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H.R. 2606, Chamber Action

H.R. 2240, Chamber Action

S. 1956, Chamber Action

H.R. 5961, Committee Action

H.R. 4965, Committee Action

H.R. 4278, Committee Action

H.R. 2541, Committee Action

Native Village of Kivalina v. ExxonMobil Corp.

The Ninth Circuit affirmed a lower court decision dismissing an Eskimo village's nuisance claim against multiple oil, energy, and utility companies for their alleged contribution to climate change. The village claimed that the companies are responsible for a substantial portion of the greenhouse gas...

Earth Island Institute v. United States Forest Service

The Ninth Circuit held that the U.S. Forest Service's Angora Fire Restoration Project in the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit (LTBMU) complies with the National Forest Management Act (NFMA) and NEPA. Environmental groups argued that the NMFA required the Forest Service to demonstrate at the project ...

United States v. Citgo Petroleum Corp.

A district court held that 15 community members of Corpus Christi, Texas, are victims under the Crime Victims Rights Act (CVRA) for environmental crimes committed by a petroleum refining company. The company was convicted of two counts of criminally violating the CAA at its refinery. The court previ...