2016 Endangered Species Act Natural Resources Paris Agreement 
ESA
OCTOBER 25, 2021
The UN website describes the aim of the meeting, “The COP26 summit will bring parties together to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.” President Obama recommended a mining withdrawal in this area in 2016, but the Trump administration stopped that process.
Law Columbia
MAY 7, 2021
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.” Circuit majority opinion’s interpretation was foreclosed by the statute and violated separation of powers.
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Law Columbia
MARCH 6, 2018
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). Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. The federal district court for the Northern District of California ordered the U.S. Perry , No.
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. Whitewater Draw Natural Resource Conservation District v.
Law Columbia
JULY 6, 2017
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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