Weekly Cases Update Volume 49, Issue 36

People of New York v. Exxon Mobil Corp.

ELR 20199

567 (N.Y., December 2019)

New York's high court dismissed the state's securities fraud lawsuit concerning an oil company's accounting of climate change risks. The state argued that the company made misrepresentations and omissions that were material to its investors about how climate change would affect its business by...

Keywords: Climate Change (generally)

Citizens for a Healthy Community v. United States Bureau of Land Management

ELR 20195

17-cv-02519-LTB-GPG (D. Colo., December 2019)

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A district court enjoined approved permits and suspended applications for new permits for oil and gas development in Colorado until BLM completes its analysis of reasonably foreseeable indirect impacts. In a previous ruling, the court concluded that BLM had failed to sufficiently explain the...

Keywords: Discussion of, held inadequate

In re Reissuance of an NPDES/SDS Permit to U.S. Steel Corp.

ELR 20197

A18-2094, A18-2095, A18-2159, and A18-2163 (Minn. Ct. App., December 2019)

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A state appellate court reversed the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency's decision to reissue a NPDES permit for an iron ore mine in northeast Minnesota. An environmental group and Indian band challenged the decision, arguing that the agency erred in its interpretation of the CWA and that the...

Keywords: Permit issuance

United States v. Exxon Mobil Corp.

ELR 20196

18-55481 (9th Cir., December 2019)

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The Ninth Circuit reversed a district court order denying the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Board's petition to enforce subpoenas issued against an oil company following an explosion and chemical release at one of its refineries. The district court found that 29 of the subpoenas were...

Keywords: Hazardous

Friends of the Rapid River v. Probert

ELR 20198

3:18-cv-00465-DCN (D. Idaho, December 2019)

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A district court denied environmental groups' motion for summary judgment in a lawsuit concerning the Forest Service's plan for harvesting timber on 2,500 acres in the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest. The groups argued that the Service exceeded its statutory authority under the Healthy...

Keywords: Nez Perce National Forest, Idaho

Weekly Cases Update Volume 49, Issue 36

People of New York v. Exxon Mobil Corp.

Citizens for a Healthy Community v. United States Bureau of Land Management

In re Reissuance of an NPDES/SDS Permit to U.S. Steel Corp.

United States v. Exxon Mobil Corp.

Friends of the Rapid River v. Probert

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