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November 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The First Circuit—like the Fourth, Ninth, and Tenth Circuits in other climate change cases—concluded that the scope of its appellate review was limited to whether the defendants properly removed the case under the federal-officer removal statute. Bernhardt , No. 4:18-cv-05712 (N.D. County of Maui v. Sunoco LP , No. 2CCV-20-0000283 (Haw.

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November 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Montana Federal Court Allowed Some Coal Mining Activity to Take Place While Federal Agency Completed Required NEPA Review. The company said the injunction would “[i]n a matter of weeks … cause severe consequences to the mine and its employees, in an area of Montana that can ill-afford economic displacement.” CP18-5 (FERC Oct.

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