category government-administration 
Law Columbia
JULY 6, 2017
Circuit Vacated EPA’s Administrative Stay of Methane Standards for Oil and Gas Facilities. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) lacked authority to administratively stay portions of new source performance standards for the oil and gas sector for which it had granted requests for reconsideration. FEATURED CASE. A divided D.C.
Law Columbia
NOVEMBER 1, 2016
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). Sentencing was scheduled for February 3, 2017. United States v. Ruffatto , No.
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Law Columbia
MARCH 6, 2018
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.” Connecticut ) and Ninth Circuit ( Native Village of Kivalina v.
Law Columbia
JUNE 8, 2021
In three other cases brought by local and state governments against fossil fuel companies, the Supreme Court granted petitions for writ of certiorari seeking review of decisions affirming remand orders. DECISIONS AND SETTLEMENTS Supreme Court Sent Other Climate Cases Back to Lower Appellate Courts for Review of Other Grounds for Removal.
ESA
FEBRUARY 28, 2022
Williams joined the Biden administration in January 2021 and is currently serving as the agency’s principal deputy director. She previously worked as the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks director from 2017–2020 and was an assistant professor of law at the University of Montana. 6617 ) Feb. Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Rep.
Law Columbia
JULY 2, 2021
Louisiana Federal Court Blocked Biden Administration “Pause” on New Oil and Gas Leases. The federal district court for the Western District of Louisiana issued a nationwide preliminary injunction barring the Biden administration from implementing a “Pause” on new oil and natural gas leases on public lands or in offshore waters.
ESA
NOVEMBER 22, 2021
Fish and Wildlife Service receives $180 million for developing and carrying out Endangered Species Act recovery plans and a combined $19.4 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration gets $1.5 But when the Trump administration took office, it repealed that rule and issued its own, far narrower definition.
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