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December 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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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. In Delaware v. Delaware filed a motion to remand to state court (November 20).

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January 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Developments in other climate change cases brought by state and local governments against fossil fuel companies include: Delaware filed a brief in support of its motion to remand its lawsuit to state court. Delaware v. BP America Inc. , 1:20-cv-01429 (D. Indigenous Environmental Network v. Bureau of Land Management , No. filed Dec.

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MSNBC Contributor: Biden Proved He is the “Standard Bearer” for the Founders By Vetoing the Judges Act

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While even stalwart Biden allies like Delaware Sen. If justice delayed is justice denied, our court system is becoming a tar pit of injustice, with litigants left without verdicts or relief for years. The reason? His much-criticized and partisan veto of The Judges Act. This year, there are 81,617.