July 28, 2022
A coalition of red states and energy industry groups wants the Ninth Circuit to reinstate a Trump-era rule that loosened Clean Water Act regulations on certain infrastructure, such as pipelines, claiming a California federal judge overstepped his authority in vacating the measure last year.
July 27, 2022
Blue states and others challenging a Trump-era Clean Water Act rule urged U.S. District Judge William Alsup on Wednesday to send a rare statement to the Ninth Circuit that might allow them to sidestep an appeal, restart their merits case in his court and prevent "irreparable" harm to their water quality.
July 07, 2022
Challengers to a Trump-era water regulation said the Ninth Circuit should either affirm an order vacating that rule or toss an earlier remand entirely, arguing the stakes are too high to let it stay in place as the government tinkers.