Weekly Cases Update Volume 50, Issue 2

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Volume 49, Issue 36

United States v. Exxon Mobil Corp.
ELR 2019618-55481(9th Cir., )

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.

Keywords:
Hazardous
Citizens for a Healthy Community v. United States Bureau of Land Management
ELR 2019517-cv-02519-LTB-GPG(D. Colo., )

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.

Keywords:
Discussion of, held inadequate
Friends of the Rapid River v. Probert
ELR 201983:18-cv-00465-DCN(D. Idaho, )

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.

Keywords:
Nez Perce National Forest, Idaho
Reissuance of an NPDES/SDS Permit to U.S. Steel Corp.
ELR 20197A18-2094, A18-2095, A18-2159, and A18-2163(Minn. Ct. App., )

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.

Keywords:
Permit issuance
People of New York v. Exxon Mobil Corp.
ELR 20199567(N.Y., )

New York's high court dismissed the state's securities fraud lawsuit concerning an oil company's accounting of climate change risks.

Keywords:
Climate Change (generally)

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