United States v. Columbian Chemical Co., No. 6:17-cv-01661 (W.D. La. Nov. 19, 2021). A proposed first amendment to a consent decree extends compliance deadlines for settling defendants that violated CAA provisions at two carbon black manufacturing facilities in North Bend, Louisiana, and Hickok, Kansas.

FWS announced the revised taxonomy of nine wildlife and nine plant species that occur in the southwestern United States under the ESA.