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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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January 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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After Temporarily Blocking Activity on Helium Extraction Project in Southeastern Utah, Federal Court Denied Emergency Injunctive Relief. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) of a helium extraction project in an area of the San Rafael Desert in southeastern Utah covered by an oil and gas lease sold in December 2018. 20-472 (U.S. Dingell, Jr.

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Nine new relists as the court approaches the finish line

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Study of environmental impacts of crude oil production The Seven County Infrastructure Coalition wants to build a new 88-mile common carrier rail line that would link an isolated part of Utah to the national rail network. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit held that as a former employee, Stanley lacked a cause of action under the ADA.

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July 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The Court held that the provision used “extension” in its “temporal sense,” but that the statute did not impose a “continuity requirement” and instead allowed small refineries to apply for hardship extensions “at any time.” BLM Dropped Appeal of Adverse Decision on Environmental Review for Utah Coal Mine Expansion. June 22, 2021).

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