Mulhern Gas Co., Inc. v. Mosley
A district court denied summary judgment for builder and fossil fuel groups in a challenge to New York statutory amendments prohibiting installation of fossil fuel equipment and systems in certain new buildings. The groups argued the amended statutes were preempted by the Energy Policy and Cons...
Center for Biological Diversity v. Carey
A district court denied environmental groups' motion to preliminarily enjoin a timber thinning project on BLM-managed lands in Montana. The groups argued the project violated NEPA because BLM failed to take a "hard look" at environmental and climate impacts, violated FLPMA because BLM failed to show...
Center for Biological Diversity v. United States Department of the Interior
The D.C. Circuit affirmed dismissal of environmental groups' challenge to BLM's approval of more than 4,000 applications for permits to drill oil and gas wells on public land in the Permian and Powder River Basins. The groups argued BLM violated NEPA by failing to adequately consider the wells' clim...