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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. Greenhouse gas : A group of gases known to be responsible for increasing the “greenhouse effect” - that is, gases that absorb infrared radiation and increase atmospheric density.

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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

California Federal Court Barred BLM from Enforcing Delay of Oil and Natural Gas Waste Prevention Rule; States, Trade Groups Asked Wyoming Court to Expedite Review of Rule and Suspend Deadlines. The standards are for portable air conditioners, air compressors, commercial packaged boilers, and uninterruptible power supplies.

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May 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Columbia Climate Law

In addition, Coal Industry Petitioners and another set of petitioners with members that included companies in the petroleum, trucking, forest products, and other industries, as well as individuals and nonprofit organizations, filed briefs arguing that EPA could not regulate carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants under Section 111.

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August 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Federal Court Rejected Federal Preemption Challenge to Berkeley Natural Gas Ban. The court also noted that states and localities “expressly maintain control over the local distribution of natural gas under related federal statutes” such as the Natural Gas Act.

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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. Lawsuit Challenged 2021 Reissuance of Nationwide Permit for Oil and Gas Projects. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission , No. 20-1161 (D.C. 66,496 (Dec. 15,2 2009).

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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. These include two major regulatory rollbacks: the weakening of motor vehicle standards and the repeal of methane controls on the oil and natural gas sector. Read more here>>> A Government-Wide Approach.

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July 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

The federal district court for the Western District of Louisiana issued a nationwide preliminary injunction barring the Biden administration from implementing a “Pause” on new oil and natural gas leases on public lands or in offshore waters. Circuit Vacated Approval for Natural Gas Pipeline in St. 20-472 (U.S. Louis area.

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