Citizen suit asserting that coal mine required air permits.

WildEarth Guardians v. Mountain Coal Co.

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consent decree

Colorado Federal Court Approved Consent Decree in Clean Air Act Citizen Suit Against Coal Mine Operators

Settlement Reached in Clean Air Act Citizen Suit Against Coal Mine Operators

motion

WildEarth Guardians v. Mountain Coal Co. - motion

notice

WildEarth Guardians v. Mountain Coal Co. - notice

order

Colorado Federal Court Found Issues of Fact as to Whether Coal Mine’s Emissions Counted Towards Permitting Threshold

District Court Said Plaintiffs Could Proceed with Title V Permit Claim Against Coal Mine Operator

reply

WildEarth Guardians v. Mountain Coal Co. - reply

response

WildEarth Guardians v. Mountain Coal Co. - response

objection

WildEarth Guardians v. Mountain Coal Co. - objection

report and recommendation

Magistrate Judge Recommended Dismissal of Citizen Suit Challenging Permitting for Underground Coal Mine

motion for summary judgment

WildEarth Guardians v. Mountain Coal Co. - motion for summary judgment

amicus brief

WildEarth Guardians v. Mountain Coal Co. - amicus brief

opposition

WildEarth Guardians v. Mountain Coal Co. - opposition

motion to dismiss

WildEarth Guardians v. Mountain Coal Co. - motion to dismiss

complaint

Citizen Suit Asserted that West Elk Coal Mine Required Air Permits

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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

A long-lived, colourless gas, chiefly emitted from fossil fuel combustion, deforestation and cement production.

Climate change can have a range of impacts on technological system. Extreme weather events can cause infrastructure failures like power outages or damage to roads and bridges, as well as the impacts from waste following natural disasters. Human activities also cause technological impacts, such as the risks posed by oil spillage and leaks.

Coal is a combustible sedimentary rock formed from carbonised plant matter, rich in carbon and hydrocarbons, and occurring in several main types including hard coal and brown coal.

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

Activities that involve planning, designing and building infrastructure, residential, and commercial structures.

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

Activities involving the catching, processing, and selling of fish for food, recreation, and industry.

Air pollution involves harmful contaminants in the air, affecting both indoor and outdoor environments. It can lead to health issues like respiratory diseases and heart problems, and climate impacts such as global warming. Pollutants can damage plants, trees, habitats, and water bodies like rivers and lakes.

This sector creates and distributes information and entertainment through television, radio, print, and digital platforms.

Zoning and spatial planning are both methods for guiding the distribution of people and activities in a space, and are regulatory restriction.

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

Codes and standards are regulatory instruments that specify minimum standards to protect health and safety. This ranges from performance standards, which prescribe outcomes while allowing flexibility to achieve compliance, to the more prescriptive approach of technology-specific standards.

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

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

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

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.

Citizen Suit Asserted that West Elk Coal Mine Required Air Permits

Policy instrument

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Impacted group

Fossil fuel

Greenhouse gas

Economic sector

Finance