Dans Western Organization of Resource Councils et al. US Bureau of Land Management et al, plusieurs organisations environnementales ont contesté l'évaluation par une agence fédérale des Plans de Gestion des Ressources révisés (« PGR ») pour le développement du charbon dans deux zones couvrant des millions d'acres de terres publiques et domaines miniers fédéraux dans le bassin de la rivière Powder.
En Western Organization of Resource Councils et al v. US Bureau of Land Management et al, varias organizaciones ambientales impugnaron la aprobación de una agencia federal de los Planes de Gestión de Recursos (RMP) revisados para el desarrollo de carbón en dos áreas que cubren millones de acres de tierras públicas y propiedades minerales federales dentro de la cuenca del río Powder.
The court found deficiencies in the Resource Management Plans at issue that must be remedied, including failure to consider the indirect effects of downstream combustion of resources extracted from the planning areas, failure to quantify properly the magnitude of methane pollution by arbitrarily using outdated science, and failure to consider any alternative with less coal available for leasing.
The government of Colombia has a constitutional duty to protect high elevation wetlands that are an important source of fresh water to communities and provide other valuable environmental services.
The Supreme Court of the Republic of the Philippines ruled that a service contract for oil exploration, development, and production issued by the government of the Philippines in the protected area of the Tañon Strait was unconstitutional.
The Argentine Supreme Court ordered a state-controlled oil company to disclose an investment agreement it signed with the Chevron Corporation related to extraction of shale oil and gas.
