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December 15, 2017
The Biggest Environmental Rulings Of 2017
Courts answered several important environmental law questions in 2017, including how the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency may regulate recycling and hydrofluorocarbons, and how the effects of greenhouse gases must be factored into project analyses. Here are the biggest rulings in environmental cases from 2017.
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September 15, 2017
10th Circ. Says BLM Flubbed GHG Analysis For Coal Leases
The Tenth Circuit said Friday that the Bureau of Land Management botched an analysis of greenhouse-gas emissions in approving lease extensions for four Wyoming coal mines, making it the latest court to second-guess how the federal government incorporates climate change into environmental reviews.
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November 21, 2016
Enviros Say Peabody's Ch. 11 Can't Stop Coal Lease Appeal
WildEarth Guardians and the Sierra Club told the Tenth Circuit on Friday that Peabody Coal's bankruptcy is no reason to put the brakes on their appeal challenging federal environmental approvals for mines owned by a Peabody subsidiary.
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April 05, 2016
BLM Defends Wyo. Coal Lease Extensions At 10th Circ.
The Bureau of Land Management is fighting two environmental groups' claim that it ignored simple supply-and-demand principles when it approved lease extensions for four Wyoming coal mines, telling the Tenth Circuit on Monday it could do no more than rely on the market information available.
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February 01, 2016
Enviros Want 10th Circ. To Stop Wyo. Coal Lease Expansion
Environmentalists have asked the Tenth Circuit to overturn a Wyoming federal judge’s decision to uphold the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s authorization of leases they said allow the two largest coal mines in the country to mine an additional 2 billion tons of coal.