Save the Colorado v. Semonite
A district court vacated its preliminary injunction in an environmental groups' challenge to the Army Corps of Engineers' issuance of a dredge-and-fill permit for a dam expansion project in Colorado. It previously remanded with vacatur the Corps' record of decision, final EIS, and permit, enjoined f...
Deep South Center for Environmental Justice v. United States Environmental Protection Agency
The Fifth Circuit dismissed environmental groups' petition to review an EPA rule granting Louisiana primary enforcement authority over Class VI underground carbon sequestration wells. The groups petitioned under the SDWA's review provision, and the state and its Department of Energy and Natural Reso...
Examining State Climate Superfund Legislation
There has been an influx of “climate superfund” bills introduced and adopted in state legislatures across the country. Modeled after the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), these laws are designed to recover costs from large emitters of greenhouse gases (GHGs) to pay for climate adaptation infrastructure.