2030 Legal Punitive Damages 
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
DECEMBER 11, 2020
The Second Circuit agreed with the district court that the plaintiff lacked standing because he failed to allege an injury in fact since he “never explained why he had any legal right to have the document distributed.” EPA’s brief is due December 15. National Environmental Development Association’s Clean Air Project v. Williams , No.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
DECEMBER 2, 2022
In addition to more intense storms, the municipalities allege other physical climate change impacts, including coral reef degradation and massive algal blooms, as well as social, educational, and economic losses, including increased immigration from the municipalities and damages to the agricultural industry.
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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
OCTOBER 20, 2020
Federal Court Upheld State Department’s Invocation of FOIA Exception for Legal Memorandum Supporting Paris Agreement Request. Department of State properly withheld a legal memorandum that accompanied an “action memorandum” seeking authorization from the Secretary of State to join the Paris Agreement. BP America Inc. , N20C-09-097 (Del.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
NOVEMBER 7, 2017
The mining company argued that the district court should not have issued the injunction without hearing legal arguments and factual evidence on the appropriate remedy, and without weighing the mandatory factors for a mandatory injunction. Energy & Environment Legal Institute v. Attorney General of Vermont , No. 349-6-16WNCV (Vt.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
MAY 7, 2021
Circuit in 2016 signaled that the legal framework for the Clean Power Plan “hinges on important issues of federal that EPA then—and the court below now—got so wrong this Court was likely to grant review.” In effect, plaintiffs allege, this would allow Brazil to emit 400 million more tonnes by 2030.
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