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  • March 24, 2025

    Michigan Tribes Exit Line 5 Talks, Citing 'Energy Emergency'

    Six Michigan tribes are withdrawing as cooperating agencies in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' environmental evaluation of Enbridge Energy's permit application for its Line 5 oil project tunnel in the Straits of Mackinac after they said a Trump administration executive order will likely fast-track its approval.

  • March 24, 2025

    Ore. Tribe Backs Hydro Utility's Eminent Domain Bid At Falls

    The Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians has asked an Oregon federal judge to approve a utility company's attempt to condemn five acres of public land for the operation of a hydroelectric project, saying another tribe believes wrongly that condemnation would eliminate its fishing platform.

  • March 24, 2025

    4th Circ. Halts Removal Of PFAS Suits Against 3M

    The Fourth Circuit agreed on Monday to halt a panel's split decision allowing 3M to remove to federal court lawsuits brought by Maryland and South Carolina alleging environmental contamination from forever chemicals, while it considers their request for rehearing.

  • March 24, 2025

    Judge Won't Stop Calif. Offshore Lease Fight For Gov't Redo

    A California federal judge has refused to pause litigation challenging extensions for offshore oil and gas leases in the area of a 2015 pipeline spill, saying she wasn't convinced that the U.S. Department of the Interior would seriously reconsider its decision.

  • March 24, 2025

    Camp Lejeune Litigants Expect Global Deal By Year's End

    Veterans and their family members who sued the government over toxic water at Camp Lejeune will likely see a global deal resolving their claims by the end of 2025, according to a report in North Carolina federal court from Jenner & Block LLP and DLA Piper attorneys designated as settlement masters.

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