North Dakota v. United States Department of Interior
A district court granted five states' motion to preliminarily enjoin BLM from implementing its 2024 rule that requires oil and gas operators to flare rather than vent excess methane gas to prevent waste and conserve resources. North Dakota, Montana, Texas, Wyoming, and Utah argued the rule exceeded ...
United States Sugar Corp. v. Environmental Protection Agency
In a per curiam opinion, the D.C. Circuit granted industry groups' petitions and denied environmental groups' petition to review EPA's application of a 2022 rule that classified industrial boilers built after 2010 as "new" rather than "existing" sources of hazardous air pollutants. The industry grou...
Sea-Level Change Science for Decisionmakers
Among the many detrimental impacts from climate change, sea-level rise is one of the most damaging, costly, and devastating. Sea-level change poses particular challenges for coastal communities, and is becoming more prevalent in environmental law. Existing scientific literature about how sea-level change works can often be inaccessible to the people that need it. In addition, each coastal community experiences a unique combination of global, regional, and local factors that define sea-level change.