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Related Lawsuits in Separate Countries Reflect Different Approach to Climate Litigation

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Often, climate change lawsuits allege claims under constitutional provisions, human rights laws, or environmental statutes and regulations. Lawsuits filed in separate countries by Energy Transfer ("ET") and Greenpeace...more

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Can a Production Sharing Agreement Override Surface Owner Consent? Hamilton v. ConocoPhillips Explored

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A landowner’s failure to provide consent for surface use related to oil and gas operations does not necessarily preclude the lessee from conducting activities if the lease agreements allow surface use....more

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U.S. District Court Finds No Evidence of Continuing Trespass and Holds Permanent Trespass Claim is Barred by Statute of...

In Briggs v. Southwestern Energy Production Co. (Briggs II), the Middle District of Pennsylvania directed summary judgment to Southwestern Energy (SWN) and dismissed the plaintiffs' claims of trespass and conversion. The...more

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Wind Farm Ejected from Osage Land

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In United States v. Osage Wind LLC a federal court in Oklahoma awarded permanent injunctive relief against a developer in the form of ejectment of a wind turbine farm after finding a continuing trespass....more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Court Sends Wind Farm Developer Spinning by Ordering Removal of Wind Turbines in Significant Mineral Rights Holding

Recently, in United States v. Osage Wind, LLC, the Northern District of Oklahoma awarded permanent injunctive relief in favor of the Osage Nation and the United States against wind turbine farm developers in the form of...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

Hydraulic fracturing and subsurface trespass in Pennsylvania: Briggs v. Southwestern Energy Production Co.

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In a case of first impression that drew interest across Appalachia, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court determined on January 22, 2020, that the rule of capture applies when natural gas is extracted through hydraulic fracturing...more

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Trump Administration's Proposed Prosecution of Pipeline Opponents: Weighing Human Rights Obligations and Congressional Support

The Trump Administration is using the reauthorization of a pipeline safety statute as an opening to insert new provisions that would give U.S. authorities broader latitude to thwart and criminalize the activities of...more

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