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Late 2018 — Bits and Pieces

Smith Enviorment

January 30, 2019. Back to North Carolina developments in late 2018: Executive Order on Climate Change and Clean Energy: On October 29, 2018, N.C. Governor Roy Cooper issued an executive order on climate change and clean energy. Today: The 2019 Regular Session of the North Carolina General Assembly convenes.

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October 2019 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

On October 1, 2019, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals denied fossil fuel companies’ motion for a stay pending their appeal of the district court order remanding Baltimore’s climate change lawsuit against the companies to state court. Pursuant to a consent order, the remand order will not be entered until October 10, 2019.

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May 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Columbia Climate Law

In 2019, the court dismissed almost all of the companies’ claims, except for a single defamation claim and a related claim under California’s Unfair Competition Law arising from allegations related to a single set of statements. Briefs Filed in Challenges to ACE Rule and Clean Power Plan Repeal. foreign policy, including the U.S.’s

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May 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Circuit Decision Vacating Affordable Clean Energy Rule. 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. If you know of any cases we have missed, please email us at columbiaclimate@gmail.com. .

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June 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

BLM issued the EA and FONSI in response to the court’s 2019 decision finding that the lifting of the moratorium was a “major federal action” requiring review under NEPA. Citizens for Clean Energy v. In the lawsuit challenging President Trump’s 2019 issuance of a presidential permit for the U.S. 4:17-cv-00030 (D.

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November 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

A day after the court’s decision, BLM published a proposed rule to temporarily suspend or delay certain requirements until January 17, 2019. Army Corps of Engineers had violated the Clean Water Act. California v. Bureau of Land Management , Nos. 17-cv-03804-EDL, 17-cv-3885-EDL (N.D. The plaintiffs contended that the U.S.

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July 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

ruled in 2019 that BLM had failed to adequately assess the potential impacts of greenhouse gas emissions for certain oil and gas leases in Wyoming. Circuit Decision on Affordable Clean Energy Rule. The federal district court for the District of Utah dismissed without prejudice conservation groups’ lawsuit challenging the U.S.

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