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December 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Developments over the past month in other pending cases seeking to hold fossil fuel companies liable for contributing to climate change included the following: In Connecticut v. Exxon Mobil Corporation moved to dismiss Connecticut’s action on personal jurisdiction grounds (November 13). Exxon Mobil Corporation , No.

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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. Among the inadequacies found by the court was Ecology’s failure to consider climate change in drafting the permits. Connecticut v.

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