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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Fourth Circuit Said West Virginia District Court Lacked Jurisdiction to Consider Coal Companies’ Clean Air Act Jobs Study Lawsuit. Ward freely admits he closed an emergency valve on a tar sands pipeline to prevent harm to the climate, as part of a coordinated action in four states.… DECISIONS AND SETTLEMENTS.

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December 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Ergon-West Virginia, Inc. 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. 19-2128 (4th Cir.

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A Critical Look at the Politicization of ESG

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9] Moreover, the legislature in Texas and West Virginia has taken steps to curb ESG, enacting laws that they will no longer work with banks that do not support their states’ industries. [10] It is easy to tar ESG as a left-wing, radical, or fringe policy threatening responsible corporate management.

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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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West Virginia Court Dismissed Defamation Suit Against John Oliver Brought by Coal Executive and His Companies. A West Virginia state court notified counsel that it would dismiss the lawsuit brought by coal executive Robert E. Jacobson v. Clack , No. 2017 CA 006685 B (D.C. notice of dismissal and statement Feb.

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November 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The defendants—two of whom acknowledged they had attempted to shut down tar sands crude oil pipelines by turning shut-off valves on the pipelines—were charged with criminal damage to property of critical public facilities, utilities, and pipelines; trespass on such facilities; and/or aiding and abetting criminal damage to property and/or trespass.

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