2019 Clean Water Act Paris Agreement Politics 
Smith Enviorment
JANUARY 30, 2019
January 30, 2019. Also elephants, giraffes, rhinos (of the non-political variety), Cape buffalo, baboons, uninvited monkeys at lunch, hippos, wildebeests, hyenas, warthogs and an unexpected (to me) penguin colony. Governor Roy Cooper issued an executive order on climate change and clean energy.
Law Columbia
OCTOBER 7, 2019
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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Law Columbia
MAY 7, 2021
Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM’s) supplemental environmental assessment (EA) for oil and gas leases in Wyoming did not comply with the National Environmental Policy Act because it failed to adequately consider climate change impacts. 37-2019-00053964-CU-TT-CTL (Cal. 37-2019-00053679-CU-TT-CTL (Cal. Seven weeks after the U.S.
Law Columbia
JUNE 8, 2021
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. In the lawsuit challenging President Trump’s 2019 issuance of a presidential permit for the U.S.-Canada Indigenous Environmental Network v. Trump , No. May 28, 2021).
Law Columbia
NOVEMBER 7, 2017
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. Republican National Committee , No.
Law Columbia
FEBRUARY 10, 2020
The majority said it “reluctantly” concluded that “the plaintiffs’ case must be made to the political branches or to the electorate at large” and “[t]hat the other branches may have abdicated their responsibility to remediate the problem does not confer on Article III courts, no matter how well-intentioned, the ability to step into their shoes.”
ESA
APRIL 11, 2022
Supreme Court reinstates Trump administration Clean Water Act regulation. Diplomats fail to reach agreement in international biodiversity talks. Despite the panel’s regular reports about the consequences of burning fossil fuels, between 1990 and 2019 global emissions rose 54 percent and they are still rising.
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