Carbon Dioxide Endangered Species Act Fossil Fuels Paris Agreement 
Environmental Science
SEPTEMBER 7, 2018
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.
Vermont Law
MAY 2, 2023
million metric tons of carbon dioxide annually. But at such a critical point in our struggle to mitigate climate change, is more fossil fuel extraction really what we need? A number of these species are already threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act, and they all face the threat of a warming climate.
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Law Columbia
OCTOBER 7, 2019
Fourth Circuit Declined to Stay Remand Order in Baltimore’s Climate Case Against Fossil Fuel Companies; Companies Sought Stay from Supreme Court. Circuit Ruled that EPA Must Consider Endangered Species in Setting Renewable Fuel Standards. HERE ARE THE ADDITIONS TO THE CLIMATE CASE CHART SINCE UPDATE # 126.
Law Columbia
MARCH 6, 2018
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.
Columbia Climate Law
MAY 8, 2020
Montana Federal Court Vacated Nationwide Permit Due to Corps of Engineers Failure to Initiate Consultation Under Endangered Species Act. The court found that there was “resounding evidence” in the record that authorized discharges may affect endangered and threatened species and critical habitat and that the U.S.
Law Columbia
MAY 7, 2021
The plaintiffs asserted Endangered Species Act claims, focusing on the federal agencies’ consideration of impacts on grizzly bears and bull trout; the plaintiffs alleged that bull trout are “particularly vulnerable” to climate change because they require cold water to spawn and rear. Exxon Mobil Corp. , 451071/2021 (N.Y.
Law Columbia
AUGUST 4, 2021
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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