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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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Harvesting Timberland in Virginia? Consider Claiming the Riparian Buffer Tax Credit

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Since 2000, the Virginia legislature has granted individual landowners and partnerships up to $17,500 in tax credits for leaving waterway-adjacent stands of trees intact when harvesting timberland. To claim this credit,...more

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Intertidal Court Victory for Property Rights, Marine Conservation, and Public Participation

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The Maine Superior Court has dismissed all claims against five intertidal landowners represented by Verrill in Masucci v. Judy’s Moody, LLC. The landowners had been sued because they contacted Maine Marine Patrol to report...more

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Final Rule Narrowing Clean Water Act Jurisdiction to be Published Tomorrow

EPA and Army Corps of Engineers New “Waters of the U.S.” Definition Takes Effect on June 22 - On Tuesday, the Federal Register will officially published the Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers final...more

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Riparian Zone/Navigable Waterway: Wisconsin Appellate Court Addresses Conflict Regarding Pier/Wet Boathouse

The Court of Appeals of Wisconsin (“Court”) addressed in a November 26th opinion a dispute regarding the ownership of a pier and a wet boathouse. See DeSombre v. Bolderbuck, WL 6314826. The wet boathouse is described as...more

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Subdivision Owned Lake: Missouri Supreme Court Addresses Riparian Rights of Adjacent Landowner

The Supreme Court of Missouri addressed in an April 30th opinion a riparian rights issue associated with an artificial body of water. See Incline Village Board of Trustees v. Elder, 2019 WL 1912218. The question considered...more

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Army Corps Issues Guidance for Dam and Culvert Removal Credits

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The Army Corps of Engineers recently issued a Regulatory Guidance Letter (RGL) that sets out factors that should be considered by district engineers when determining the amount of mitigation credits that may be allowed for...more

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Lake Property Ownership: Montana Supreme Court Addresses Riparian Boundary Dispute

The Supreme Court of Montana addressed a dispute between two neighbors over ownership of a portion of a non-navigable lake. Ash v. Merlette, 407 P.3d 304, 307 (Mont. 2017). A lower court (District Court) held that a...more

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A CEQA Trustee Agency “Muscles Up”: Third District Holds Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Newly Exercised Power To Require Notice...

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Under CEQA, a “trustee agency” is a “state agency having jurisdiction by law over natural resources affected by a project which are held in trust for the people of the State of California” and “[t]he California Department of...more

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