ELR Citation: 52 ELR 20042
No(s). 9:19-cv-00012- DWM (9th Cir. Apr 4, 2022)

The Ninth Circuit, 2-1, affirmed in part and reversed in part summary judgment for DOI in a challenge to its approval of a mine expansion proposal in Montana. Environmental groups argued DOI violated NEPA by failing to take a "hard look" at the actual environmental effects of the expansion's greenho...