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What Happened During the Montana Youth Climate Trial

Legal Planet

The very first American trial of a youth climate lawsuit was hardly blockbuster Court TV, but we learned a lot from the proceedings. As I outlined here , Montana state law prohibits the consideration of greenhouse gas emissions or climate impacts–– inside and outside the state’s borders––when reviewing projects and approving permits.

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Climate Litigation Chart Updates – November 2016

Law Columbia

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had failed to fulfill its non-discretionary obligation under Section 321(a) of the Clean Air Act to conduct evaluations of loss or shifts in employment that might result from implementation of the Clean Air Act. Murray Energy Corp. McCarthy , No. 5:14 -cv-39 (N.D.

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Roe v. Wade Draft Bodes Ill for Air, Wetlands and EPA

Union of Concerned Scientists

Outside of bird protection acts of the early 20 th century, protections for water, air and the atmosphere are a late 20 th -century development, created in the wake of Rachel Carson’s 1962 treatise on pesticides, Silent Spring. So, if it’s a pollutant, we’re all polluting.”. There is now a 99.9 After the Massachusetts v.

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October 2019 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

HERE ARE THE ADDITIONS TO THE CLIMATE CASE CHART SINCE UPDATE # 126. Fourth Circuit Declined to Stay Remand Order in Baltimore’s Climate Case Against Fossil Fuel Companies; Companies Sought Stay from Supreme Court. Court Dismissed Counterclaims in Climate Scientist’s Defamation Lawsuit. FEATURED CASE.

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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. Arizona Court Ordered Production of Climate Scientists’ Emails Under Arizona’s Public Records Law.

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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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August 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Court Said Climate Scientist Provided Sufficient Evidence of Actual Malice for Blog Authors but Not for Publisher. In the Tenth Circuit, both fossil fuel companies and local government entities filed supplemental briefs on July 16. Energy Policy Advocates v. Mayor & City Council of Baltimore , No. July 15, 2021).

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