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Natural Resources Defense Council v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
The Ninth Circuit vacated EPA's denial of a petition to cancel the registration of the pesticide tetrachlorvinphos (TCVP). An environmental group petitioned the Agency to cancel the registration of TCVP for use in household pet products, and EPA denied the petition. The group argued the Agency erred...
San Mateo v. Chevron Corp.
The Ninth Circuit again affirmed a district court order that remanded to state court several California counties' and cities' lawsuit against oil and gas companies alleging state law claims arising from global warming. The district court concluded that none of the companies' grounds for removal—fe...
Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration
A district court denied nonprofit groups' motion for summary judgment in a challenge to FDA's denial of the group's petition concerning a threshold of regulation (TOR) exemption that allowed the inclusion of sodium perchlorate monohydrate in food-contact materials. The groups argued FDA violated the...
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore v. BP P.L.C.
The Fourth Circuit affirmed a district court order that remanded to state court the city of Baltimore's climate change lawsuit against oil companies. The city alleged it sustained climate change-related injuries, including an increase in sea levels, storms, floods, heatwaves, droughts, and extreme p...