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U.S. Climate Law: A Broad & Rapidly Growing Field

Legal Planet

Climate change as reason for threatened or endangered status under Endangered Species Act. Investment and incentives for clean technologies under the Inflation Reduction Act. Rules relating to renewable and fossil fuel development on public lands and offshore. Federal energy policy A.

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The Willow Project Heads to Court: Sabin Center Files Amicus Brief in Support of Plaintiffs Challenging BLM’s Approval of the Project

Law Columbia

BLM violated the Endangered Species Act (ESA) by failing to consider how GHG emissions from the project would affect endangered species, despite the fact that there is climate attribution research which can be used to conduct such an assessment. C and approximately equal to the remaining budget for 2.0°C.

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Federal Court Refuses to Halt Construction of Revolution Wind Project

Law Columbia

The briefs pointed to additional benefits from the project, including its potential to generate regional economic development and employment opportunities, and its potential to benefit public health by reducing reliance on the combustion of fossil fuels.

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Protecting Marine Mammals Through New Technology

Ocean Conservancy

This year marks the 50 th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act (ESA), a critical law that protects our country’s most imperiled species on land and at sea. or And the fossil fuel industry has more than 3,500 structures used for offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico alone.

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Justin Pidot: Manchin’s Latest and Last Run at Promoting Fossil Fuels through a Permitting Reform Bill

Legal Planet

More is needed to meet our transmission challenge and accelerate the deployment of renewable energy, but not at the cost of increasing oil and gas drilling and coal mining, because we cannot tackle the climate crisis by extracting more of the very fossil fuels that cause climate change.

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Pipeline Decisions Do Not Spell Doom for Transmission

Law Columbia

However, because these stumbling blocks arose out of water quality issues that are specific to fossil fuel pipelines, they are unlikely to affect electricity transmission. Three pipelines have recently suffered legal blows: the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, Keystone XL, and the Dakota Access Pipeline.

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Climate Litigation Chart Updates – November 2016

Law Columbia

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court decision that vacated the listing of the Beringia distinct population segment (DPS) of the Pacific bearded seal subspecies as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The plaintiffs charged that the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service , No.

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