A district court granted in part and denied in part a fossil fuel company's motion to dismiss a challenge to its production, distribution, and promotion of plastic polymers. Environmental…
The Ninth Circuit reversed summary judgment for a mining company in a lawsuit concerning liability for damages to natural resources stemming from its discharge of hazardous substances into the…
A district court denied environmental groups' motion for summary judgment in a challenge to a 2019 EPA rule that exempted air emissions from animal waste from an EPCRA reporting requirement.…
A district court granted in part and denied in part the Navy's motion to dismiss a lawsuit concerning a decades-long radioactive waste cleanup at a naval shipyard in San Francisco. An…
The U.S. Supreme Court, 6-3, held that the state of Texas and a private business, which petitioned to review NRC's decision to grant a renewable 40-year license to a private entity seeking to…
A district court granted in part and denied in part an aerospace company's motion to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that it failed to address the release of hazardous materials on an 18-acre…
The D.C. Circuit denied environmental groups' petitions to review NRC's denial of their requests to intervene in licensing proceedings for construction and operation of a spent nuclear…
The D.C. Circuit dismissed petitions to review EPA actions applying and enforcing regulations that govern disposal of coal combustion residuals (CCRs). Owners and operators of coal-fired power…
A district court denied a mining company's motion for partial summary judgment in a lawsuit concerning pollution from the company's British Columbia smelter along the Upper Columbia…
A district court granted DOE's motion to dismiss a lawsuit over the social and economic impacts of storing spent nuclear fuel at Idaho National Laboratory (INL). Butte County argued DOE…