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High Court refuses to take up Kivalina climate suit

  • Jenner & Block
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 21 2013

On May 20, 2013, the United States Supreme Court denied the Alaska town of Kivalina's petition for writ of certiorari in its public nuisance lawsuit

Fifth Circuit shuts down climate tort plaintiffs again

  • Latham & Watkins LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 20 2013

Climate tort plaintiffs cannot catch a break in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. In a May 14, 2013, decision, the Fifth Circuit foundonce

Court ruling on EPA’s veto authority weakens regulatory certainty

  • McGuireWoods LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 10 2013

On April 23, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit overturned the United States District Court for the District of Columbia's ruling in the

Court dismisses suit for failure to strictly comply with 60-day notice requirement

  • Nossaman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 6 2013

In Klamath Siskyou Wildlands Center v. MacWhorter, 1:12-cv-1900 (pdf), the United States District Court for the District of Oregon granted a motion

Steam power plant effluent guidelines move forward

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 3 2013

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) signed a proposed rulemaking on April 19, 2013, to revise technology-based effluent limitations and

Enviros contest TVA decision

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 29 2013

On April 25, The Tennessee Environmental Council, the Tennessee Scenic River Association, the Sierra Club, and the Center for Biological Diversity

Environmental groups challenge more BLM leases based on district court's finding that BLM failed to adequately consider the impacts of fracking

  • Stoel Rives LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 22 2013

Less than a month after the United States District Court for the Northern District of California's decision that BLM failed to fully evaluate the

Jurisdiction questions in power plant case

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 22 2013

On April 16, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit hinted during oral arguments that a case involving the requirement of an

Greenhouse gas regulations appeal

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 22 2013

On April 18, several groups appealed to the Supreme Court an appellate court June 2012 decision that upheld the Environmental Protection Agency's

EPA has no mandatory duty to find that lead emissions from general aviation gasoline cause or contribute to air pollution

  • Sullivan & Worcester LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 19 2013

Recently, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia held in Friends of the Earth v. EPA, D.D.C., No. 12-363, that the Environmental