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May 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Circuit’s January opinion vacating EPA’s repeal and replacement of the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan regulations for controlling carbon emissions from existing power plants. The states argued that the Supreme Court’s stay of the Clean Power Plan while it was under review by the D.C. Seven weeks after the U.S.

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November 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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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. Peabody, a coal company, filed for bankruptcy in April 2016 and emerged from bankruptcy under a plan that became effective on April 3, 2017. Foster , No.

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February 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Army Corps of Engineers’ issue of a Section 404 permit under the Clean Water Act for a new petrochemical plant on the Mississippi River in Louisiana. UN Human Rights Committee Views Adopted on Teitiota Communication , CCPR/C/127/D/2728/2016 (UN Human Rights Committee). Total (Nanterre District Court).

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The Trump Watch: What Does the New Administration Portend for the Environment?

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As CEO of Exxon Mobil, the world’s largest publicly-traded oil business, Tillerson’s 2016 compensation was $24.3 in domestic or international efforts to reduce carbon emissions. Such paltry figures, though, amount to pocket change for the future Secretary of State. An important aspect of the U.S.

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