Air
New Jersey v. Environmental Protection Agency
The D.C. Circuit denied, 2-1, New Jersey's challenge to a rule promulgated by EPA on remand...
Sierra Club v. Environmental Protection Agency
The D.C. Circuit vacated three provisions of EPA's 2018 rule implementing NAAQS for ozone....
Climate Change
Minnesota v. American Petroleum Institute
A district court granted a state's motion to remand to state court a climate change lawsuit...
New York, City of v. Chevron Corp.
The Second Circuit affirmed dismissal of a lawsuit seeking damages from oil companies for harms...
Energy
Public Service Electric and Gas Co. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
The D.C. Circuit denied petitions to review three FERC orders concerning cost sharing for...
Governing the Gasoline Spigot: Gas Stations and the Transition Away From Gasoline
Gas stations are America’s largest carbon spigot, a leading source of neighborhood-based...
Governance
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility v. National Park Service
A district court denied the National Park Service's (NPS') motion to dismiss a challenge to its...
Humane Society International v. United States Fish and Wildlife Service
A district court granted summary judgment for a nonprofit group in a lawsuit seeking FOIA...
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
Center for Biological Diversity v. United States Bureau of Land Management
A district court granted BLM's motion for voluntary remand in a challenge to the agency's...
Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards v. Red River Coal Co., Inc.
The Fourth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for a coal company in a lawsuit concerning the...
Toxic Substances
Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization v. Wheeler
A district court granted nonprofit groups' motion for summary judgment in a challenge to EPA's...
American Chemistry Council v. Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment
A California appellate court upheld the state Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment's...
Waste
The Supreme Court Opens a Door in ARCO v. Christian, Part Two
In its Atlantic Richfield Co. v. Christian opinion, the U.S. Supreme Court addressed...
Single-Use Plastics and the Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic is testing the balance between sustainability and human safety on a global...
Water
Cottonwood Environmental Law Center v. Edwards
A district court denied a motion for preliminary injunction in a lawsuit concerning irrigation...
National Audubon Society v. United States Army Corps of Engineers
The Fourth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for the Army Corps of Engineers in a challenge to...
Wildlife
Flaherty v. Raimondo
A district court denied an environmental group's motion for summary judgment in a challenge to...
Cook Inletkeeper v. Raimondo
A district court granted in part and denied in part environmental groups' motion for summary...
