category nepa 
ESA
JUNE 14, 2021
US Fish and Wildlife Service reverses Endangered Species Act rules. NEPA: The Council on Environmental Quality has a three-step plan related to the National Environmental Policy Act rules, which guide federal permitting decisions and other actions. Executive Branch. International.
Law Columbia
SEPTEMBER 15, 2020
However, as explained below, siting decisions for pipelines and transmission lines are governed by different laws, and while both are subject to environmental review, their environmental impacts are not comparable. These permitting decisions may then subject transmission lines to NEPA, among other statutes. .
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Law Columbia
JUNE 8, 2021
In three other cases brought by local and state governments against fossil fuel companies, the Supreme Court granted petitions for writ of certiorari seeking review of decisions affirming remand orders. The federal district court for the Eastern District of California rejected challenges to the NEPA review for a forest thinning project.
ESA
FEBRUARY 28, 2022
Appropriations: Congress approved a measure to keep the government open through March 11. President Biden signed the Further Additional Extending Government Funding Act ( H.R. The federal government has been operating under a continuing resolution since October 2021. 6617 ) Feb. Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Rep. 3664 , H.R.
Law Columbia
MARCH 6, 2018
The court held that federal common law necessarily governed the nuisance claims because “[a] patchwork of fifty different answers to the same fundamental global issue would be unworkable” and “the extent of any judicial relief should be uniform across our nation.” Connecticut ) and Ninth Circuit ( Native Village of Kivalina v.
Law Columbia
AUGUST 4, 2021
Ninth Circuit Affirmed Rejection of NEPA Challenges to Immigration Policies. In the Tenth Circuit, both fossil fuel companies and local government entities filed supplemental briefs on July 16. Exxon Mobil Corp. , 20-1456 (1st Cir. July 1, 2021). July 16, 2021); Indigenous Environmental Network v. Trump , No. 4:19-00028 (D.
Law Columbia
JULY 2, 2021
The third-party complaint asserted that while the plaintiffs’ claims were meritless, Statoil, “as well as potentially the many other sovereign governments that use and promote fossil fuels,” must be joined as third-party defendants. Federal Court Allowed NEPA Claim to Proceed Against USDA Hog Slaughter Rule. Rocky Mountain Wild v.
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