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D.C. Circuit Nixes EPA's 'Two-Year' Small Refinery Rule In RFS Fight
A D.C. Circuit panel ruled Tuesday that the Environmental Protection Agency violated its own regulations when it denied small refinery exemptions from renewa...
D.C. Circuit Slams EPA For 'Streamlined' ESA Program That 'Entirely Fails' To Protect Species
A D.C. Circuit panel on Monday struck down an EPA-approved Florida wetlands permitting program, ruling that federal agencies violated the Endangered Species...
Ninth Circuit Nixes District Court's 'Too Broad' Arctic Seal Habitat Ruling
The Ninth Circuit on Tuesday reversed a federal judge's decision that National Marine Fisheries Service's critical habitat designations for two Arctic seal s...
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Tenth Circuit Nixes Coal Groups' Water Protection Challenge For 'Inadequate Notice'
A three-judge panel of the Tenth Circuit on Monday rejected environmental groups' challenge to federal approval of a coal mine expansion, finding they gave 'inadequate notice' a...
Eighth Circuit Nixes Farm Insurance 'Pollutant' Coverage for Carbon Monoxide Injury
The Eighth Circuit on Monday affirmed that carbon monoxide from a portable heater constitutes a "pollutant" under North Star Mutual Insurance Company's policy, ruling that the p...
D.C. Circuit Nixes EPA's 'Two-Year' Small Refinery Rule In RFS Fight
A D.C. Circuit panel ruled Tuesday that the Environmental Protection Agency violated its own regulations when it denied small refinery exemptions from renewable fuel standards b...
California Judge Consolidates Chiquita Canyon Landfill Claims Under 'Fourth Amended' Complaint
A California federal judge on Tuesday granted a stipulation allowing all plaintiffs in consolidated landfill litigation to adopt claims from a fourth amended complaint, finding...
D.C. Circuit Slams EPA For 'Streamlined' ESA Program That 'Entirely Fails' To Protect Species
A D.C. Circuit panel on Monday struck down an EPA-approved Florida wetlands permitting program, ruling that federal agencies violated the Endangered Species Act by creating a 's...
Ninth Circuit Nixes District Court's 'Too Broad' Arctic Seal Habitat Ruling
The Ninth Circuit on Tuesday reversed a federal judge's decision that National Marine Fisheries Service's critical habitat designations for two Arctic seal species were too broa...