Natural Resources

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…

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.…

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.…

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…

The D.C. Circuit affirmed a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) order licensing a new satellite system. An environmental group argued the FCC's decision not to perform an environmental…

The Third Circuit affirmed denial of a preliminary injunction motion in a lawsuit concerning an administrative appeal of permits for a pipeline expansion in Pennsylvania. A state agency had issued…

A district court denied summary judgment for environmental groups in a challenge to BLM's management plan for a recreation area in Montana. The groups argued BLM violated NEPA, FLPMA, and the…

A district court granted 16 states' motion to preliminarily enjoin the Biden Administration's temporary pause of pending decisions on liquefied natural gas exports. The states argued the…

The D.C. Circuit, 2-1, affirmed summary judgment for BLM in a challenge to the agency's 2003 final rule withdrawing a proposed rule that would have limited the maximum size of "mill…

The Sixth Circuit reversed a district court ruling in a lawsuit concerning the Line 5 Pipeline that runs underwater across the Straits of Mackinac between Michigan’s Lower and Upper Peninsulas.…