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Climate Litigation Chart Updates – November 2016

Law Columbia

Ninth Circuit Reinstated Listing of Bearded Seal as Threatened Based on Climate Change Projections. 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).

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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a West Virginia federal district court had erred in concluding that it had jurisdiction to consider the coal company Murray Energy Corporation’s and its affiliates’ lawsuit that sought to compel EPA to conduct evaluations of the Clean Air Act’s employment effects. 451962/2016 (N.Y.

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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Ninth Circuit Reinstated Listing of Arctic Ringed Seals as Threatened. 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). DECISIONS AND SETTLEMENTS. AquAlliance v. Bureau of Reclamation , No.

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August 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

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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Special Policy News #6: The Transition

ESA

The grant program ended in 2016 due to a lack of funding. The House Transportation and Infrastructure approved the Promoting United Government Efforts to Save Our Sound (PUGET SOS) Act ( R. A new species status assessment for the grizzly bear in the lower 48 states finds that grizzly bear populations have recovered since the U.S.

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