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May 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Columbia Climate Law

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.

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Climate Litigation Chart Updates – November 2016

Law Columbia

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court decision that vacated the listing of the Beringia distinct population segment (DPS) of the Pacific bearded seal subspecies as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Circuit Court of Appeals. The plaintiffs charged that the U.S. 4:16 -cv-06040 (N.D.

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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

First, the court said the cities’ novel theories of liability based on the defendants’ sales of their product did not differentiate their claims from earlier transboundary pollution suits in which the Supreme Court ( American Electric Power Co. Arizona Court Ordered Production of Climate Scientists’ Emails Under Arizona’s Public Records Law.

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August 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Energy Policy Advocates v. Court Said Climate Scientist Provided Sufficient Evidence of Actual Malice for Blog Authors but Not for Publisher. The plaintiffs contended that the defendants should have evaluated a no-action alternative’s climate effects and effects on onshore renewable energy. July 15, 2021).

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