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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

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). California Federal Court Ordered Publication of Obama-Era Energy Conservation Standards in Federal Register. billion over a 30-year period.

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May 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Columbia Climate Law

As a threshold matter, the court found that Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and one of the state petitioners (New York) each had standing based on potential injuries from climate change which were caused in part by HFC emissions and which would be redressed by restrictions on such emissions. Wheeler , No. 18-1172 (D.C.

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August 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

The First Circuit found that it had appellate jurisdiction even though the stay order was not a final decision because the stay order rendered Conservation Law Foundation “effectively out of court” due to the length of the stay and its indefinite nature. Conservation Law Foundation v. Exxon Mobil Corp. , 20-1456 (1st Cir.

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Policy News: February 28, 2022

ESA

Senate Energy and Natural Resource Committee leaders introduce legislation to reauthorize the Department of Energy Office of Science. Supreme Court to hear climate case. Wisconsin Natural Resources Board approves new PFAS standards. 3593 ), which was included in the America COMPETES Act ( H.R. 16: .

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Policy News: July 18, 2022

ESA

Court strikes down Trump administration Endangered Species Act regulations. IPBES releases reports about valuing nature and the use of wild species. House Natural Resources Committee: The full committee voted to advance a bill ( H.R. Executive Branch. International. Executive Branch. West Virginia v.

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Policy News: April 11, 2022

ESA

report on how world can still stop climate change. Senate committee approves conservation funding bill. USFWS issues rare emergency rule listing the Dixie Valley toad as an endangered species. Supreme Court reinstates Trump administration Clean Water Act regulation. In this issue: 5 Takeaways from U.N.

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Policy News: May 28, 2021

ESA

House Natural Resources Chairman Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) and Sen. Richard Blumenthal introduced the Extinction Prevention Act ( H.R. This proposed rule comes after voluntary conservation agreements between USFWS, state, the oil and gas industry and other federal agencies failed to restore lesser prairie chicken populations.

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