the agreements and related arrangements conflicted with and were an obstacle to U.S.
Law Columbia
JULY 2, 2021
The third-party complaint asserted that while the plaintiffs’ claims were meritless, Statoil, “as well as potentially the many other sovereign governments that use and promote fossil fuels,” must be joined as third-party defendants. Chevron filed similar notices of withdrawal in other cases brought by California localities. 20-1778 (U.S.
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