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Environmental Citizen Groups Have No Standing to Challenge Climate Change Impacts of Federal Actions
Two U.S. district courts recently issued separate decisions rejecting environmental groups’ challenges to federal actions based on alleged climate change injuries. In both cases, using the same legal test, the courts found that the environmental groups did not have standing to pursue their claims against the federal agencies. This is an important development in climate… Continue reading
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Fifth Circuit Dismisses Hurricane Katrina Climate Change Appeal
On May 28, 2010, in Comer v. Murphy Oil U.S.A, the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued an order dismissing the appeal of a climate change nuisance case involving the effects of Hurricane Katrina. Comer v. Murphy 5th Cir. Order May 26 2010. Continue reading