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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
OCTOBER 16, 2024
At least seven states have passed amendments in 2024 related to property rights: Louisiana , Illinois , Alaska , Pennsylvania , Alabama , Colorado and Wyoming. The amendments passed by Louisiana , Alaska , Alabama and Wyoming aim to promote unitization of pore spaces for carbon sequestration.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
NOVEMBER 1, 2016
The appellate court also agreed with the court below that it was not appropriate to recognize a new tort of “intentional investment in abnormally dangerous activities” advocated by the plaintiffs on behalf of future generations. Energy & Environment Legal Institute v. North Dakota v. 16-1242 et al. Arizona Board of Regents , No.
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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
NOVEMBER 7, 2017
The mining company argued that the district court should not have issued the injunction without hearing legal arguments and factual evidence on the appropriate remedy, and without weighing the mandatory factors for a mandatory injunction. The court also dismissed defamation and related state tort claims. Department of Interior , No.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
FEBRUARY 10, 2020
Circuit to hold the cases in abeyance was to allow the federal district for the District of Columbia to resolve cases challenging NHTSA’s action that raise similar legal issues. The court found that the plaintiff, who did not allege any legally cognizable relationship with the community college, had failed to allege Article III standing.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
NOVEMBER 16, 2020
The Ninth Circuit was not persuaded by the plaintiff states’ argument that “precedent requires a broad, fact-intensive inquiry into whether altering an injunction is equitable, even if the legal duty underlying the injunction has disappeared.” On October 8, the District of Wyoming vacated the 2016 rule, with judgment entered on October 23.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
FEBRUARY 10, 2021
Western Energy Alliance—a trade association that represents companies in the oil and natural exploration and production industry—filed a petition for review in the federal district court for the District of Wyoming challenging the Biden administration’s suspension of the federal oil and gas leasing program. They asserted that the U.S.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
JUNE 8, 2021
The Tenth Circuit vacated and remanded the exemptions after EPA moved for vacatur and voluntary remand, conceding that it did not analyze determinative legal questions regarding the refineries’ eligibility for the extensions. Circuit granted the motion on May 26, 2021. Renewable Fuels Association v. 21-9518 (10th Cir. Conservation Congress v.
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