ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Federal Court Found Flaws in New Climate Change Analysis for Wyoming Oil and Gas Leases. BLM approved these leases prior to the court’s decision in March 2019 (also noted in the Feature Case, above) finding that BLM’s analysis of the climate change impacts of certain other oil and gas leases in Wyoming was insufficient.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 20, 2020

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. After that court vacated the repeal in July 2020, the Wyoming federal court lifted the stay.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JANUARY 13, 2021

Zinke , where the court held that BLM failed to adequately analyze greenhouse gas emissions and climate change impacts of oil and gas leases in Wyoming. The records included spreadsheets tracking and analyzing comments, draft ANPRM fact sheets, meeting agendas, and emails and meeting invitations regarding CEQ’s process for managing comments.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 2, 2021

After the Louisiana federal court issued the nationwide injunction, the federal district court for the District of Wyoming issued a sua sponte order in a separate case challenging the pause on new onshore leasing. On June 30, the Wyoming federal court denied the motions without prejudice, finding that they were “materially moot.”

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 7, 2020

BLM allowed the public just 45 days to review and comment on the 390-page draft EIS. Thus, for example, the Secretary of the Interior has previously cancelled leases that were issued before the requirements of NEPA and other statutes were met. This has been interpreted as authorizing the cancellation of leases “issued in violation of.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The court said the petitioner’s comments on the draft and final EIRs concerning the analysis of greenhouse gas emissions were not sufficient to exhaust administrative remedies. Montana and Wyoming Asked Supreme Court to Consider Claims That Washington Impermissibly Blocked Access for Coal Shipments. City of Oakland v. BP p.l.c. ,

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 9, 2021

In Minnesota, the district court granted the State of Minnesota’s motion to remand its case, which asserts state law claims under common law and consumer protection statutes. s consumer protection statute. Federal Court Directed Department of Interior to Search for Drafts of Zinke Order Rescinding Moratorium on Coal Leasing Program.

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