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December 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The federal district court for the District of Columbia granted BLM’s and federal officials’ motion for voluntary remand without vacatur of claims that they failed to comply with NEPA in connection with 27 oil and gas leasing decisions across Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, New Mexico, and Montana between September 2016 and March 2019.

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September 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Federal Court Stayed Remand Order in Minnesota’s Climate Case Against Fossil Fuel Industry, Denied Attorney Fees. The court also denied Minnesota’s motion for attorney fees, concluding that “removal advanced critical legal questions that have not yet been resolved by the higher courts.” City of Hoboken v. Exxon Mobil Corp. ,

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November 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Maui asserted causes of action for public nuisance, private nuisance, strict liability failure to warn, negligent failure to warn, and trespass. The complaint asked the court for compensatory damages, equitable relief, attorneys’ fees, punitive damages, disgorgement of profits, and costs of suit. The plaintiffs plan to appeal.

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July 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The District of Utah held that the lease suspensions merely maintained the status quo and therefore were not major federal actions subject to NEPA; the conservation groups therefore lacked standing. Massachusetts Court Declined to Dismiss Massachusetts Investor and Consumer Protection Action Against Exxon. Living Rivers v.

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Sandra Day O’Connor, first woman on the Supreme Court, dies at 93

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She grew up on the family’s Lazy B Ranch, which sat astride the border between Arizona and New Mexico and occupied about 250 square miles – almost four times the size of Washington, D.C. She spent four years as an assistant state attorney general until she was appointed to the Arizona State Senate after the incumbent stepped down.

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