The Minnesota Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed in part a lower court ruling reversing a permit to mine and dam-safety permits for a copper-nickel mine in Minnesota. Environmental groups…
The D.C. Circuit denied a pipeline developer's petition to rehear en banc the Circuit's panel decision upholding a district court ruling that the developer's easement for the Dakota…
The Minnesota Supreme Court reversed an appellate court ruling that held the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission erred by approving affiliated-interest agreements for construction and operation…
A magistrate judge granted in part and denied in part environmental groups' motion for summary judgment in a challenge to USDA's decision to allow sheep used for its research service to…
The Tenth Circuit affirmed dismissal of a challenge to BLM's decision not to conduct an environmental analysis before re-opening an area in Utah that it had temporarily closed to off-highway…
The Fourth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for a coal company in a lawsuit concerning the company's alleged mine pollution discharges that had been permitted under a CWA permit.…
A district court granted BLM's motion for voluntary remand in a challenge to the agency's resource management plan (RMP) and EIS for oil and gas leasing in western Colorado.…
A district court remanded without vacatur BLM's and the Forest Service's authorization of hydraulic fracturing in Wayne National Forest, after previously ruling the agencies violated…
In an unpublished opinion, the Ninth Circuit affirmed a district court's denial of a motion to preliminarily enjoin a timber harvest and road construction project in the Idaho Panhandle…
A district court granted in part and denied in part environmental groups' motion for partial summary judgment in a challenge to BLM's decision to cancel a proposed mineral withdrawal of…