ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 6, 2017

The California Supreme Court denied three petitions for review. Second Circuit Rejected Challenges to Connecticut Renewable Energy Programs. The Second Circuit said the Connecticut statutes authorizing the solicitations did not compel utilities to enter into contracts with specific bidders. State Air Resources Board , No.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 11, 2020

The Washington Court of Appeals affirmed a guilty verdict against a climate activist who cut a chain to enter a pipeline facility and attempted to cut a bolt that secured a shutoff valve on the pipeline, which carried tar sands oil from Canada. Connecticut filed a motion for remand to state court (December 2).

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 6, 2018

Federal Court Denied Oakland and San Francisco Motions to Return Climate Change Nuisance Cases to State Court; Found Federal Common Law of Nuisance Could Apply, Despite AEP v. Connecticut ; Requested “Tutorial” on Climate Change. Connecticut ) and Ninth Circuit ( Native Village of Kivalina v. DECISIONS AND SETTLEMENTS.

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