Weekly Cases Update Volume 55, Issue 4

The cases listed below appear in the most recent issue of ELR's Weekly Update. For cases previously reported, please use the filter on the left.

Volume 55, Issue 6

ELR 2002422-16613(9th Cir., )

The Ninth Circuit reversed a district court's dismissal of a challenge to the U.S. Air Force's decision to engage in hazardous waste disposal through open burning/open detonation (OB/OD) operations at Tarague Beach on Guam.

Keywords:
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
ELR 20023CV 23-10345-MWF (AGRx)(C.D. Cal., )

A district court granted EPA's and OMB's motion to dismiss a challenge brought by California youth against certain agency policies for allegedly undervaluing the lives of children in cost-benefit analyses and thus harming them by failing to resolve the climate crisis.

Keywords:
Climate Change (generally)
ELR 200224:24-cv-00174-TWP-KMB(S.D. Ind., )

A district court denied environmental groups' motion to preliminarily enjoin a tornado recovery operations project in Hoosier National Forest.

Keywords:
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
ELR 200252:24-cv-337(E.D. Va., )

A district court granted the Army Corps of Engineers' motion to dismiss a developer's challenge to the Corps' 2012 jurisdictional determination over certain wetlands in Virginia.

Keywords:
Wetlands

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