January 01, 2025
The New Year could see federal appellate courts deciding cases with ramifications for the government’s approach to climate change regulations, including U.S. Supreme Court cases on the scope of environmental reviews and municipalities’ rights in suing fossil fuel companies. Here are the biggest climate change cases that environmental and energy lawyers must watch in 2025.
August 26, 2024
Even after an action-packed first half of 2024, plenty of high-stakes energy litigation remains, including a new twist in the prolonged battle over climate change lawsuits against fossil fuel companies, as well as cases that could influence federal climate change policy. Here are several cases energy attorneys will be watching in the second half of the year.
August 20, 2024
The federal government told the D.C. Circuit that the U.S. Supreme Court's opinion axing federal agency deference doesn't aid Republican-led states' and industry's attempt to undermine tighter greenhouse gas emissions standards for vehicles.
July 30, 2024
The D.C. Circuit asked challengers of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's tighter greenhouse gas emissions standards for vehicles to discuss how the litigation is affected by recent court decisions, including the U.S. Supreme Court's blockbuster ruling that undid what is known as Chevron deference.
January 01, 2024
A pair of blockbuster administrative law cases before the U.S. Supreme Court highlight what will be a compelling 2024 in the courtroom for the energy industry. Here's a list of cases that energy attorneys will be watching closely this year.
September 14, 2023
A D.C. Circuit panel on Thursday appeared skeptical that the Biden administration's tightening of vehicle greenhouse gas emissions is barred by the so-called major questions doctrine because it effectively mandates a shift to electric vehicles.
September 13, 2023
The Biden administration's efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector take center stage in the D.C. Circuit starting Thursday, with two days of oral arguments that could help determine the fate of the federal government's most significant regulations aimed at tackling climate change. Here are some key arguments to watch.
September 13, 2023
When oral arguments over vehicle pollution rules take place in the D.C. Circuit on Thursday and Friday, no fewer than 13 attorneys representing federal and state governments, industry and public interest groups will battle over the Biden administration's efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector.
July 21, 2023
From climate change torts to fights over greenhouse gas emissions policymaking, federal and state courts will provide plenty of compelling theater for the energy industry in the second half of 2023. Here's a look into the litigation that energy attorneys will be watching closely in the second half of the year.
May 08, 2023
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration unlawfully factored the fuel economy of electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids, as well as the zero-emission vehicle mandates some states have adopted, into its latest vehicle fuel efficiency standards, a group of refiners and a coalition of Republican-led states told the D.C. Circuit.