A district court dismissed for lack of standing an OCSLA citizen suit concerning offshore oil and gas activities in the Santa Barbara Channel. Nonprofit groups argued BOEM's decision determining…

The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that an energy company's removal to federal court of a lawsuit concerning its 645-mile oil pipeline running from northwestern Wisconsin through…

The D.C. Circuit, 2-1, vacated the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission's decision to set aside the Mine Safety and Health Administration's (MSHA's) citations of a truck maintenance…

The U.S. Supreme Court, 8-0, held that the Fifth Circuit erred in concluding that a state court challenge to an oil and gas company's crude oil production during World War II was not "for or…

A district court denied environmental groups' motion for preliminary injunction in a challenge to a logging project in southern Oregon. The groups argued FWS and BLM violated the ESA in assessing…

A district court denied the federal government's motion to preliminarily enjoin a California statute that prohibits drilling of new oil and gas wells within 3,200 feet of "sensitive receptors"…

The Ninth Circuit affirmed a district court's denial of a request for a preliminary injunction in a challenge to a land exchange that would transfer to a private mining company land in Tonto…

A district court granted a pipeline company's motion to stay a permanent injunction issued by the court three years ago regarding the company's operation of a crude oil and natural gas pipeline…

A district court denied Indigenous and environmental groups' motion for preliminary injunction in a challenge to BLM approval of an oil company's request to conduct an exploration program…

A district court granted summary judgment for DOI in a lawsuit seeking to compel the Department to update its environmental analysis for decommissioning structures in waters off the Gulf…