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District Court Denies in Part, Dismisses in Part Summary Judgment for Environmental Groups in Lawsuit Over Use of Pesticide-Treated Seeds
A district court denied in part and dismissed in part environmental groups' motion for summary judgment in a lawsuit concerning the use of seeds treated with pesticides.
Ninth Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment for Forest Service in Challenge to Approval of Logging Project in Malheur National Forest
In an unpublished opinion, the Ninth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for the Forest Service in a challenge to its approval of a 40,000-acre logging project in Malheur National Forest.
In This Month's Issue . . .
The December issue of ELR—The Environmental Law Reporter features articles on the national security threat that climate change poses and the need for military facility modernization; the roles of judicial commissions and special masters in protecting the right to environment; and lawmakers' intent for the experience national scenic trails should provide when they passed the National Scenic Trails Act. The issue also includes a transcript from a recent webinar on the implementation of tribal consultation laws in California.
“Along” the National Scenic Trails: A Case Study of Statutory Interpretation
How to interpret the National Trails System Act in a post-Loper Bright world?
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
The U.S. military has recognized climate change as a national security threat. Over the past three…
In May 2024, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) issued a landmark advisory…
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
State and local environmental agencies regularly make decisions that have repercussions for tribes…
This Article addresses the pressing need for six “green states”—New York, Hawaii, Illinois,…
Land Use
This Comment looks at the background of national scenic trails and lawmakers’ intent for the…
In a divided opinion, a D.C. Circuit panel vacated FAA's and the National Park Service's…
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In an unpublished opinion, the Ninth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for the Forest Service in a…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'…