Broadcast Law Blog

MAY 30, 2019

In addition, broadcasters in Arizona , Idaho , Maryland , Michigan , Nevada , New Mexico , Ohio , Utah , Virginia , West Virginia , Wyoming , and the District of Columbia that are part of an Employment Unit with 5 or more full-time employees should also be preparing to add to their online public inspection file their Annual EEO Public File Report.

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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. For example, while BLM did prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) under NEPA, the statement has been widely criticized as inadequate, including because it did not fully analyze climate impacts. That has already happened in other places.

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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. BP p.l.c. , 19-1644 (4th Cir.);

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 9, 2021

Fish and Wildlife Service agreed to prepare a draft recovery plan for the jumping mouse by the end of January 2022, and to finalize the plan by the end of January 2023. Federal Court Directed Department of Interior to Search for Drafts of Zinke Order Rescinding Moratorium on Coal Leasing Program. 24, 2021); Wyoming v.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Cheney was soundly defeated in her primary in Wyoming and will soon leave Congress. Several committee staff members were floored earlier this month when they were told that a draft report would focus almost entirely on Trump and the work of the committee’s “Gold Team,” excluding reams of other investigative work.

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