A district court held that a food company is not shielded from CERCLA liability by a settlement reached under RCRA related to the same site.

A district court denied injunctive relief against the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management for failure to comply with NEPA in connection with its wind energy leasing. The Bureau leased a nautical area off the coast of New York to an energy company for the development of a wind energy facility.

The Fourth Circuit affirmed a district court ruling that upheld a Virginia uranium mining ban on non-federal lands. In the early 1980s, a uranium deposit was discovered in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, on land owned by a mineral company.

The Massachusetts Supreme Court held that a scientific consultant group hired to assess the effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill cannot proceed with a defamation suit against a pair of environmental advocates.

A district court permitted a contribution suit under CERCLA against a paper company to proceed in a case involving a site in Dayton, Ohio. The site was allegedly contaminated with numerous hazardous chemicals that were used in the paper-making process over the course of 100 years.

The Oregon Supreme Court ruled that a company that ran a waste treatment and disposal facility was liable for transporting hazardous waste without the proper manifest forms. The company contracted to transport waste from a polymer manufacturer's factory to its treatment facility.