As federal efforts to roll back environmental regulations from the Obama era continue, environmental groups have been increasingly filing lawsuits against industry alleging damages related to climate change impacts, using the...more
9/14/2017
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Clean Air Act ,
Clean Water Act ,
Climate Change ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Discharge of Pollutants ,
Environmental Claims ,
Environmental Litigation ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Hurricane Harvey ,
Hurricane Irma ,
Negligence ,
Obama Administration ,
Oil & Gas ,
Political Question Doctrine ,
Preemption ,
Public Nuisance ,
Removal ,
Rising Sea Levels ,
Rollbacks ,
Shell Oil ,
State Law Tort Claims ,
Storm Water ,
Trump Administration
On June 30, 2016, President Obama signed the bipartisan Freedom of Information Improvement Act of 2016 (S. 337). The bill most notably requires that the government operate under a “presumption of openness” in federal law and...more