Weekly Cases Update Volume 49, Issue 1

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Volume 48, Issue 33

ELR 2019318-563 (JEB)(D.D.C., )

A district court dismissed a request by environmental groups to compel the State Department to release documents detailing U.S. greenhouse gas emissions as required by the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change.

Keywords:
Climate Change (generally)
ELR 20194CV 16-8418 PSG (FFMx)(C.D. Cal., )

A district court granted in part and denied in part environmental groups' motion for summary judgment relating to a proposal to permit hydraulic fracturing operations off the coast of California.

Keywords:
Application to OCS lease sales, Interagency consultation, §7(a), Hydraulic Fracturing
ELR 2019217-4113(10th Cir., )

The Tenth Circuit dismissed Utah's challenge to a settlement agreement that requires BLM to revise motorized vehicle trails in southern Utah to minimize potential harm to wildlife, cultural, and archaeological sites.

Keywords:
BLM lands