A district court granted the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management's (BOEM's) motion to dismiss a challenge to its memorandum designating certain areas in New York as "wind energy areas" for purposes of offshore wind development. A nonprofit group argued BOEM violated NEPA by failing to conduct an EA pr...

A district court denied summary judgment for environmental groups in a challenge to the Forest Service's approval of a proposed mining exploration project on public land in the eastern Sierra Nevadas. The groups argued the Service violated NEPA by relying on two categorical exclusions—for mineral ...

The D.C Circuit denied an industry group's challenge to EPA's 2021 rule requiring power plants in several upwind states to reduce nitrogen oxide emissions. The group argued the rule was arbitrary and capricious, and that EPA failed to conduct a legally and technically appropriate assessment as requi...