Air
American Fuel & Petroleum Manufacturers v. Environmental Protection Agency
The D.C. Circuit vacated in part EPA's 2019 rule lifting seasonal restrictions on the sale of...
State ex rel. Yost v. Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
The Ohio Supreme Court affirmed an appellate court ruling in a lawsuit concerning Volkswagen’s...
Climate Change
Eminent Domain Law As Climate Policy
This abstract is adapted from Alexandra B. Klass, Eminent Domain Law as Climate Policy...
Climate Stumbling Blocks: Zombie Energy Laws, States, and the Path to Paris
With the dawn of the Joseph Biden Administration, there is renewed optimism that the United...
Energy
You Can't Take Them Like That, It's Against Regulation
This Comment is written from the perspective of a practicing attorney who represents clients on...
Zombie Energy Laws
This Article traces the development of three legal rules—cost recovery for vertically integrated...
Governance
The New Gatekeepers: Private Firms as Public Enforcers
This abstract is adapted from Rory Van Loo, The New Gatekeepers: Private Firms as Public...
Mapping the Movement: The Future of Identifying and Addressing Cumulative Impacts
Because environmental justice is inherently a conversation about geography (i.e., where in our...
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
Rocky Mountain Peace & Justice Center v. United States Fish and Wildlife Service
A district court affirmed FWS' decision to modify the location of certain planned multi-use...
Los Angeles, City of v. Dickson
In an unpublished opinion, the Ninth Circuit granted in part and dismissed in part a challenge...
Toxic Substances
Farmworkers Ass'n of Florida v. Environmental Protection Agency
The D.C. Circuit vacated EPA's authorization of the pesticide aldicarb for use on oranges and...
A Community Voice v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
The Ninth Circuit remanded, 2-1, a rule EPA promulgated in 2019 in response to the court's 2017...
Waste
Food Scrap Recycling: Opportunities and Realities
When food waste decomposes, it releases methane, a greenhouse gas with at least 25 times the...
Guam v. United States
The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that a settlement of environmental liabilities must...
Water
Clean Wisconsin, Inc. v. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
The Wisconsin Supreme Court held, 4-2, that the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR...
Conservation Law Foundation v. Exxon Mobil Corp.
The First Circuit vacated a district court order staying a CWA and RCRA citizen suit brought...
Wildlife
Friends of Animals v. United States Bureau of Land Management
A district court denied a nonprofit group's motion to preliminarily enjoin BLM from gathering...
WildEarth Guardians v. Steele
A district court granted in part and denied in part environmental groups' motion for summary...
