Natural Resources

A district court denied environmental groups' motion for summary judgment in a challenge to the Forest Service's approval of a gold exploration project in Caribou-Targhee National Forest…

The California Supreme Court affirmed an appellate court ruling in favor of oil producers and mineral rights holders in a challenge to a county ordinance banning oil and gas wastewater injection…

The Seventh Circuit affirmed summary judgment for the Army Corps of Engineers in a challenge to its decision to continue an over century-old project that involves building river training…

In an unsigned order, the U.S. Supreme Court granted Mountain Valley Pipeline proponents' emergency application to vacate two Fourth Circuit orders halting construction of the 303-mile…

A district court denied summary judgment for environmental groups in their challenge to the Army Corps of Engineers' approval of a navigation improvement project in San Juan Harbor in Puerto…

The D.C. Circuit dismissed for lack of jurisdiction a challenge to two FERC orders approving construction and operation of a natural gas compressor station in Massachusetts. Residents,…

The Fourth Circuit granted an environmental group's motion to stay construction on the Mountain Valley Pipeline in Jefferson National Forest pending its petition for review.
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The Eighth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for the Bureau of Reclamation in a challenge to the Bureau's decision to move forward with a water reclamation project in North Dakota. The state…

A district court granted a pipeline company's motion to preliminarily enjoin enforcement of an Iowa county zoning ordinance promulgated in response to the company's proposed carbon…

A district court adopted a magistrate judge's findings and recommendations to grant in part and deny in part cross-motions for summary judgment in a lawsuit concerning the Forest Service…