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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

Fossil fuel : Any mineralized formerly organic material extracted from the ground and used in energy production: coal, natural gas, oil. They are water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, ozone, CFCs, and hydrofluorocarbons. Healthcare is an expensive business no matter where you are in the world.

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October 2019 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Fourth Circuit Declined to Stay Remand Order in Baltimore’s Climate Case Against Fossil Fuel Companies; Companies Sought Stay from Supreme Court. States and Cities Challenged Rule Preempting State Regulation of Vehicle Carbon Dioxide Emissions. HERE ARE THE ADDITIONS TO THE CLIMATE CASE CHART SINCE UPDATE # 126.

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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

The federal district court for the Northern District of California denied Oakland’s and San Francisco’s motions to remand their climate change public nuisance lawsuits against five major fossil fuel producers to state court. Based Fossil Fuel Companies Filed Motions to Dismiss New York City’s Climate Change Lawsuit.

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May 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Columbia Climate Law

The Oregon Supreme Court agreed with a petitioner that the Attorney General should modify the text of a ballot title that, if adopted by voters, would amend an Oregon statute to require that greenhouse gas emissions from industry and fossil fuel sources be reduced by 100% below 1990 levels by 2050.

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May 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

The first petition was filed by West Virginia and 18 other states that had intervened to defend the repeal and replacement rule, known as the Affordable Clean Energy rule. Maryland County Filed Climate Change Lawsuit Against Fossil Fuel Companies and Trade Group. Exxon Mobil Corp. , 451071/2021 (N.Y. BP p.l.c. ,

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August 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

In the Tenth Circuit, both fossil fuel companies and local government entities filed supplemental briefs on July 16. In Baltimore’s case, the fossil fuel companies’ supplemental opening brief is due August 6, the supplemental response brief is due September 7, and any supplemental reply brief is due September 28.

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Climate Reregulation: Three Months In

Law Columbia

On Inauguration Day, the United States also began the process of rejoining the Paris Agreement. The working group is expected to announce new estimates for the social costs of carbon, methane, and nitrous oxide in January 2022. Read more here>>> A Government-Wide Approach. Circuit struck down last year.