GRASS VALLEY, Calif. (LN) — The Eastern District of California granted partial summary judgment against Rise Grass Valley, Inc., finding the company liable under the Clean Water Act for discharging pollutants from its flooded...
Community Environmental Advocates Foundation v. Rise Grass Valley, Inc. et al
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has secured a settlement with Albertsons Safeway LLC, requiring the grocery chain to stop misting organic produce with synthetic pesticides across its Texas stores.
Attorney General Ken Paxton Secures Historic Settlement With Grocery Store Chains Across Texas Stopping Them From Secretly Misting Synthetic Pesticides on Organic Produce
A federal judge in Massachusetts ruled that Academy Express, LLC violated the Clean Air Act by idling buses beyond permissible limits, clarifying that stationary regeneration at random stops is not a necessary exception.
CONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION, INC., Plaintiff, v. ACADEMY EXPRESS, LLC, Defendant.
A federal judge ruled that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s biological opinion on the pesticide malathion was arbitrary because it relied on flawed usage data and species range estimates, vacating key parts of the agency’s jeopardy...
Pesticide Action Network North America, et al v. Williams et al
A state appellate court rejected challenges to nitrogen and phosphorus discharge limits for a wastewater facility that had already pushed the Rogue River onto the EPA's impaired-waterways list.
NW Environ. Advocates v. DEQ
A $1.25 million Missouri jury verdict and more than 100,000 pending lawsuits hang on whether federal pesticide law shuts the courthouse door on state failure-to-warn claims.
Justices debate who gets to decide that pesticide labels need a cancer warning
Justices to hear dispute over cancer warnings on pesticide labels
A federal judge in West Virginia has vacated a Clean Water Act permit issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the Turkeyfoot Surface Mine, ruling that the agency acted arbitrarily and capriciously by ignoring scientific consensus...
Coal River Mountain Watch v. Valenti
The Justice Department filed a civil complaint against the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority and the District of Columbia for Clean Water Act violations stemming from the collapse of the Potomac Interceptor, which released...
Justice Department Files Clean Water Act Complaint Against DC Water for Potomac Interceptor Failure
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong joined a 21-state coalition in filing a federal lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's repeal of updated Mercury and Air Toxics Standards that limit dangerous emissions from coal- and...
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong joined a 21-jurisdiction coalition in a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's repeal of the 2024 Mercury and Air Toxics Standards Rule, which tightened limits on emissions of mercury...
A federal judge in the Northern District of California granted UPS only a fraction of the $347,052.50 in attorneys' fees it sought after three female warehouse workers pursued gender and age discrimination claims that the court...
Goins et al v. United Parcel Service Inc
Judge Kathryn H. Vratil of the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas overruled Harcros Chemicals Inc.’s motion to dismiss in a systemic class action alleging that carcinogenic ethylene oxide emissions from a Kansas City, Kansas...
Jefferies v. Harcros Chemicals Inc.