ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Federal Court Found Flaws in New Climate Change Analysis for Wyoming Oil and Gas Leases. The federal district court for the District of Columbia ruled that the U.S. The federal defendants in the instant case said they had concluded that further analysis under NEPA was appropriate for all but three of the leasing decisions.

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Court Government Litigation Litigating 54

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 20, 2020

DECISIONS AND SETTLEMENTS. Wyoming Federal Court Vacated 2016 Waste Prevention Rule. The federal district court for the District of Wyoming vacated the bulk of the Waste Prevention Rule promulgated during the Obama administration, holding that the U.S. 1442, or the civil-rights removal statute, 28 U.S.C.

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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. The court found that both parties were entitled to intervene as of right.

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Court Government Construction Litigation 40