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Volume 55, Issue 27
No(s). 16-60670 (5th Cir. Sep 22, 2025)
The Fifth Circuit, 2-1, denied a challenge to EPA's disapproval of a good neighbor SIP submitted by Texas in 2012 asserting that the state's contributions to ozone pollution in other states were not significant enough to require mitigation.
No(s). 1:23-cv-01204 (CJN) (D.D.C. Sep 15, 2025)
A district court denied environmental groups' motion for partial summary judgment in a challenge to FAA's decision granting a license to a commercial space company to test its new reusable launch vehicle at its facility in Texas.
No(s). 3:25-CV-01377-NJR (S.D. Ill. Sep 11, 2025)
A district court denied environmental groups' motion for preliminary injunction in a challenge to the Forest Service's approval of a logging project in Shawnee National Forest.
No(s). CV 22-149-M-DWM (D. Mont. Sep 17, 2025)
A district court adopted a magistrate judge's findings and recommendations in a lawsuit concerning the Forest Service's authorization of continued and expanded commercial livestock grazing leases in the Absaroka Beartooth Mountains.
No(s). 21-1126 (D.C. Cir. Sep 9, 2025)
In a split opinion, the D.C. Circuit denied petitions to review a FERC order certifying a Montana solar power facility as a "small power production facility" under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA).
No(s). 23-1333 (D.C. Cir. Sep 19, 2025)
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 pipeline in Puerto Rico.
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