Uranium
Virginia Uranium v. McAuliffe
ELR Case
A district court dismissed a uranium company's lawsuit that the Atomic Energy Act (AEA) preempts a Virginia law that prohibits any state agency from accepting applications for a permit to mine uranium. The company filed suit against the...
Yount v. Salazar
ELR Case
A district court upheld DOI's decision to withdraw more than one million acres of federal land adjacent to the Grand Canyon National Park from uranium mining. The withdrawal will close these lands to the exploration and development of...
El Paso Natural Gas Co. v. United States
ELR Case
A district court granted the United States' motion to dismiss a Native American tribe's claims against it in connection with the...