ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 6, 2017

Eleven states or state agencies or officials sought to intervene on EPA’s behalf, as did oil and gas trade groups and a number of independent oil and gas producers, who argued that the stay did not constitute reviewable final agency action. Clean Air Council v. Pruitt , No. 17-1145 (D.C. Supreme Court determined was preempted in Hughes v.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 6, 2018

A few days after the California court issued its order, North Dakota and Texas asked the Wyoming federal court to lift a stay that the court had imposed in December 2017. Jacobson’s lawsuit asserted defamation, breach of contract, and promissory estoppel claims. The two states said the circumstances providing a basis for the stay (i.e.,

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) authorization of liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports from three facilities in Louisiana, Maryland, and Texas. The court addressed three narrow issues that remained in one or more of the cases. A Minnesota trial court granted four environmental activists’ motion to present a necessity defense.

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