A district court held that BLM's 2018 decision to auction oil and gas leases on federally owned land in Colorado violated NEPA. Environmental groups argued the decision had failed to consider more accurate air monitoring data and modeling that became available after the 2017 EA on which it relied wa...

A district court denied summary judgment for the state of Missouri in a challenge to the Bureau of Reclamation's approval of a water supply project in North Dakota. Missouri argued the Bureau violated NEPA by failing to prepare an EIS, failing to take a "hard look" at the effectiveness of mitigation...

A district court granted in part and denied in part summary judgment for an environmental group and U.S. congressman in a lawsuit concerning enforcement activity along the U.S.-Mexico border. The plaintiffs argued the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) violated NEPA by failing to issue a suppleme...

A district court vacated BLM's approval of an oil and gas project in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska. Indigenous and environmental groups argued BLM violated NEPA by failing to adequately analyze the effects of the project's downstream greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in its EIS, failing to c...

A district court denied nonprofit groups' motion for summary judgment in a challenge to BLM's decision authorizing a power company to construct a portion of an electrical transmission line across roughly 100 miles of federal land. The groups argued BLM violated NEPA by failing to supplement the fina...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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...