Challenge to a Texas 2021 law that prohibits certain State entities from investing in or contracting with companies that “boycott fossil fuels.” 

American Sustainable Business Council v. Hancock

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complaint

Sustainable Business Organization Challenged Texas Law Restricting State Business with Companies that “Boycott” Fossil Fuel Companies

motion for summary judgment

American Sustainable Business Council v. Hancock - motion for summary judgment

reply

American Sustainable Business Council v. Hancock - reply

notice of appeal

American Sustainable Business Council v. Hancock - notice of appeal

motion

American Sustainable Business Council v. Hancock - motion

motion to dismiss

American Sustainable Business Council v. Hancock - motion to dismiss

opposition

American Sustainable Business Council v. Hancock - opposition

American Sustainable Business Council v. Hancock - complaint

memorandum opinion and order

Federal Court Declared Texas Statute’s Prohibitions on State Business with Companies that “Boycott” Fossil Fuel Companies Unconstitutional

order

Federal District Court Declined to Stay Injunction of Texas Law Targeting Companies that “Boycott” Fossil Fuels

Filing Year For Action

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An aim to achieve a quantifiable outcome within a given time-frame, set by an institution such as a national government.

Policy instruments are techniques or tools used by governing authorities to promote certain policies in order to achieve predetermined goals. Put simply, instruments are how a government tries to achieve its goals, with this taxonomy being focused on national policy instruments.

Risk is the potential for adverse consequences resulting from the dynamic interplay between (climate-related) hazards, exposure, and vulnerability of affected human or ecological systems.

Groups  of people who are adversely affected by climate change or the response to it

A set of principles, processes, and practices that build economic and political power to shift from an extractive economy to a regenerative economy.

Renewable energy means all forms of energy produced from renewable sources in a sustainable manner.

Fossil fuel is a generic term for non-renewable energy sources such as coal, fossil gas, and oil (including crude oil, and petroleum products), that can be used for electricity and heat generation. Fossil fuels are hydrocarbons formed from pressurised and heated organic material buried over millions of years.

Molecules in the atmosphere that play a key role in the greenhouse effect by trapping heat radiating from Earth’s surface.

Area of the economy in which actors engage in identical or related activities.

In human systems, the process of adjustment to actual or expected climate change and its effects, in order to moderate harm, increase resilience or exploit beneficial opportunities. In natural systems, the process of adjustment to actual climate change and its effects; human intervention may facilitate adjustment to expected climate change and its effects.

The management and allocation of funds, assets and investments to meet various objectives

Either money or something of monetary value is transferred between two or more organisations, people or countries.

Oil is a combustible liquid fossil fuel composed mainly of hydrocarbons, occurring as crude oil and refined into petroleum products such as petrol, diesel and kerosene.

Fossil gas, commonly known as natural gas, is a fossil fuel consisting chiefly of methane with smaller amounts of other hydrocarbons and trace gases, found in underground deposits.

Any compulsory, unrequited payment to the government levied on corporations or individuals. This can be for environmental reasons, such as introducing a Carbon tax to set a price that emitters must pay for the greenhouse gases they emit.

The activities of industries involved in the production, distribution, and sale of energy, including electricity, gas, and renewables.

This sector includes firms and individuals offering specialised expertise in fields such as law, accounting, consulting, science and engineering.

American Sustainable Business Council v. Hancock - reply

Policy instrument

Fossil fuel

Economic sector

Finance