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District Court Denies Motion to Preliminarily Enjoin Trail Development Project Through Former Nuclear Weapons Production Site in Wildlife Refuge
A district court denied an environmental and public health group's motion for a preliminary injunction in a challenge to FWS' and the Federal Highway Administration's (FHwA's) authorization of a trail development project through a former nuclear weapons production site in Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge.
District Court Denies Summary Judgment for Environmental Groups in Challenge to FWS Rule Classifying Any Reestablished Black-Footed Ferret Population in Wyoming as Nonessential Experimental Population
A district court denied summary judgment for environmental groups in a challenge to FWS' 2015 rule that classified any reestablished black-footed ferret population in Wyoming as a nonessential experimental population.
In This Month's Issue . . .
The September 2024 issue of ELR-The Environmental Law Reporter includes articles on sea-level change science for decisionmakers, gatekeeping renewable energy, and the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Chevron. Also included are pieces on climate migration as climate resilience, and providing safeguards for vulnerable communities in coastal communities via the "migration with dignity" framework. A lightly edited transcript to a recent ELI webinar on LNG exports is included as well. Enjoy!
Coastal Migration With Dignity: Safeguards for Vulnerable Communities
Using the “migration with dignity” framework, this Comment offers recommendations to diminish the vulnerability of coastal communities in two climate migration case studies in the United States.
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…