ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 11, 2020

The Washington Court of Appeals affirmed a guilty verdict against a climate activist who cut a chain to enter a pipeline facility and attempted to cut a bolt that secured a shutoff valve on the pipeline, which carried tar sands oil from Canada. Lawsuit Challenged Development Plan for Portion of National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 6, 2018

Alaska Oil & Gas Association v. The Climate Disobedience Action Fund reported that the North Dakota court sentenced an activist who disabled the TransCanada Keystone 1 tar sands pipeline in North Dakota to three years in prison, with two years deferred. Northern Alaska Environmental Center v. Alaska, filed Feb.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JANUARY 13, 2021

Ninth Circuit Said NEPA Review for Offshore Drilling Project Should Have Considered Greenhouse Gas Emissions Associated with Foreign Oil Consumption. 1442, or the civil-rights removal statute, 28 U.S.C. Alaska, filed Dec. Second Lawsuit Filed Challenging “Massive” Oil and Gas Development Project in Alaska. Perdue , No.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

The court also granted motions to strike the state law claims pursuant to California’s anti-SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation) statute. Youth Plaintiffs Commenced Lawsuit Alleging That Alaska’s Climate and Energy Policy Violated Constitutional Rights. Alaska , No. 3AN-17-__ (Alaska Super.

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