Air

A district court denied industry groups' motion for summary judgment in a challenge to…
A district court granted five states' motion to preliminarily enjoin BLM from implementing its…

Climate Change

In May 2024, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) issued a landmark advisory…
As the prospects of significantly mitigating climate change through emissions reductions become…

Energy

Local opposition to siting of wind and solar energy projects stands to threaten the renewable…
The D.C. Circuit, 2-1, denied petitions to review FERC's orders requiring a generator to…

Governance

On June 13, 2024, the Environmental Law Institute and its Pro Bono Clearinghouse hosted the tenth…
This Comment examines the potential impact of the demise of Chevron deference on the environment…

Land Use

The relationship between the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Trade-Related Aspects of…
A district court denied an environmental and public health group's motion for a preliminary…

Natural Resources

In an unpublished opinion, the Ninth Circuit affirmed dismissal of a challenge to the Forest…
A district court dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction a nonprofit group's…

Toxic Substances

A district court held that fluoridation of water at 0.7 milligrams per liter (mg/L), the level…
Plastic pollution is emerging as a defining crisis of our time. The United States has set a…

Waste

Plastic pollution is emerging as a defining crisis of our time. The United States has set a…
The D.C. Circuit denied environmental groups' petitions to review NRC's denial of their…

Water

A district court held that the Army Corps of Engineers violated the CWA and NEPA by issuing a…
In an unpublished opinion, the Sixth Circuit granted environmental groups' motion to stay CWA…

Wildlife

A district court granted in part and denied in part summary judgment in environmental groups'…
A district court granted Colorado parks and wildlife agencies' motion to dismiss a lawsuit…