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D.C. Circuit Denies Petition to Review FERC Authorization of Owner's Request to Surrender License for Hydroelectric Project
The D.C. Circuit denied a petition to review FERC's authorization of an owner's request to surrender its license for a hydroelectric project on the Salmon Falls River between New Hampshire and Maine.
Ninth Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment for FWS in Challenge to Decision Not to List Tucson Shovel-Nosed Snake as Endangered
In an unpublished opinion, the Ninth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for FWS in a challenge to its decision not to list the Tucson shovel-nosed snake as endangered under the ESA.
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A preview of our January-February issue of ELR—The Environmental Law Reporter features articles on "energy communities", the climate capability of India's judiciary, strategic climate litigation, and the International Court of Justice's anticipated advisory opinion on climate change. More to come in February!
“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
The Fifth Circuit granted EPA's motion to vacate its disapprovals of portions of regional haze…
A district court granted in part environmental groups' motion for summary judgment in a CAA…
Climate Change
As in many other countries, climate change is driving new and complex litigation throughout India.…
What is climate litigation? Widely accepted definitions suggest it is any litigation pertaining…
Energy
The D.C. Circuit denied a petition to review FERC's authorization of an owner's request…
President Biden’s 2021 Executive Order No. 14008 created a new federal legal concept of “energy…
Governance
As in many other countries, climate change is driving new and complex litigation throughout India.…
What is climate litigation? Widely accepted definitions suggest it is any litigation pertaining…
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
The D.C. Circuit denied an advocacy group's petition to review FERC's approval of a…
The D.C. Circuit denied a pipeline operator's petition to review a FERC order authorizing…
Toxic Substances
The D.C. Circuit vacated certain requirements under an EPA rule concerning the assertion and…
A district court granted EPA's motion to dismiss a TSCA citizen suit brought by environmental…
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
In an unpublished opinion, the Ninth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for FWS in a challenge to…
In an unpublished opinion, the Ninth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for the Forest Service in a…