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A district court denied defendants’ motion to dismiss an environmental group’s claims under the citizen suit provisions of RCRA to abate an alleged imminent and substantial endangerment to human health and the environment posed by trichloroethylene and perchloroethylene disposed at a landfill.
A California appellate court affirmed a lower court decision that held that the California Regional Water Quality Control Board (Board) had no authority to enforce state law governing waste discharge to several hydroelectric dams operating under a federal license.
The D.C. Circuit denied a trucking association’s petition to review an EPA decision authorizing under the CAA a California rule that regulated emissions from transportation refrigeration units (TRUs) in trucks.
The California Supreme Court reversed a lower court decision to find that a citizen group’s suit challenging a city’s approval of a Wal-Mart was time barred under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
A district court granted defendant’s motions to exclude evidence of defendant’s prior conviction under, and involvement with, certain environmental laws in a case where defendant was charged with violating RCRA §3008(d)(2)(A).
A district court entered judgment for the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) with respect to environmental groups’ claims that the TVA violated the CAA and the Tennessee SIP in its operation of a fossil fuel-fired electricity generating facility.
The Fifth Circuit denied an environmental group’s petition to review a Surface Transportation Board (STB) decision that granted an exemption to a railroad company to construct and operate a rail line to service a proposed limestone quarry, which was to be developed in phases, without meeting cert
A California appellate court affirmed a lower court order clarifying and enforcing a prior decision, which had defined the rights of parties interested in the production of groundwater from the Seaside Basin, by restricting a water management district’s authority to require environmenta
The Third Circuit vacated and remanded a lower court decision finding a defendant liable for costs incurred at the Boarhead Farms Superfund site.
A California appellate court reversed a lower court decision that granted in part a citizen group’s petition for a writ of mandate under the California Environmental Quality Act challenging the certification of an environmental impact report (EIR) by a university board in regards to the developme