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December 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Ergon-West Virginia, Inc. Ninth Circuit Rejected Claim That CEQA Applied to Taxi Rules for Airport Pickups. The court concluded that the Freedom of Information Act’s deliberative process privilege shielded the redactions from disclosure. Hawaii Court Ruled that Commercial Aquarium Fishing Required Environmental Review.

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Tick, Tick, Tick…: The Supreme Court Readies an Explosive Docket for 2022

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The court ruled 5-4 to allow the Texas law to be enforced. The court — as expected — allowed the appeal to go forward for some of the litigants in the lower court but again refused to enjoin the law. That could result in a major reframing of “previability” cases.

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In a historic term, momentum to move the law often came from the five justices to the chief’s right

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And in West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency , one of the final cases released before this year’s summer recess, the court reversed a lower-court ruling that had interpreted the Clean Air Act to give the EPA expansive powers over carbon emissions.

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Greenhouse gases and “major questions”: Justices to hear argument on EPA’s power to tackle climate change

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And depending on exactly how the justices rule, their decision could limit the power of federal agencies more broadly. The dispute at the center of West Virginia v. Two coal-mining companies and 20 Republican-led states, including West Virginia and North Dakota, asked the Supreme Court to review the D.C.

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