A district court granted two Indian tribes' motion to remand to state court a challenge brought against fossil fuel companies for climate change-related harms. The tribes sued in state court, asserting claims for public nuisance and failure to warn. The companies removed the suit to federal court, a...
The Fourth Circuit vacated two district court decisions in lawsuits concerning a chemical manufacturer's role in allegedly contaminating Maryland's and South Carolina's waterways by using per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in its products. The two states sued in state court, each filing two ...
This Article calls on the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) to issue guidance clarifying that concurrent decommissioning is a “connected action” under the National Environmental Policy Act for relocation, managed retreat, and protect-in-place projects aimed at replacing infrastructure in environmentally threatened Alaska Native communities.