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Climate Litigation Chart Updates – November 2016

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The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court decision that vacated the listing of the Beringia distinct population segment (DPS) of the Pacific bearded seal subspecies as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Association of Washington Business v. Alaska Oil & Gas Association v.

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San Francisco v. EPA: Impact on Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal

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The Court held that EPA cannot enforce permit provisions that make a permittee responsible for the quality of the water in the body of water into which the permittee discharges pollutants, requiring EPA to instead determine the specific steps the permittee must take to protect water quality.