ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 11, 2020

The federal district court for the District of Columbia granted BLM’s and federal officials’ motion for voluntary remand without vacatur of claims that they failed to comply with NEPA in connection with 27 oil and gas leasing decisions across Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, New Mexico, and Montana between September 2016 and March 2019.

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Court Government Litigation Litigating 56

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 20, 2020

1442, or the civil-rights removal statute, 28 U.S.C. 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. Mayor & City Council of Baltimore , No.

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Court Government Compensatory Damages Litigation 72

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MAY 7, 2021

Circuit majority opinion’s interpretation was foreclosed by the statute and violated separation of powers. The states argued that the Supreme Court’s stay of the Clean Power Plan while it was under review by the D.C. DECISIONS AND SETTLEMENTS. Montana Federal Court Vacated Approvals for Mining Project.

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