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  1. July 15, 2019

    Energy Cases To Watch In The Second Half Of 2019

    Climate change will dominate the energy-related court cases attorneys will watch in the second half of 2019, while fights over FERC's bankruptcy authority and state-level disputes over energy partnerships and oil and gas rights will draw plenty of eyeballs. Here are seven cases that energy attorneys will be watching in the second half of the year.

  2. July 12, 2019

    Enviros Urge Justices To Uphold 9th Circ. Groundwater Ruling

    Green groups on Friday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold the Ninth Circuit's holding that Clean Water Act permits may be required for pollution sources that discharge contaminants via groundwater.

  3. May 09, 2019

    Maui Tells High Court To Reverse CWA Ruling Amid Deal Talks

    Maui County, Hawaii, told the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday that the federal government doesn't have authority under the Clean Water Act to regulate pollution sources that discharge contaminants into groundwater, and urged the justices to overturn a Ninth Circuit decision that held otherwise.

  4. April 30, 2019

    Maui County Weighing Settlement Of High Court Water Case

    A Hawaii county's support is wavering for its U.S. Supreme Court case that could determine whether Clean Water Act liability extends to facilities that pollute certain U.S. waters via groundwater, as some officials there worry about the precedent the justices could set.

  5. February 19, 2019

    High Court Will Mull Scope Of CWA Pollution Liability

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to consider whether Clean Water Act liability extends to facilities that pollute certain U.S. waters via groundwater, an issue that has split circuit courts and could impact pipeline spills, coal ash pond leaks and agricultural runoff.

  6. January 10, 2019

    Time Not Right To Take CWA Liability Case, High Court Told

    Looming U.S. Environmental Protection Agency action to clarify whether Clean Water Act permitting covers facilities that pollute certain waterways via groundwater and a premature claim of a circuit court split on the issue mean the U.S. Supreme Court shouldn't weigh in yet, environmentalists said Tuesday.

  7. January 07, 2019

    Don't Limit CWA Liability Case, Maui Tells High Court

    Maui County, Hawaii, on Monday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to tackle the entirety of its appeal of the Ninth Circuit's ruling that the Clean Water Act covers pollution that reaches certain waterways via groundwater, rather than merely determining the CWA's scope, as suggested by the Solicitor General's Office.

  8. January 03, 2019

    US Asks High Court To Take Up Key CWA Groundwater Case

    The U.S. Solicitor General's Office encouraged the nation's highest court Thursday to review a case that could determine whether or not facilities that pollute certain waterways via groundwater must be permitted under the Clean Water Act.

  9. December 03, 2018

    High Court Wants Gov't Input On Scope Of CWA Authority

    The U.S. Supreme Court asked the solicitor general on Monday to weigh in on two cases about whether the Clean Water Act applies to pollution that is discharged into groundwater that then reaches U.S. waters, requesting additional input on the scope of the law.

  10. October 24, 2018

    Enviros Ask High Court Not To Take Up CWA Authority Fight

    A coalition of environmental groups has asked the Supreme Court not to accept a petition from Hawaii's Maui County to review a Ninth Circuit decision that said wastewater injection wells that discharged pollution into groundwater that then reached U.S. waters were subject to Clean Water Act permitting rules.

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