In an unpublished opinion, the D.C. Circuit denied environmental groups' petitions to review FERC's issuance of a certificate of public convenience and necessity for construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline. The groups argued that FERC failed to adequately consider the climate change impacts of ...

A district court granted environmental groups' request to compel the U.S. Chemical and Safety Hazard Investigation Board to promulgate regulations concerning accidental chemical releases. The groups argued that the Board's failure to implement reporting regulations in the 27 years since Congress ame...

A district court denied environmental groups' motion for summary judgment against BLM for lease sales in 2017. The groups argued that BLM failed to fully consider numerous and foreseeable environmental impacts of the leases as required under NEPA. But the court found that BLM's analysis in general t...

A state court upheld the North Dakota Department of Health's decision to issue an air quality permit for construction of an oil refinery less than three miles from Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Environmental groups argued that the Department's decision to issue a synthetic minor source permit ra...