The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (“USFWS”) provided notice today that it has finalized its 4(d) Rule for the Northern Long...
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The Obama administration rejected a presidential permit for the Keystone XL pipeline. The Wall Street Journal reports:
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On November 2, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued a decision in the case Little et al. v. Louisville...
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On October 22, 2015, U.S. EPA issued a formal response to a Petition, submitted by a group of environmental organizations in...
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On October 22, 2015, U.S. EPA published a final rule amending the greenhouse gas (GHG) reporting requirements for the petroleum...
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On October 9, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued a nationwide stay barring implementation of the U.S....
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On October 1, 2015, U.S EPA issued a final rule lowering the national ozone emissions standard from 75 parts per billion (ppb) to...
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The Ohio Supreme Court has upheld the Cleveland-area Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District (NEORSD) storm water management...
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On August 27, 2015, the U.S. District Court for District of North Dakota granted a preliminary injunction prohibiting the...
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In Energy and Env’t Legal Inst. v. Epel, 10th Cir. No. 14-1216 (July 13, 2015), the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a...
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