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Tennessee Clean Water Network v. Tennessee Valley Authority, No. 3:15-cv-00424 (M.D. Tenn. August 4, 2017)
Tennessee Clean Water Network v. Tennessee Valley Authority, No. 3:15-cv-00424 (M.D. Tenn. August 4, 2017)U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee For decades, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) disposed coal ash from a coal-fired power plant near Gallatin,…
Fishermen and Friends of the Sea v. The Minister of Planning, Housing and the Environment [2017] UKPC 37 (Nov. 27, 2017)
Fishermen and Friends of the Sea v. The Minister of Planning, Housing and the Environment [2017] UKPC 37 (November 27, 2017) Judicial Committee of the Privy Council In 2006, the Minister of Planning, Housing and the Environment (Minister) issued fee…
Salim v. State of Uttarakhand, Writ Petition (PIL) No.126 of 2014 (December 5, 2016 and March 20, 2017)
Salim v. State of Uttarakhand, Writ Petition (PIL) No.126 of 2014 (December 5, 2016 and March 20, 2017) High Court of Uttarakhand NOTE: In July 2017, the Supreme Court of India issued a stay of the High Court’s order. The…
Yaiguaje v. Chevron Corporation [2017] ONCA 827
Yaiguaje v. Chevron Corporation [2017] ONCA 827 (October 31, 2017) Court of Appeal for Ontario Ecuadorian community members filed an action in Canada for recognition and enforcement of an Ecuadorian court judgment holding Chevron accountable for environmental harm from petroleum…
In re Application of Maui Electric Company, Case No. SCWC-15-0000640 (Dec. 14, 2017)
In re Application of Maui Electric Company, Case No. SCWC-15-0000640 (Dec. 14, 2017) Hawaii Supreme Court Maui Electric Company sought regulatory approval from the Public Utilities Commission to enter into a power purchase agreement with an electricity producer (HC&S). Sierra…
Política Nacional de Humedales de Honduras 2018-2038 (12-10-17)
La Convención de Ramsar, aprobada en 1971, es el primer acuerdo multilateral sobre el medio ambiente que se firmó a escala mundial.
ELAW Climate Litigation Primer
ELAW presents this brief primer on climate litigation to help lawyers defending the
rights of communities and protecting the climate.
Wildearth Guardians v. U.S. BLM et al, (D.C. No. 2:13-CV-00042-ABJ) (10th Cir. Court of Appeals) (15 September 2017)
In Wildearth Guardians, environmental organizations claimed that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) did not adequately address greenhouse gas emissions associated with coal leases. In its environmental analysis, the BLM had concluded that there was no appreciable difference between the…