amicus brief

California v. Bernhardt - amicus brief

Challenge to BLM's repeal of key provisions of the 2016 Waste Prevention Rule for oil and gas development on public and tribal lands.

California v. Bernhardt

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California Federal Court Entered Final Judgment Vacating Repeal of 2016 Waste Prevention Rule After Wyoming Federal Court Vacated 2016 Rule

notice

California v. Bernhardt - notice

order

California v. Bernhardt - order

notice of appeal

California v. Bernhardt - notice of appeal

status report

California v. Bernhardt - status report

California Federal Court Vacated BLM Repeal of 2016 Waste Prevention Rule

brief

California v. Bernhardt - brief

memorandum of law

California v. Bernhardt - memorandum of law

reply

California v. Bernhardt - reply

opposition

California v. Bernhardt - opposition

motion for summary judgment

California v. Bernhardt - motion for summary judgment

motion

California v. Bernhardt - motion

complaint

California v. Bernhardt - complaint

motion to intervene

Trade Groups Sought to Intervene to Defend Repeal

States Challenged BLM’s Repeal of Key Provisions of Waste Prevention Rule

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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.

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

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

Social and cultural groups that share collective ancestral ties to the lands and natural resources where they live, occupy or from which they have been displaced

People with different national or cultural traditions from the dominant population

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

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Activities of industries that extract natural resources, such as mining, oil, and gas, for commercial use.

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.

Actions or measures to adapt freshwater systems to climate change.

A potent, short-lived greehouse gas, largely released from livestock, fossil fuel extraction and waste management.

Activities of government agencies and institutions that provide public services, enforce laws and manage public resources.

The release of heat-trapping gases, primarily from human activities such as burning fossil fuels, agriculture and industry.

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.

California v. Bernhardt - amicus brief

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