ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 16, 2024

At least seven states have passed amendments in 2024 related to property rights: Louisiana , Illinois , Alaska , Pennsylvania , Alabama , Colorado and Wyoming. The amendments passed by Louisiana , Alaska , Alabama and Wyoming aim to promote unitization of pore spaces for carbon sequestration.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Wyoming Federal Court Vacated 2016 Waste Prevention Rule. The federal district court for the District of Wyoming vacated the bulk of the Waste Prevention Rule promulgated during the Obama administration, holding that the U.S. After that court vacated the repeal in July 2020, the Wyoming federal court lifted the stay. filed Sept.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

The Ninth Circuit was not persuaded by the plaintiff states’ argument that “precedent requires a broad, fact-intensive inquiry into whether altering an injunction is equitable, even if the legal duty underlying the injunction has disappeared.” On October 8, the District of Wyoming vacated the 2016 rule, with judgment entered on October 23.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Western Energy Alliance—a trade association that represents companies in the oil and natural exploration and production industry—filed a petition for review in the federal district court for the District of Wyoming challenging the Biden administration’s suspension of the federal oil and gas leasing program. They asserted that the U.S.

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