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Montana “Youth Citizens” Win Landmark Climate Change Case Against State Government

Legal Planet

State of Montana, a Montana trial court ruled that the state Constitution’s guarantee of a healthy and clean environment prevails over Montana’s longstanding fossil-fuel-based state energy system. The court’s 103-page decision in Held v. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

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Wind Energy Development in the Gulf of Mexico

The Energy Law Blog

This is the first in a series of articles in which Liskow’s offshore team will discuss the regulatory framework for wind energy projects in federal waters and highlight legal issues pertinent to this dynamic area. Status of Wind Energy in the Gulf of Mexico. REN-N03 (May 27, 2020). federal waters.

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FERC Proposes Reforms to Speed-Up Approval of Interstate Transmission Infrastructure

Law Columbia

A 2020 study found that, in most states, regulators can only approve a transmission line if they determine it is “in the public interest.” For more on that, see our 2020 report here.). The effect is that, where a proposed transmission line travels through several states, it must be approved by all of them.

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