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Climate Litigation Chart Updates – November 2016

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The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court decision that vacated the listing of the Beringia distinct population segment (DPS) of the Pacific bearded seal subspecies as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). 24, 2016); Alaska Oil & Gas Association v. 451962/2016 (N.Y.

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Climate Attribution and the Willow Project: Federal Obligations to Evaluate the Effects of Fossil Fuel Leasing on Endangered Species

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The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) estimates that it will produce 576 million barrels of oil over its 30-year lifetime, resulting in more than 239 million metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO 2 )-equivalent. Specifically, Notz & Stroeve (2016) found that each metric ton of CO 2 results in a sustained loss of 3 ± 0.3

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October 2019 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Circuit Court of Appeals granted motions seeking to dismiss as moot the proceedings challenging the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan, which established emission guidelines for greenhouse gases from existing power plants. Circuit Ruled that EPA Must Consider Endangered Species in Setting Renewable Fuel Standards.

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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court decision that vacated the listing of the Arctic ringed seal as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). DOE estimated that the standards would reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 99 million metric tons and save consumers and businesses $8.4

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Using Attribution Science to Evaluate the Effects of Oil and Gas Emissions on Endangered and Threatened Species

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The project is controversial due to its contribution to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and its location on the North Slope of Alaska, which happens to be the largest undisturbed track of public land in the U.S. 2016) ; Derocher et al. and an area that is highly sensitive to climate change. square meters of September sea-ice.

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May 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Circuit in 2016 signaled that the legal framework for the Clean Power Plan “hinges on important issues of federal that EPA then—and the court below now—got so wrong this Court was likely to grant review.” Developers of Southern California Warehouse Project Agreed to Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Measures to Resolve CEQA Claims.

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August 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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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.

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