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Petition Requesting Amendment of Council on Environmental Quality Regulations to Clarify That Climate Analyses Be Included in Environmental Review Documents
Geography
Year
2008
Document Type
Litigation
Part of
About this case
Filing year
2008
Status
Rulemaking petition denied.
Geography
Docket number
N/A
Court/admin entity
United States → Federal Agencies → CEQ
Case category
Federal Statutory Claims (US) → NEPA (US)
Principal law
United States → National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
At issue
Rulemaking petition and subsequent litigation requesting that CEQ amend regulations to explicitly require consideration of climate change in NEPA reviews.
Topics
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Documents
Filing Date
Document
Type
Topics
Beta
08/07/2014
Rulemaking petition denied.
On August 7, 2014, the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) denied the 2008 petition. CEQ also indicated that it was considering how to proceed with its 2010 draft guidance on incorporating consideration of climate change into environmental reviews in light of comments it received.
Response
Summary
Rulemaking petition and subsequent litigation requesting that CEQ amend regulations to explicitly require consideration of climate change in NEPA reviews.
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Group
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Target
Risk
Impacted group
Just transition
Renewable energy
Fossil fuel
Greenhouse gas
Economic sector
Adaptation/resilience
Finance