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October 2019 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

CLF’s allegations included that the landfill’s coastal location “makes it extremely vulnerable to climate change impacts, including sea level rise and damaging storm surge, creating a significant risk of erosion and of pollution from the Landfill washing into the surrounding rivers and coastal wetlands.” California v. Bernhardt , No.

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May 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Army Corps of Engineers’ motion to hold in abeyance a case challenging the Trump administration’s rules defining “waters of the United States” under the Clean Water Act. Seven weeks after the U.S. San Francisco Baykeeper v. 20-17367 (9th Cir. The federal district court for the District of Arizona denied EPA and the U.S.

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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Earlier in February, the court issued a request for supplemental briefing on the issue of how the concept of “navigable waters of the United States” related to removal jurisdiction. DOE estimated that the standards would reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 99 million metric tons and save consumers and businesses $8.4 BP p.l.c. ,

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November 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

The plaintiffs alleged that Peabody (and a number of other fossil fuel companies) caused greenhouse gas emissions that resulted in sea level rise and damage to their property. Army Corps of Engineers had violated the Clean Water Act. The plaintiffs contended that the U.S.

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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

They are water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, ozone, CFCs, and hydrofluorocarbons. National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) : Set up by the EPA to determine standards for clean water (part of the Clean Water Act). 10 Key International Environmental Laws.

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August 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

National Audubon Society alleged that the rule “vastly expands potential sand mining projects in delicate coastal barriers” and further alleged that coastal barriers would become even more important due to climate change and were expected to mitigate $108 billion of sea level rise and flooding damages over the next 50 years.

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July 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

The approval of the permit was therefore contrary to law because climate change had to be considered “to some extent” in order for Ecology to act consistently with implementing regulations under the Clean Water Act and the Water Pollution Control Act. Washington State Dairy Federation v. 52952-1-II (Wash.

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