Law Columbia

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule repealing the Clean Power Plan and finalizing the final Affordable Clean Energy rule in its place. Circuit Ruled that EPA Must Consider Endangered Species in Setting Renewable Fuel Standards. Navy Rear Admiral Tim Gallaudet as acting administrator of NOAA.

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2019 Endangered Species Act Climate Change Greenhouse 40

Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

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.

2018 40

2018 Clean Air Act Climate Change Endangered Species Act 40

Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2021

Circuit Decision Vacating Affordable Clean Energy Rule. Circuit’s January opinion vacating EPA’s repeal and replacement of the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan regulations for controlling carbon emissions from existing power plants. If you know of any cases we have missed, please email us at columbiaclimate@gmail.com. .

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2021 Fossil Fuels Climate Change Endangered Species Act 40

Law Columbia

JUNE 8, 2021

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) did not sufficiently explain why it reversed a previous determination that the Pacific walrus qualified for listing as endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act. Citizens for Clean Energy v. Circuit Decision on Affordable Clean Energy Rule.

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2021 Fossil Fuels Endangered Species Act Climate Change 42

Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The majority said it “reluctantly” concluded that “the plaintiffs’ case must be made to the political branches or to the electorate at large” and “[t]hat the other branches may have abdicated their responsibility to remediate the problem does not confer on Article III courts, no matter how well-intentioned, the ability to step into their shoes.”

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2020 Fossil Fuels Climate Change Greenhouse 40

ESA

APRIL 11, 2022

Although there’s a broad consensus on the science of climate change, that’s not the case with politics. Despite that scrap, the takeaway remains constant — there is no hope of stopping global warming at the Paris Agreement limits of 1.5 This emergency listing jeopardizes a large geothermal energy project in the toad’s habitat.

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2022 Fossil Fuels Clean Water Act Climate Change 98