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. European Court of Human Rights). Union of Concerned Scientists v. 19-1230 (D.C.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 6, 2017

A day later the federal defendants filed a petition for writ of mandamus in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals requesting a stay of the proceedings in the district court. Ward freely admits he closed an emergency valve on a tar sands pipeline to prevent harm to the climate, as part of a coordinated action in four states.…

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 6, 2018

The federal district court for the Northern District of California denied Oakland’s and San Francisco’s motions to remand their climate change public nuisance lawsuits against five major fossil fuel producers to state court. It demands to be governed by as universal a rule of apportioning responsibility as is available.”

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JANUARY 13, 2021

The district court rejected eight grounds for removal, but the Fourth Circuit concluded its appellate jurisdiction was limited to determining whether the companies properly removed the case under the federal-officer removal statute. 30, 2020); Suncor Energy (U.S.A.) Board of County Commissioners of Boulder County , No. 20-783 (U.S.

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