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Fifth Circuit Finds EPA Has Authority to Alter States’ Proposed CAA Designations of Attainment Status

Fifth Circuit Finds EPA Has Authority to Alter States’ Proposed CAA Designations of Attainment Status

By Deborah Quick How much discretion does the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) wield when promulgating [...]

Eighth Circuit Addresses an Application to EPA to Register Renewable Fuel Credits by a Refinery that Was Thwarted by the Agency’s Electronic System

Eighth Circuit Addresses an Application to EPA to Register Renewable Fuel Credits by a Refinery that Was Thwarted by the Agency’s Electronic System

By Deborah Quick Obtaining final agency action subject to judicial review can sometimes feel like the [...]

Ninth Circuit Finds State Law-Based Climate Change Lawsuit Determined Not to Raise Federal Questions for Purposes of Federal Court Removal

Ninth Circuit Finds State Law-Based Climate Change Lawsuit Determined Not to Raise Federal Questions for Purposes of Federal Court Removal

by Nathalie Camarena and Rebecca Andrews) A California state law claim for public nuisance in a [...]

Allegations of RICO Violations In ‘Clean Diesel’ Litigation Survive Motion to Dismiss at the U.S. District Court

Allegations of RICO Violations In ‘Clean Diesel’ Litigation Survive Motion to Dismiss at the U.S. District Court

By Deborah Quick A third U.S. District Court has rejected a motion to dismiss Racketeer Influenced [...]