memorandum

Indigenous Environmental Network v. United States Department of State - memorandum

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

Montana District Court Largely Denied Keystone XL Developer’s Request to Conduct Off-Right-of-Way Activities During New Review

notice of appeal

Indigenous Environmental Network v. United States Department of State - notice of appeal

reply

Indigenous Environmental Network v. United States Department of State - reply

objection

Indigenous Environmental Network v. United States Department of State - objection

statement

Indigenous Environmental Network v. United States Department of State - statement

status report

Indigenous Environmental Network v. United States Department of State - status report

motion

Indigenous Environmental Network v. United States Department of State - motion

Montana Federal Court Barred Preconstruction Activities for Keystone Pipeline

response

Indigenous Environmental Network v. United States Department of State - response

Federal Register notice

Indigenous Environmental Network v. United States Department of State - Federal Register notice

Federal Court Found That Approval for Keystone XL Pipeline Did Not Comply with NEPA and Administrative Procedure Act

Montana Federal Court Ordered Supplemental Environmental Review of New Route for Keystone XL Pipeline

In Challenges to Keystone Pipeline Permit, Montana Federal Court Ordered Federal Defendants to Search for More Documents for Administrative Record

Montana Federal Court Denied Motions to Dismiss Challenges to Keystone XL Pipeline

Federal Government Moved to Dismiss Keystone Pipeline Challenge

complaint

Challenge to Keystone XL Pipeline Filed in Montana Federal Court

Filing Year For Action

Indigenous Environmental Network v. United States Department of State

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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

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.

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

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 of businesses and institutions that provide financial services and products to individuals and organisations.

Actions or measures to adapt freshwater, coastal and marine systems to climate change.

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

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.

Extreme weather refers to events where a weather variable exceeds (or falls below) a threshold. Meaning it is significantly different from the average or usual weather pattern.

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

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.

Indigenous Environmental Network v. United States Department of State - memorandum

Policy instrument

Risk

Impacted group

Fossil fuel

Economic sector

Adaptation/resilience

Finance