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November 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Department of State to produce correspondence of two officials related to climate change, the December 2016 Paris Agreement, the “legal form” of the Paris Agreement’s provisions, the Kyoto Protocol, and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Millennium Bulk Terminals-Longview, LLC v.

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Defending EPA’s Authority to Fight Climate Change – at the Supreme Court

Legal Planet

The challenge originates with the Obama Administration’s 2015 Clean Power Plan , which required states to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from existing power plants by 32 percent (below 2005 levels) by 2030, in line with the national commitment under the Paris Agreement. The Clean Power Plan never went into effect.

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July 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

The Washington Court of Appeals held that the Pollution Control Hearing Board erred when it approved the Washington Department of Ecology’s general permits for concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs). June 25, 2021). Washington State Dairy Federation v. Washington Department of Ecology , No. 52952-1-II (Wash. June 29, 2021).

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