Air
Sierra Club v. BP Products North America Inc.
A district court adopted a magistrate judge's recommendation and granted an environmental group'...
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...
Climate Change
California v. Environmental Protection Agency
The D.C. Circuit granted the Biden Administration's motion to voluntarily vacate and remand the...
Environmental Defense Fund v. Environmental Protection Agency
The D.C. Circuit granted the Biden Administration's motion to voluntarily vacate and remand the...
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
Martinez v. Chicago, City of
A district court denied plaintiffs' motion to preliminarily enjoin the city of Chicago from...
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...
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
Natural Resources Defense Council v. McCarthy
The Tenth Circuit affirmed dismissal of a challenge to BLM's decision not to conduct an...
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...
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...
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...
Wildlife
Ksanka Kupaqa Xa’ⱡȼin v. United States Fish and Wildlife Service
A district court vacated and remanded FWS' and the Forest Service's approval of the first phase...
Center for Biological Diversity v. Haaland
A district court granted an environmental group's motion for summary judgment in a challenge to...
