A district court denied DOI's motion for summary judgment and the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation's motion for judgment on the pleadings in a lawsuit challenging a 2020 DOI opinion that…
A district court granted a pipeline company's motion for summary judgment in a challenge to its use of a four-mile strip under the Straits of Mackinac as part of its 645-mile crude oil pipeline.…
A district court denied DOI's motion to voluntarily remand oil and gas leasing decisions in a lawsuit brought by conservation groups over BLM's 2018 instruction memorandum on greater sage-grouse…
The Fifth Circuit denied petitions to review FERC's approval of a natural gas pipeline expansion project in the Pacific Northwest. A pipeline company, two states, and two environmental groups…
A district court granted in part and denied in part summary judgment for five coastal states and two industry groups in a challenge to two memoranda issued by President Biden withdrawing certain…
The D.C. Circuit denied a petition to review FERC orders declaring the Commission would take no action to prevent construction or operation pending its review of license applications for a new…
The D.C. Circuit denied environmental groups' challenge to DOI's approval of a five-year schedule for oil and gas leasing on the outer continental shelf (OCS). The groups argued the approval…
The D.C. Circuit denied environmental groups' challenges to FERC's decision to grant a company's request to extend its construction deadline for a 75-mile extension to the Mountain Valley Pipeline…
The Eighth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for a carbon dioxide pipeline company in a challenge to two Iowa county ordinances that regulate pipelines. The company, which wants to build an…
A district court granted BLM's motion to dismiss a challenge to its approval of 26 applications for permits to drill in Colorado. An environmental group argued BLM's refusal to impose…