motion to dismiss

Government and TransCanada Asked Ninth Circuit to Order Dismissal of Challenge to 2017 Permit

Challenge to Trump administration approval of a presidential permit for the Keystone XL pipeline.

Indigenous Environmental Network v. U.S. Department of State

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Litigation

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order

Ninth Circuit Vacated District Court Judgments on Keystone XL Pipeline as Moot Due to New Permit Issued by Trump

statement

Indigenous Environmental Network v. U.S. Department of State - statement

reply

Indigenous Environmental Network v. U.S. Department of State - reply

opposition

Indigenous Environmental Network v. U.S. Department of State - opposition

motion

Indigenous Environmental Network v. U.S. Department of State - motion

Indigenous Environmental Network v. U.S. Department of State - order

Ninth Circuit Declined to Lift Injunction Barring Keystone XL Construction and Preconstruction Activities; Trump Issued New Presidential Permit Intended to Be Unreviewable

amicus brief

Indigenous Environmental Network v. U.S. Department of State - amicus brief

motion to intervene

Indigenous Environmental Network v. U.S. Department of State - motion to intervene

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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

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

Activities that involve the cultivation of crops and raising of livestock for food, fibre, and other products essential for human life and industry.

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.

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.

A ban is a legal action that prevents the sale or supply of a product or service, or that recalls a product from the market. Examples are bans on SF6, greenwashing, fossil fuel advertisement or single-use plastics.

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

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.

Activities that relate to the production of goods and services from forests.

This sector involves activities to move goods and people, alongside the storage of products.

This sector involves activities that impart knowledge and skills to individuals, including formal schooling, vocational training and educational support.

Government and TransCanada Asked Ninth Circuit to Order Dismissal of Challenge to 2017 Permit

Policy instrument

Impacted group

Fossil fuel

Economic sector

Finance