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Policy News: January 10, 2022

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4 that he “probably” can come to agreement with other Senate Democrats regarding the climate and clean energy provisions of the bill. Ted Lieu (D-CA) introduced the Climate Solutions Act ( H.R. to reduce greenhouse gases emissions to 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2050. However, Manchin signaled Jan. 18, 2021).

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Policy News: March 14, 2022

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Supreme Court hears Clean Power Plan case. Maryland State Senate Committee advances a bill to reduce the state’s greenhouse gas emissions. Applegate is a career USGS employee who has served as the acting USGS director for the past year. These species are found in Arkansas, Kansas and Missouri. International.

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September 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Circuit found that FERC failed to address the significance of a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulation that the petitioners argued required use of the social cost of carbon or another methodology to assess the impacts of the projects’ greenhouse gas emissions. The court also held that these claims were not ripe.

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February 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Circuit Declined to Speed Up or Slow Down Challenges to Withdrawal of California Waiver and Preemption of State Authority to Regulate Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Washington Supreme Court Invalidated Regulation of Indirect Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Northern Plains Resource Council v. Trump , No. 4:19-cv-00028 (D. C076888 (Cal.

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July 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Bureau of Land Management failed to take a hard look at the indirect and cumulative impacts of greenhouse gases associated with a coal lease that authorized expansion of a coal mine. ruled in 2019 that BLM had failed to adequately assess the potential impacts of greenhouse gas emissions for certain oil and gas leases in Wyoming.

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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court decision that vacated the listing of the Arctic ringed seal as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The decision also addressed a number of non-climate change claims under NEPA, the Endangered Species Act, CEQA, and other state law.

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Special Policy News #7: The Transition

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Among other things, the task force will review how to apply the social cost of greenhouse gas to environmental reviews of projects on Interior-managed land, according to the order. How Mexico’s Vast Tree-Planting Program Ended Up Encouraging Deforestation – Bloomberg Green. Scientific Community.

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