Air
Freeman v. Grain Processing Corp.
The Iowa Supreme Court held that neighbors of an Iowa corn processing plant were properly...
Waterkeeper Alliance v. EPA
The D.C. Circuit vacated an EPA final rule that exempted farms from reporting requirements for...
Climate Change
Environmental Sustainability: Finding a Working Definition
Since at least 1987, when the World Commission on Environment and Development published Our...
Ocean Policy and the Trump Administration
Each presidential election brings the possibility of large-scale changes in environmental policy...
Energy
Correlative Rights and Limited Common Property in the Pore Space: A Response to the Challenge of Subsurface Trespass in Carbon Capture and Sequestration
Carbon dioxide and other substances injected as part of carbon capture and sequestration (CCS)...
Sierra Club v. Chesapeake Operating, LLC
A district court abstained from rendering a decision in a case concerning earthquakes allegedly...
Governance
Taylor
A federal bankruptcy court issued a supplementary opinion to clarify its prior ruling that...
Cincinnati Insurance Co. v. Roy's Plumbing, Inc.
The Second Circuit, in a summary order, affirmed a lower court decision that an insurance...
Land Use
Addressing the Environmental Impacts of Large Infrastructure Projects: Making "Mitigation" Matter
We are in the midst of an unprecedented governmentwide focus on infrastructure permitting and...
Growth-Induced Land Development Caused by Highway and Other Projects as an Indirect Effect Under NEPA
Growth-induced land development caused by highway and other projects must be considered as a...
Natural Resources
Caring for the Orphans: Approaches for Mitigating Fugitive Methane Emissions From Orphaned Oil and Gas Wells
Recent scientific research indicates fugitive methane emissions from abandoned oil and gas wells...
A Disaster by Any Other Name: Improving Assistance to States and Individuals During Long-Term Disasters
Disasters and emergencies come in all shapes and sizes. Some are man-made while others are a...
Toxic Substances
NRDC v. EPA
The Ninth Circuit vacated EPA's conditional registration of a pesticide because the Agency...
A Practitioner's Guide to the Toxic Substances Control Act: Part I
Editors' Summary: TSCA provides EPA with broad authority to address potential hazards posed...
Waste
United States v. Federal Resources Corp.
The Ninth Circuit, in an unpublished opinion, held that the United States is not liable under...
AES P.R., LP v. Trujillo-Panisse
The First Circuit struck down two Puerto Rican municipalities' ban of the disposal of coal ash...
Water
Save Our Cabinets v. Department of Agriculture
A district court held that the approval of a mining project in Montana violated NEPA, the CWA,...
AquAlliance v. Bureau of Reclamation
The D.C. Circuit held that the federal government is not required to reveal the location of...
Wildlife
Save Our Cabinets v. FWS
A district court held that the approval of a mining project in Montana violated the ESA. A...
Wild Fish Conservancy v. National Park Service
The Ninth Circuit held that NMFS and DOI did not violate NEPA or the ESA when they approved the...
