A district court denied injunctive relief against the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management for failure to comply with NEPA in connection with its wind energy leasing. The Bureau leased a nautical area off the coast of New York to an energy company for the development of a wind energy facility. The plai...

The Fifth Circuit overturned a $3 million jury award for a nuisance claim against a petroleum company in which a family claimed natural gas extraction caused contamination of their property. The family alleged that the petroleum company's spills, releases, emissions, and discharges of air pollution ...

A district court refused to remand to state court a case where a plaintiff alleged that exposure to two petroleum companies' benzene-containing products caused him to develop cancer, finding that a party was fraudulently joined to prevent removal. The plaintiff originally sued the petroleum companie...