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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

The court stated: “Plaintiffs’ claims for public nuisance, though pled as state-law claims, depend on a global complex of geophysical cause and effect involving all nations of the planet (and the oceans and atmosphere). Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. The planned pipeline is to be 162.5 Perry , No. 3:17 -cv-03404 (N.D.

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May 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Columbia Climate Law

As a threshold matter, the court found that Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and one of the state petitioners (New York) each had standing based on potential injuries from climate change which were caused in part by HFC emissions and which would be redressed by restrictions on such emissions. Wheeler , No. 18-1172 (D.C.

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August 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed judgment in favor of the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security on claims that the Department violated the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) by failing to consider environmental impacts of certain immigration programs and policies. Mayorkas , No. 20-55777 (9th Cir. July 19, 2021).

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Policy News: April 11, 2022

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Supreme Court reinstates Trump administration Clean Water Act regulation. Maryland General Assembly passes major climate legislation. This latest report looks at mitigation — or what the world can do to stop pumping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. The Magnuson Stevens Act is the main law governing U.S.

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ESA Policy News: September 13, 2021

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The House Natural Resources Committee and the House Science Committee passed their portions of the reconciliation bill out of committee Sept. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration receives $1.24 NOAA also receives $765 climate adaptation and resilience. billion for Civilian Climate Corps. 16, 2021 ).

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Policy News: May 28, 2021

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The scientific community opposed this executive order, over concerns that this category could be used fire scientists whose results contradict the preferences of political employees. House Natural Resources Chairman Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) and Sen. billion for NOAA, a $1.4

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