Wilderness Society v. U.S. Department of Interior
A district court enjoined BLM from approving new applications for a permit to drill or authorizing new surface disturbance on lease parcels in conservation groups' challenge to the Bureau's decision to auction roughly 120,000 acres of public land in Wyoming for oil and gas development. The court pre...
New Jersey Conservation Foundation v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
The D.C. Circuit vacated FERC's approval of an expansion project for a natural gas pipeline that runs through New Jersey, New York, Delaware, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. Environmental groups petitioned to review the approval, arguing FERC arbitrarily overlooked significant environmental consequences...
Cook Inletkeeper v. U.S. Department of the Interior
A district court remanded without vacatur the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management's (BOEM's) final EIS and record of decision (ROD) for a 2022 oil lease sale in Alaska's Cook Inlet. Environmental groups argued BOEM's review of the lease sale and ROD violated NEPA, and moved to remand and vacate both. ...
Healthy Gulf v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
The D.C. Circuit granted in part and denied in part petitions to review FERC's authorization of construction and operation of liquefied natural gas facilities in southwestern Louisiana. Environmental groups argued FERC did not properly address NEPA and Natural Gas Act requirements. The court found F...