A district court granted a pipeline company's motion to stay a permanent injunction issued by the court three years ago regarding the company's operation of a crude oil and natural gas pipeline…
A district court denied Indigenous and environmental groups' motion for preliminary injunction in a challenge to BLM approval of an oil company's request to conduct an exploration program…
A district court granted summary judgment for DOI in a lawsuit seeking to compel the Department to update its environmental analysis for decommissioning structures in waters off the Gulf…
A district court denied DOI's motion for summary judgment and the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation's motion for judgment on the pleadings in a lawsuit challenging a 2020 DOI opinion that…
A district court granted a pipeline company's motion for summary judgment in a challenge to its use of a four-mile strip under the Straits of Mackinac as part of its 645-mile crude oil pipeline.…
A district court denied DOI's motion to voluntarily remand oil and gas leasing decisions in a lawsuit brought by conservation groups over BLM's 2018 instruction memorandum on greater sage-grouse…
The Fifth Circuit denied petitions to review FERC's approval of a natural gas pipeline expansion project in the Pacific Northwest. A pipeline company, two states, and two environmental groups…
A district court granted in part and denied in part summary judgment for five coastal states and two industry groups in a challenge to two memoranda issued by President Biden withdrawing certain…
The D.C. Circuit denied a petition to review FERC orders declaring the Commission would take no action to prevent construction or operation pending its review of license applications for a new…
The D.C. Circuit denied environmental groups' challenge to DOI's approval of a five-year schedule for oil and gas leasing on the outer continental shelf (OCS). The groups argued the approval…