June 13, 2016
Climate change and environmental regulation will dominate the energy-related litigation docket through the rest of 2016, from fights over the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's blockbuster emissions rules to battles over climate change's place in environmental reviews of energy infrastructure projects. Here are the energy cases to watch in the second half of 2016.
May 19, 2016
The American Thoracic Society and American Lung Association have asked the D.C. Circuit to force the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to lower its proposed ozone standard to a level they say will be more protective of public health.
April 22, 2016
Challengers of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's new national ozone limits launched their opening salvos in the D.C. Circuit on Friday, with states and industry groups claiming the EPA is imposing unachievable standards and environmental and health groups claiming the agency ignored scientific consensus that the standards should be even tighter.
November 25, 2015
A group of environmental and health organizations told the D.C. Circuit on Tuesday that they want to help defend the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from an energy company's suit seeking to block the agency's recent tightening of ground-level ozone standards.
November 04, 2015
The D.C. Circuit on Tuesday consolidated two cases looking to block the tighter national ground-level ozone standards recently released by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, linking a suit by five states with one filed by Murray Energy Corp.