Weekly Cases Update Volume 51, Issue 11

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Volume 51, Issue 25

Missouri v. United States Department of the Interior
ELR 201642:20-cv-4018-NKL(W.D. Mo., )

A district court denied summary judgment for the state of Missouri in a challenge to the Bureau of Reclamation's approval of a water supply project in North Dakota.

Keywords:
Held not required for
Hoboken, City of v. Exxon Mobil Corp.
ELR 2017320-cv-14243(D.N.J., )

A district court remanded to state court a climate liability lawsuit brought by the city of Hoboken, New Jersey, against large oil and gas companies.

Keywords:
Climate Change (generally)
Northwest Environmental Defense Center v. United States Army Corps of Engineers
ELR 201713:18-cv-00437-HZ(D. Or., )

A district court granted interim injunctive relief for environmental groups in a lawsuit concerning the Army Corps of Engineers' operation of dams in the Willamette River Basin.

Keywords:
Jeopardize species/habitat
Cloud Peak Energy Inc. v. United States Department of the Interior
ELR 2017219-CV-120-SWS, 19-CV-121-SWS, and 19-CV-126-SWS(D. Wyo., )

A district court upheld in part and vacated in part a 2016 rule of the Office of Natural Resources Revenue (ONNR), which effectively changed how royalties owed to the federal government are calculated on oil, gas, and coal produced from federal land and offshore leases as well as coal produced fr

Keywords:
Natural Resources (generally)
Enbridge Line 3 Replacement Project in Minnesota Kittson, Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, Clearwater, Hubbard, Wadena, Cass, Crow Wing, Aitkin, St. Louis, and Carlton Counties Section 401 Water Quality Certification
ELR 20168A20-1513(Minn. Ct. App., )

A Minnesota appellate court affirmed the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency's (MPCA's) decision to issue a CWA §401 certification for the Line 3 crude oil pipeline replacement project.

Keywords:
State certification, §401

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