ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 11, 2020

In its November 17 opinion, the Fourth Circuit found that on remand from the 2018 decision EPA had addressed most of the deficiencies but that supplemental materials from another case called into question EPA assertions about the criteria the Department of Energy and EPA used to support denial. Ergon-West Virginia, Inc.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 20, 2020

1442, or the civil-rights removal statute, 28 U.S.C. The district court rejected eight grounds for removal, but the Fourth Circuit concluded its appellate jurisdiction was limited to determining whether the companies properly removed the case under the federal-officer removal statute. Wild Virginia v. BP p.l.c. ,

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JANUARY 13, 2021

Federal Court Ordered FOIA Production of CEQ Records Related to NEPA Rulemaking. 1442, or the civil-rights removal statute, 28 U.S.C. The federal district court for the District of Minnesota scheduled a hearing on Minnesota’s remand motion for January 13, 2021. Bureau of Land Management , No. Minnesota v. 20-cv-1636 (D.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

AUGUST 4, 2021

After the developers terminated the Keystone XL pipeline project, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on July 16, 2021 dismissed for lack of jurisdiction an appeal of the district court’s denial of a motion for a preliminary injunction barring work on the pipeline.

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