Air

In a per curiam opinion, the D.C. Circuit granted industry groups' petitions and denied…
The D.C. Circuit denied a chemical manufacturer's and two trade groups' petitions to…

Climate Change

As the United States and the global community figure out how to address climate migration, local…
Sea-level rise is a common denominator that prompts two related but distinct types of coastal…

Energy

On January 26, 2024, the Biden Administration announced a pause on pending decisions on permits to…
Interconnection queues across the United States prevent renewable energy projects from connecting…

Governance

A district court granted the state of Louisiana's motion to permanently enjoin EPA from (1)…
On June 28, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court overruled Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council,…

Land Use

A district court denied an environmental and public health group's motion for a preliminary…
A district court denied summary judgment for environmental groups in a challenge to BLM's…

Natural Resources

A district court granted an Indian tribe's motion for a temporary restraining order (TRO) in a…
A district court largely upheld BLM's approval of a proposed dolomite mining project near the…

Toxic Substances

The Third Circuit reversed a ruling that held FIFRA did not preempt state-law tort duties to…
A district court granted summary judgment for conservation groups in a challenge to the Animal and…

Waste

The D.C. Circuit denied environmental groups' petitions to review NRC's denial of their…
The D.C. Circuit dismissed petitions to review EPA actions applying and enforcing regulations that…

Water

The Third Circuit dismissed for lack of jurisdiction a chemical company's petition to review…
This abstract, which is adapted from Michele Okoh, Forgotten Waters, 111 Geo. L.J. 723 (2022),…

Wildlife

A district court denied summary judgment for environmental groups in a challenge to FWS' 2015…
In an unpublished opinion, the Ninth Circuit reversed a lower court's vacatur of an incidental…