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In a first for climate nuisance claims, a Hawai‘i State Court allowed Honolulu to proceed with its case against fossil fuel companies

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The court described the case as “an unprecedented case for any court, let alone a state court trial judge,” but concluded that it was “still a tort case” and “based exclusively on state law causes of action,” primarily failures to disclose, failures to warn, and deceptive marketing. Citing Massachusetts v. Chevron Corp.

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January 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The records included spreadsheets tracking and analyzing comments, draft ANPRM fact sheets, meeting agendas, and emails and meeting invitations regarding CEQ’s process for managing comments. The court concluded that CEQ had not demonstrated it would suffer “a reasonably foreseeable harm” from unredacted production. 3:18-cv-00113 (W.D.

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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 High Court Upheld Transmission Line Approval. Living Rivers v. Hoffman , No. 4:19-cv-00057 (D. Utah June 21, 2021).

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