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Federal government stepping up criminal enforcement actions against oil and gas drilling companies
- Alston & Bird LLP
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- USA
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- February 28 2013
In the last few months, the federal government has ramped up criminal enforcement actions against oil and gas drilling companies for violations of
Karuk Tribe of California v. U.S. Forest Service: consultation with wildlife agencies required for mining activities to proceed pursuant to a notice of intent
- Alston & Bird LLP
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- USA
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- June 4 2012
On June 1, 2012, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal ruled that the U.S. Endangered Species Act (ESA) requires the U.S. Forest Service to consult with federal wildlife agencies prior to allowing mining activities to proceed under a Notice of Intent (NOI) in critical habitat of a listed species
Update: more on today’s American Electric Power decision
- Alston & Bird LLP
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- USA
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- June 20 2011
Today, the United States Supreme Court ruled that federal courts cannot use the federal common law of nuisance to regulate greenhouse gas emissions
States’ greenhouse gas ‘public nuisance’ case hits Supreme Court
- Alston & Bird LLP
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- USA
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- April 19 2011
The United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments today in the case of American Electric Power v. Connecticut
U.S. Supreme Court to take up GHG regulation as public nuisance
- Alston & Bird LLP
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- USA
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- December 7 2010
The United States Supreme Court decided yesterday to take up the case of American Electric Power v. Connecticut
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals curtails Clean Air Act citizen suits in Sierra Club v. Otter Tail Power Co
- Alston & Bird LLP
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- USA
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- August 27 2010
On August 12th, the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision (Sierra Club v Otter Tail Power Company, et al., 09-2842) that curtails citizen suit enforcement actions brought under the Clean Air Act
Communities for a Better Environment v. City of Richmond: climate change mitigation measures do not stand muster under CEQA
- Alston & Bird LLP
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- USA
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- June 15 2010
In Communities for a Better Environment v. City of Richmond, the California Court of Appeals overturned an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the retrofitting and expansion of an oil refinery
Wyoming Supreme Court: CO2 not subject to regulation
- Alston & Bird LLP
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- USA
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- March 10 2010
An attempt by environmentalists to limit CO2 emissions from coal-fired power plants in Wyoming has failed
Bombshells in climate change litigation: two major new cases expose greenhouse gas emitters to potential liability
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- USA
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- October 21 2009
On October 16, 2009, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a federal district court decision that barred claims against energy, fossil fuel, and chemical industry defendants for damages allegedly associated with the intensification of Hurricane Katrina as a result of global climate change
Georgia Supreme Court confirms no CO2 limits for power plant
- Alston & Bird LLP
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- USA
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- October 2 2009
A unanimous Georgia Supreme Court denied a petition for certiorari filed by the Sierra Club and a coalition of environmental groups who are challenging the construction of the first coal-fired power plant to be built in Georgia in two decades
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