2016 Atmosphere Climate Scientist Endangered Species Act 
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. Chao , No. 1:19-cv-02826 (D.D.C., filed Sept.
Law Columbia
MARCH 6, 2018
The court stated: “Plaintiffs’ claims for public nuisance, though pled as state-law claims, depend on a global complex of geophysical cause and effect involving all nations of the planet (and the oceans and atmosphere). Arizona Court Ordered Production of Climate Scientists’ Emails Under Arizona’s Public Records Law.
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Law Columbia
JUNE 6, 2023
Bernhardt’s reasoning was that it would be impossible to establish the requisite causal link between GHG emissions, global climate change, and specific localized effects on species and their habitat due to the “complex and independent processes active in the atmosphere and the ocean acting on GHGs.” 3 ; Laidre et al.
Law Columbia
AUGUST 4, 2021
The Washington Supreme Court ruled that a climate activist should be permitted to present a necessity defense to charges of criminal trespass and unlawful obstruction of a train in connection with a 2016 protest on railroad tracks used by trains carrying coal and oil products. The cases were filed in 2016 , 2020 , and 2021.
ESA
JULY 18, 2022
Court strikes down Trump administration Endangered Species Act regulations. IPBES releases reports about valuing nature and the use of wild species. 6654 ) from Chair Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) permanently authorizing National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers. Sarah Kapnick as the agency’s chief scientist.
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