Mayor and City Council of Ocean City, Maryland v. U.S. Department of the Interior
A district court granted in part and denied in part motions to dismiss a challenge to federal agencies' approval of a construction and operations plan for a wind project off the coast of Maryland and Delaware. A Maryland city, nearby communities, industry groups, businesses, advocacy groups, and oth...
Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice v. United States Department of the Navy
A district court granted in part and denied in part the Navy's motion to dismiss a lawsuit concerning a decades-long radioactive waste cleanup at a naval shipyard in San Francisco. An environmental group argued that the Navy violated the cleanup agreement by rejecting initial strontium samples ...
Idaho Conservation League v. Bonneville Power Administration
The Ninth Circuit denied environmental groups' challenge to the Bonneville Power Administration's (BPA's) decision to spend only 10% of its excess financial reserves on measures to protect fish and wildlife. The groups argued BPA violated its obligations under §4(h)(11)(A) of the Pacific Northwest ...