In an unsigned order, the U.S. Supreme Court granted Mountain Valley Pipeline proponents' emergency application to vacate two Fourth Circuit orders halting construction of the 303-mile natural gas pipeline. The high court vacated the appellate court's July 10, 2023, and July 11, 2023, orders staying...
A district court granted EPA's and the Army Corps of Engineers' motion to stay Texas' and Idaho's challenge to the Biden Administration's 2023 rule revising the definition of "waters of the United States" under the CWA. The court stayed the suit until publication in the Federal Register of the agenc...
In an en banc decision, the Eleventh Circuit vacated a panel opinion in a lawsuit concerning a Georgia resident's cancer following decades of using a weedkiller containing glyphosate. The resident argued the weedkiller's manufacturer knew or should have known its product was carcinogenic, but failed...
The Tenth Circuit affirmed denial of conservation groups' claims in a lawsuit concerning the Bureau of Reclamation's decision to sign a water contract allowing the state of Utah to draw from reservoir releases rather than the Green River and its tributaries. The groups argued the Bureau violated NEP...
The Eighth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for the Bureau of Reclamation in a challenge to the Bureau's decision to move forward with a water reclamation project in North Dakota. The state of Missouri argued the Bureau violated the Water Supply Act by moving forward without first getting approval ...
The Fourth Circuit granted an environmental group's motion to stay construction on the Mountain Valley Pipeline in Jefferson National Forest pending its petition for review.
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The D.C. Circuit vacated DOE's 2020 rule establishing more stringent energy efficiency standards for commercial packaged boilers, and its 2022 supplemental document responding to the court's previous remand order that it address comments raised during the rulemaking process. Industry groups argued D...
A district court granted the city of Charleston's motion to remand to state court its lawsuit against fossil fuel companies for allegedly contributing to climate change by producing and selling fossil fuel products while deceiving consumers and the public about the dangers associated with them. The ...
A district court adopted a magistrate judge's findings and recommendations to grant in part and deny in part cross-motions for summary judgment in a lawsuit concerning the Forest Service's approval of a vegetation management project in the Kootenai National Forest. An environmental group had argued,...
A district court granted summary judgment for the State Department in a lawsuit concerning documents related to the agency's handling of the 2016 Paris Climate Agreement. A nonprofit group filed a FOIA request, seeking three documents concerning the "Circular 175" process for the agreement. The Depa...