January 01, 2025
The new year will likely see several consequential environmental law cases reaching resolution, including a legal attack on a long-used approach to pollution control in Clean Water Act permits and challenges to the Biden administration's environmental justice efforts. Here are the key environmental law cases to watch in 2025.
August 28, 2024
Environmental attorneys can expect to see several developments in pending litigation during the remainder of 2024, including two cases that the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear about Clean Water Act regulations for San Francisco and the extent of the federal government's authority as part of environmental reviews for projects. Here are some of the biggest cases to watch in the rest of 2024.
April 03, 2024
The federal government has asked a Texas federal judge to toss lawsuits filed by Texas, Idaho and more than a dozen industry groups challenging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers' rule defining the extent of the Clean Water Act's reach.
February 05, 2024
Texas, Idaho and more than a dozen industry groups are asking a Texas federal judge to throw out the U.S. government's latest rule to define the "waters of the United States," arguing that it oversteps federal authorities under the Clean Water Act, is overly vague and flies in the face of a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling.
January 01, 2024
Game-changing environmental law decisions are on tap for 2024, from two U.S. Supreme Court cases that could make important changes to the practice of administrative law to more rulings on the extent of the federal government's jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act.
November 14, 2023
A litany of states and industry groups have renewed efforts to topple the Biden administration's recently revised rule defining the scope of Clean Water Act jurisdiction, alleging that the changed definition of "waters of the United States" neglects to address a range of other flaws.
August 04, 2023
Courts around the U.S. will be weighing important environmental legal issues over the rest of 2023, including how much courts should defer to agency expertise, whether young plaintiffs can sue the U.S. over its energy policies and whether the Biden administration has overstepped in its efforts to enforce its environmental justice priorities.
July 10, 2023
A Texas federal judge put the brakes on the Lone Star State's challenge to a controversial Clean Water Act rule Monday while the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers draws up new rules for waters with federal protection following a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision.
June 26, 2023
The Biden administration on Monday said it is revising a controversial Clean Water Act rule in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to narrow the government's authority under the law.
March 20, 2023
A Texas federal judge on Sunday blocked the implementation of a Biden administration rule defining the scope of the Clean Water Act in that state and Idaho, but stopped short of a national injunction that was sought by industry groups.