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German Energy Company Succeeds in Landmark Climate Change Litigation Case

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On May 28, 2025, the Higher Regional Court in Hamm, Germany, sided with the defendant energy company in a landmark climate change litigation case brought by a Peruvian farmer. The farmer wanted the energy company to pay (in...more

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D.C. Circuit Denies Healthy Gulf’s and Sierra Club’s Petition for Review of FERC Order Authorizing Construction and Operation of...

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On March 28, 2025, the D.C. Circuit denied a joint petition for review brought by Healthy Gulf and Sierra Club (together, “Petitioners”) challenging FERC’s grant of a certificate of public convenience and necessity (CPCN) to...more

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Montana Supreme Court Holds State Constitution Includes Protections Against Climate Change

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Throughout 2024, young Americans from states like Oregon, California, and Hawaii turned to litigation, arguing that court intervention is necessary to protect them from climate change. The young plaintiffs spearheading these...more

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Going Green? Lessons From Lululemon’s Defense of a ‘Greenwashing’ Class Action

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For the last several years, consumer class actions targeting “greenwashing” have become increasingly common. In 2024, Lululemon Athletica Inc. and Lululemon USA Inc. were on the receiving end of such a lawsuit, but they...more

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Rethinking Discount Rates in Natural Resource Damage Assessment: A Framework for More Accurate Valuation

A recent article by Integral economists Ted Tomasi, Will Cooper, and Dave Anning, published in the December 2024 issue of The Environmental Claims Journal, undertakes a comprehensive examination of the process of discounting...more

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Client Alert: The Proliferation of Plastics Litigation and Insurance Coverage

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Concerns surrounding plastic, particularly microplastics and synthetic microfiber, pollution are growing. As federal and state governments continue to focus on this issue, lawsuits seeking to hold companies accountable for...more

Integral Consulting Inc.

Considering Environmental Justice in Natural Resource Damage Assessment - Injury to Recreation Resources

Abstract - Determining the amount of restoration needed to compensate the public for injury to natural resources is central to estimating natural resource damages (NRDs). Formal restoration scaling methods have not...more

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DOJ to Stop “Piling On” and “Overfiling” Under Clean Water Act

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Is federalism alive and well? Has the federal government decided to give up “piling on” and “overfiling” in environmental enforcement actions? It seems so. On July 27, 2020, in an effort to promote federalism, U.S. Department...more

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When it Comes to SEQRA, Reasonable Agencies Are Allowed to Disagree

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In SEQRA litigation, there is an oft-quoted proposition that the Lead Agency may not abdicate or defer its responsibilities under SEQRA to another agency. See Riverkeeper, Inc. v. Planning Bd. of Town of Se., 9 N.Y.3d 219,...more

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Fourth Department: Interest in Architecture and Historic Preservation Not Sufficient to Confer Standing Under SEQRA

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In Schmidt v. City of Buffalo Planning Bd., 174 A.D.3d 1413 (4th Dept., July 31, 2019), the petitioner, Terrence Robinson, filed suit to prevent the demolition of an architecturally significant apartment complex, claiming...more

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