On May 29, 2025, the US Supreme Court pressed the reset button on the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), issuing an 8-0 decision intended to convert what NEPA has become, a “judicial oak,” back into the originally...more
On March 24, 2022, the Department of the Army and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (“Corps”) (collectively “Army”) announced their intent to publish a Notice (the “Notice”) in the Federal Register initiating a formal review...more
Recent news that the Democrats flipped both U.S. Senate seats in Georgia’s run-off election means that the Democrats have enough votes to add the Congressional Review Act (CRA)[1] to the tools that could be used to advance...more
1/25/2021
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge ,
Biden Administration ,
Bureau of Land Management ,
Clean Air Act ,
Clean Water Act ,
Congressional Review Act ,
Endangered Species Act (ESA) ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Hawaii Wildlife Fund v County of Maui ,
Liquid Natural Gas ,
Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) ,
Nationwide Permits (NWPs) ,
Navigable Waters ,
NESHAP ,
NPDES ,
Oil & Gas ,
PHMSA ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
US Fish and Wildlife Service
One thing is certain about 2021 – environmental and natural resources-related litigation against the federal government will continue apace and it will impact a range of private projects that require federal authorization of...more
1/6/2021
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Biden Administration ,
Bureau of Land Management ,
Clean Power Plan ,
Clean Water Act ,
Climate Change ,
Dakota Access Pipeline ,
Department of the Interior ,
Endangered Species ,
Environmental Litigation ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Land-Use Permits ,
Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) ,
National Emissions Standards ,
Natural Resources ,
NEPA ,
Oil & Gas ,
Paris Agreement ,
Renewable Energy ,
SCOTUS