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As drought persists in the west, justices to consider Navajo Nation’s rights to Colorado River

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The federal government has ordered the seven Colorado River states to reduce their water usage by one-fifth. The Navajo Nation reservation is about the size of Ireland or West Virginia, with large portions bordered by the Colorado River. They have been the elephant in the room of Colorado River water apportionment for a century.

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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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October 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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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. Mayor & City Council of Baltimore , No.

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Court Leak on Abortion Sends Tremors Through African-American Community

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As the repercussions of the leaked draft of the Supreme Court’s preliminary ruling on Roe v. In April of this year, Colorado enacted “a broad reproductive health law” which ensured someone could not be prosecuted for pregnancy-related death or harm to a fetus. Wade continue to shake U.S.

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February 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The court said the petitioner’s comments on the draft and final EIRs concerning the analysis of greenhouse gas emissions were not sufficient to exhaust administrative remedies. If the renewal license was an order, the First Circuit asked the state court to address whether the CCA expressly preempted the ordinance challenged in this case.

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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. 1442, or the civil-rights removal statute, 28 U.S.C. Southern Environmental Law Center v. Center for Environmental Quality , No. Chevron Corp.

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Could the Biden Administration Cancel Oil and Gas Leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge?

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BLM allowed the public just 45 days to review and comment on the 390-page draft EIS. Thus, for example, the Secretary of the Interior has previously cancelled leases that were issued before the requirements of NEPA and other statutes were met. This has been interpreted as authorizing the cancellation of leases “issued in violation of.

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