A district court denied summary judgment for a citizen group in a challenge to NMFS' issuance of incidental harassment authorizations and a letter of authorization to wind developers off the coast of New York and New Jersey. 

The D.C. Circuit denied environmental groups' challenges to FERC's decision to grant a company's request to extend its construction deadline for a 75-mile extension to the Mountain Valley pipeline. 

ELR's May-June issue examines state climate superfund legislation, Chinese environmental law developments from 2024, future Global Plastics Treaty negotiations, and the future of recreation on state trust lands. Other pieces in this issue argue that climate action should be defensible under current antitrust doctrine, explain why the "presumption of service connection" should be granted for PFAS exposure in veterans, and propose using tribal fishing rights to challenge timber sales.

State trust lands, historically managed for extractive uses such as grazing, timber harvesting, and mineral development, generate revenue for public schools and other designated beneficiaries. How  might recreation—ranging from hiking and hunting to wildlife viewing and camping—fits within this fiduciary framework?