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Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment v. U.S. Bureau of Land Management
Geography
Year
2019
Document Type
Litigation
Part of
About this case
Filing year
2019
Status
Motion to voluntarily dismiss appeal granted.
Geography
Docket number
21-4069
Court/admin entity
United States → United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (10th Cir.)United States → United States Federal Courts
Case category
Federal Statutory Claims (US) → NEPA (US)
Principal law
United States → National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
At issue
Challenge to federal coal lease sale near Bryce Canyon National Park.
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Documents
Filing Date
Document
Type
Topics 
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06/21/2021
Motion to voluntarily dismiss appeal granted.
The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals granted the federal government’s unopposed motion for voluntary dismissal of its appeal of a March 2021 District of Utah decision that found that the U.S. Bureau of Land Management failed to take a hard look at the indirect and cumulative impacts of greenhouse gases associated with a coal lease that authorized expansion of a coal mine.
Decision
06/17/2021
Motion to voluntarily dismiss appeal filed by defendants-appellants.
Motion To Dismiss
Summary
Challenge to federal coal lease sale near Bryce Canyon National Park.
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Topics
Risk
Fossil fuel