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

A district court on remand permanently enjoined the Public Utility Commission of Texas from…
Local opposition to siting of wind and solar energy projects stands to threaten the renewable…

Governance

A district court dismissed a trade group's lawsuit challenging NMFS' implementation of an…
On June 13, 2024, the Environmental Law Institute and its Pro Bono Clearinghouse hosted the tenth…

Land Use

In a divided opinion, a D.C. Circuit panel vacated FAA's and the National Park Service's…
A district court granted an Indian tribe's motion for a temporary restraining order (TRO)…

Natural Resources

In an unpublished opinion, the Ninth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for the Forest Service in a…
In an unpublished opinion, the Ninth Circuit affirmed dismissal of a challenge to the Forest…

Toxic Substances

A district court denied in part and dismissed in part environmental groups' motion for summary…
A district court held that fluoridation of water at 0.7 milligrams per liter (mg/L), the level…

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 granted summary judgment for an environmental group in a lawsuit alleging that an…
A district court vacated the Army Corps of Engineers' permit approvals under the CWA and the…

Wildlife

A district court granted summary judgment for environmental groups in a challenge to Wildlife…
The Tenth Circuit, 2-1, reversed a district court ruling in a challenge to the Forest Service'…