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Climate Litigation Chart Updates – November 2016

Law Columbia

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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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

The court held that federal common law necessarily governed the nuisance claims because “[a] patchwork of fifty different answers to the same fundamental global issue would be unworkable” and “the extent of any judicial relief should be uniform across our nation.” The planned pipeline is to be 162.5 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.

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Special Policy News #6: The Transition

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National Academies recommends that the U.S. A new climate-focused national lab will be affiliated with an HBCU. House Science Committee Chairwoman Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) and Ranking Member Frank Lucas (R-OK) introduced the National Science Foundation for the Future Act ( H.R. Executive Branch. Scientific Community.

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