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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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October 2019 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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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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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

34-2015-80002005 (Cal. Arizona Court Ordered Production of Climate Scientists’ Emails Under Arizona’s Public Records Law. ExxonMobil Corp. applied federal common law. The court said that it agreed with the Department on this front and found that the petitioners had failed to meet their burden. North Coast Rivers Alliance v.

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Policy News: May 28, 2021

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The scientific community opposed this executive order, over concerns that this category could be used fire scientists whose results contradict the preferences of political employees. Richard Blumenthal introduced the Extinction Prevention Act ( H.R. Global Change Research Program since 2015. Kuperberg had led the U.S.

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