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Couser v. Shelby, Iowa, County of
A district court granted a pipeline company's motion to preliminarily enjoin enforcement of an Iowa county zoning ordinance promulgated in response to the company's proposed carbon dioxide pipeline. The company argued the ordinance was preempted by the federal Pipeline Safety Act and by Iowa Code §...
El Puente v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
A district court denied summary judgment for environmental groups in their challenge to the Army Corps of Engineers' approval of a navigation improvement project in San Juan Harbor in Puerto Rico. The groups sued the Corps, NMFS, and FWS, arguing they violated the ESA, NEPA, and the CWA. With respec...
Fore River Residents Against the Compressor Station v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
The D.C. Circuit dismissed for lack of jurisdiction a challenge to two FERC orders approving construction and operation of a natural gas compressor station in Massachusetts. Residents, municipalities, and an environmental group petitioned for review of the orders—one granting the station owner's r...
Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC v. Wilderness Society
In an unsigned order, the U.S. Supreme Court granted Mountain Valley Pipeline proponents' emergency application to vacate two Fourth Circuit orders halting construction of the 303-mile natural gas pipeline. The high court vacated the appellate court's July 10, 2023, and July 11, 2023, orders staying...