ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JUNE 8, 2021

Supreme Court held that the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals erred when it concluded that its review of the remand order in Baltimore’s climate change case against fossil fuel companies was limited to determining whether the defendants properly removed the case under the federal officer removal statute. May 24, 2021).

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 23, 2021

Environmental Protection Agency to regulate greenhouse gases, and that this authority may prove central to addressing climate change under the statute. Indeed, the plain meaning of the statute, its structure, and its purposes all support the Second Circuit’s conclusion. A summary is available here.)

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 2, 2021

Supreme Court denied fossil fuel companies’ petition for writ of certiorari seeking review of the Ninth Circuit’s decision reversing the district court’s 2018 denial of Oakland’s and San Francisco’s motions to remand their climate change nuisance cases to California state court. In re Enbridge Energy, LP , Nos.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 9, 2021

Connecticut , 564 U.S. In Minnesota, the district court granted the State of Minnesota’s motion to remand its case, which asserts state law claims under common law and consumer protection statutes. s consumer protection statute. The Second Circuit cited American Electric Power Co.

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