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South Carolina Coastal Conservation League v. United States Environmental Protection Agency
A district court granted EPA's motion to remand without vacatur the Clean Water Act Section 401 Certification Rule., full_html...
Diné Citizens Against Ruining Our Environment v. Bernhardt
A district court dismissed a challenge to BLM's approval of oil and gas drilling permits in the Mancos Shale in New Mexico. An environmental group argued that BLM's approval of the permits violated NEPA by failing to take a "hard look" at the drilling's impacts on water resources and air quality. Th...
Western Watersheds Project v. Bureau of Land Management
A district court denied a motion to preliminarily enjoin construction of a lithium mine in Nevada. Conservation groups argued BLM's decision to approve the mine violated FLPMA and NEPA, and sought to enjoin its construction until the violations were corrected. The court found that the groups failed ...
Northwest Environmental Advocates v. United States Environmental Protection Agency
A district court granted partial summary judgment for environmental groups in a CWA citizen suit concerning water quality standards for mercury in Idaho. The groups argued that EPA's failure to promptly publish and promulgate mercury standards after disapproving Idaho's revision of those standards v...
Hawai'i Wildlife Fund v. Maui, County of
A district court granted summary judgment for environmental groups in an ongoing dispute over a Hawaii county's release of pollutants into injection wells at a wastewater reclamation facility near the Pacific Ocean. The groups argued the county violated the CWA by failing to obtain an NPDES permit f...
Sequoia Forestkeeper v. United States Forest Service
A district court granted a temporary restraining order in a lawsuit concerning the Forest Service's authorization of a tree removal and timber sale project in the Sequoia National Forest. Environmental groups argued the Service violated NEPA by relying upon a categorical exclusion that covered road ...
Whitewater Draw Natural Resource Conservation District v. Mayorkas
The Ninth Circuit affirmed judgment for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in a challenge to the Department's implementation of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and other immigration programs and policies. Plaintiffs argued DHS violated NEPA by failing to consider the...
Vecinos Para el Bienestar de la Comunidad Costera v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
The D.C. Circuit granted in part and dismissed in part petitions to review FERC's decision authorizing construction and operation of three liquefied natural gas export terminals in Texas. Environmental groups, residents, and a nearby city argued that FERC's analyses of the terminals' impacts on clim...