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8/31/18 | Alleging failure to perform a non-discretionary duty under CWA section 303(d) to identify impaired Oregon waters after EPA's partial disapproval of Oregon's 2012 303(d) list, as required by section 303(d)(2) of the CWA, 33 U.S.C. § 1313(d)(2). |
8/9/18 | Notice of intent to file suit against the EPA under RCRA. |
7/19/18 | Alleged unreasonable delay in establishing emission factors for the purpose of estimating emissions of volatile organic compounds from Animal Feeding Operations |
7/06/18 | For failure to issue “findings of failure to submit” addressing the State of California’s failure to develop and submit at least four separate nonattainment State Implementation Plan revisions of the 1997, 2006, and 2012 national ambient air quality standards for fine particulate matter in the San Joaquin Valley, California. |
7/03/18 | Alleged failure to perform a non-discretionary duty under CWA section 303(c) to approve or disapprove site-specific water quality criteria downstream from the Hells Canyon dams complex. |
6/26/18 | Failure to implement or enforce the Emission Guidelines and Compliance Times for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills, 8 I Fed. Reg. 59,276 (Aug. 29, 20 I 6) |
6/05/2018 | 60-day NOI for EPA approval of 2013/14 OR zinc, arsenic, and selenium criteria. NOI alleges EPA violated ESA section 7 when EPA approved OR's acute and chronic zinc, chronic arsenic, and chronic selenium criteria and EPA failed to reinitiate consultation on acute and chronic zinc and chronic arsenic criteria. Also alleges EPA failed to consult (or alternatively failed to reinitiate consultation) on chronic selenium criteria. |
5/21/2018 | Failure to review and revise certain National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants and New Source Performance Standards every eight years |
5/18/2018 | Tulane Environmental Law Clinic NOI vs. EPA and Louisiana for failure to consult under ESA. |
3/23/2018 | NOI for failure to enforce the 2016 Emission Guidelines and Compliance Times for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills. |
3/13/2018 | Alleging failure to take action on 17 pending 2010 SO2 SIPs for nonattainment areas in 9 states (Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, West Virginia, and Wisconsin) and failure to issue findings of failure to submit regarding 2 overdue 1972 SO2 SIPs for nonattainment areas in 2 states (Arizona and New Jersey). |
3/5/2018 | Allege unreasonable delay in responding to October 20, 2016 petition requesting EPA to make a finding that the Allegheny County Health Department has failed to implement its Title V permitting program. |
2/22/2018 | Allege failure to take final action with regard to the Prevention of Significant Deterioration portion of the December 21, 2016 Louisville, Kentucky SIP submittal |
2/14/2018 | CWA, ESA, Center for Biological Diversity, Waterkeeper Alliance, Center for Food Safety, Turtle Island Restoration Network, Humboldt Baykeeper - a program of the Northcoast Environmental Center, Russia Riverkeeper, Monterey Coastkeeper Notice of intent to sue for violations of ESA sec. 7 in promulgation of "Definition of 'Waters of the United States' - Addition of Applicability Date to 2015 Clean Water Rule" |
2/7/2018 | CAA, Sierra Club, Environmental Integrity Project For failure to timely grant or deny a petition to object to the proposed Title V permit renewal for the Wheelabrator Frackville Energy, Inc. power generating facility in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania |
2/1/2018 | CAA, Sierra Club For failure to timely grant or deny a petition to object to the proposed Title V permit renewal for the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Gallatin Fossil Plant. |
1/29/2018 | CWA, Waterkeeper Alliance, Inc. EPA allegedly failed to conduct a review of, and revise as necessary, water quality criteria published pursuant to the BEACH Act. 33 USC 1314(a)(9)(B). |
1/29/2018 | CWA, Waterkeeper Alliance, Inc. EPA allegedly failed to fulfill its quadrennial reporting requirements to Congress under section 7 of the BEACH Act, 33 U.S.C. 1375a. |
1/29/2018 | CWA, Buzzard's Bay Coalition Alleging failure to approve or disapprove Massachusetts TMDLs for nitrogen for Falmouth estuaries. |
1/24/2018 | CAA, Association of Irritated Residents Failure to Take Action on the San Joaquin Valley 2016 Plan for the 2008 8-Hour Ozone Standard. |
1/17/2018 | CAA, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Inc. Failure to act on Delaware's Clean Air Act Section 126 Petition regarding the Conemaugh Generating Station located in Indiana County, Pennsylvania. |
1/3/2018 | CAA, State of Delaware, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control Failure to Approve or Disapprove Delaware's Clean Air Act Section 126 Petition Regarding the Conemaugh Generating Station, Located in Indiana County, Pennsylvania. |
1/3/2018 | CAA, State of Delaware, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control Failure to Approve or Disapprove Delaware's Clean Air Act Section 126 Petition Regarding the Homer City Generating Station, Located in Indiana County, Pennsylvania. |
1/3/2018 | CAA, State of Delaware, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control Failure to Approve or Disapprove Delaware's Clean Air Act Section 126 Petition Regarding the Harrison Power Station, Located in Harrison County, West Virginia. |
1/3/2018 | CAA, State of Delaware, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control Failure to Approve or Disapprove Delaware's Clean Air Act Section 126 Petition Regarding the Brunner Island Steam Electric Station, Located in York County, Pennsylvania. |
12/18/2017 | CAA, Sierra Club For failure to approve or disapprove a May 16, 2016 Pennsylvania SIP submittal for 2008 Ozone RACT. |
12/12/2017 | CWA, ESA, Center for Biological Diversity Notice of intent to sue the EPA for violations of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in connection with EPA’s issuance of the NPDES general permit for offshore oil and gas extraction in the western Gulf of Mexico. |
12/6/2017 | CAA, ESA, Gulf Restoration Network and Sierra Club For failure to initiate and complete consultation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service or the National Marine Fisheries Service in connection with EPA's approval of increasing volumes of Renewable Fuels and other actions under the Energy Independence and Security Act’s Renewable Fuels Standard Program. |
11/13/2017 | EPCRA, Ironbound Community Corporation NOI pursuant to section 326(d) of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act against EPA, New Jersey and the New Jersey State Emergency Response Commission for failure to provide public access to the comprehensive emergency response plan that covers Newark, New Jersey. |
11/6/2017 | CWA, Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin Alleges that U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and U.S. EPA violated mandatory duties by failing to exercise jurisdiction and regulatory atuhority over the Menominee River and adjacent wetlands. |
11/1/2017 | CWA, ESA, Protect Our Water NOI from Protect Our Water alleging EPA failed to reinitiate ESA consultation on approval of Texas' NPDES permitting program authorization. |
10/30/2017 | CAA, State of New York Regarding EPA’s obligation to promulgate FIPs for Illinois, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia addressing the interstate transport requirements of CAA section 110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I) for the 2008 ozone NAAQS. |
10/26/2017 | CWA, The South Carolina Coastal Conservation League The South Carolina Coastal Conservation League sent an NOI to EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers alleging that both agencies failed to perform mandatory duties relating to the Corps’ issuance of a section 404 permit for I-73 in South Carolina. |
10/25/2017 | CAA, Center for Biological Diversity For failure to designate areas under the 2015 Ozone NAAQS. Supplements Oct, 3, 2017 notice of intent to sue. |
10/25/2017 | ESA, Center for Biological Diversity NOI from Center for Biological Diversity alleging EPA's violation of the Endangered Species Act in connection with the September 2017 Steam Electric ELG Delay Rule. |
10/13/2017 | CAA, American Lung Association, American Public Health Association, American Thoracic Society, Appalachian Mountain Club, National Parks Conservation Association, Natural Resources Defense Council, Sierra Club, West Harlem Environmental Action For failure to designate areas under the 2015 Ozone NAAQS. |
10/13/2017 | CAA, State of Maryland For failure to designate areas under the 2015 Ozone NAAQS. |
10/12/2017 | CAA, Southeast Environmental Task Force For failure to grant or deny the Title V permit for the Indiana Harbor Coke Company. |
10/12/2017 | CAA, State of Nevada, Division of Environmental Protection For its Failure to Promulgate Designations of Attainment, Non-Attainment or Unclassifiable for the 2015 Ozone NAAQS. |
10/5/2017 | CAA, States of New York, California, Connecticut, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Minnesota, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington, the Commonwealths of Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, and the District of Columbia For Failure to Issue Designations for 2015 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards. |
9/15/2017 | RCRA, Kris Yates NOI dated September 10, 2017 filed on behalf of Kris Yates regarding the building of a solar array on exclusive farm use (EFU) farmland. |
9/6/2017 | CWA, Wild Fish Conservancy Notice of Intent to Sue EPA and NMFS for Violations of the ESA Associated with Consultation on Washington State's Revised Sediment Management Standars for Marine Finfish Facilities. |
8/29/2017 | CAA, Sierra Club For failure to act on Delaware’s 126 petition concerning Brunner Island. |
8/29/2017 | CAA, Environmental Defense Fund, Clean Air Task Force, Clean Air Council, Center for Biological Diversity, Earthworks, Environmental Integrity Project, Natural Resources Defense Council, and Sierra Club For Failure to Promulgate Emission Guidelines for Methane and VOC Emissions from the Oil and Gas Sector. |
8/25/2017 | CWA, Northwest Environmental Advocates NOI to sue EPA for failure to approve/disapprove w/in 30 days Washington State's 2015 Deschutes River TMDL. |
8/23/2017 | CAA, Environmental Defense Fund; Environmental Integrity Project; Adirondack Council; Maryland Environmental Health Network;Chesapeake Climate Action Network;Sierra Club Environmental Law Program; Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility NOI dated August 4, 2017, filed on behalf of public health, environmental, and conservation organizations for Failure to Perform a Nondiscretionary Duty to Act on Maryland's "Good Neighbor" Petition Under Section 126 of the Clean Air Act. |
8/22/2017 | CAA, Douglas Lindamood Alleged violation of emissions limits and SIPs related to VW, Audi, and Porsche vehicles. |
8/16/2017 | CAA, Ho-Chunk Nation and Sierra Club, and its John Muir Chapter For failure to respond to their petition to object to the Title V Operating Permit issued by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resource for the Superior Silica Sands-Arland Plant. |
8/16/2017 | CAA, Ho-Chunk Nation and Sierra Club, and its John Muir Chapter For failure to respond to their petition to object to the Title V Operating Permit issued by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resource to Wisconsin Proppants, LLC. |
8/3/2017 | CAA, Center for Biological Diversity, the Center for Environmental Health, and the Clean Air Council For EPA’s failure to make a failure of finding to submit for the 2012 PM2.5 NAAQS nonattainment areas for SIPs. |
7/27/2017 | CAA, Center for Biological Diversity; Center for Environmental Health Failure to make findings of failure to submit for 2008 ozone NAAQS nonattainment areas state implementation plans. |
7/26/2017 | CAA, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Inc. For EPA’s failure to hold a public hearing and either grant or deny the Section 126 Petition filed by the Maryland Department of the Environment ("MOE") on November 16, 2016 regarding emissions from 36 coal-fired electric generating units ("EGUs"). |
7/20/2017 | CAA, State of Maryland, by and through the Maryland Department of the Environment For EPA’s failure to hold a public hearing and take final action on the State’s section 126 petition. The State’s petition asks EPA to find that 36 power plant units located in Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia are significantly contributing to nonattainment or interfering with maintenance of the 2008 ozone NAAQS in Maryland. |
7/7/2017 | CAA, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection For failure to establish guidelines for standards of performance for methane emissions from existing oil and gas operations. |
6/29/2017 | CAA, the States of New York, California, Connecticut, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington, the Commonwealths of Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, the District of Columbia, Chicago For failure to establish guidelines for standards of performance for methane emissions from existing oil and gas operations. |
6/21/2017 | CAA, Center for Biological Diversity, the Center for Environmental Health and the Sierra Club For failure to perform mandatory duty to ensure adequate protection against conflicts of interest in air pollution permitting and enforcement. |
6/7/2017 | CAA, Center for Biological Diversity, Center for Environmental Health For failure to take final action re ozone nonattainment areas state implementation plans to address Photochemical Assessment Monitoring Stations (PAMS). |
5/18/2017 | CAA, Small Retailers Coalition For EPA's noncompliance with sections 603 and 604 of the RFA. |
5/8/2017 | CWA, Natural Resources Defence Council NoI attached with district court complaint. |
5/8/2017 | CWA, NRDC NoI in relation to EPA's alleged refusal to designate for NPDES permitting cerain discharges in LA watershed. |
5/8/2017 | CWA, NRDC NoI received with complaint related to challenge to alleged refusal to designate for NPDES permitting discharges in the Batlimore watershed. |
4/27/2017 | CWA, Connecticut Fund for the Environment; Natural Resources Defense Council; Riverkeeper; Waterkeepter Alliance; Raritan Baykeeper; Bronx Council for Environmental Quality; Newtown Creek Alliance; Jamaica Bay Ecowatchers; New York City Water 60-day NOI regarding EPA's failure to approve or disapprove NYS's primary contact recreation criteria. |
4/26/2017 | CAA, Chesapeake Climate Action Network, Sierra Club, Environmental Integrity Project and Physicians for Social Responsibility, Chesapeake, Inc. For failure to timely respond to our petition to object to the proposed Title V Operating Permit for the Fort Smallwood complex. |
3/20/2017 | CAA, State of Connecticut Failure to grant or deny section 126 petition filed by Connecticut regarding Brunner Island Steam Electric Station in York County, Pennsylvania. |
3/14/2017 | CAA, Center for Biological Diversity and the Center for Environmental Health For failure to make findings of failure to submit for 2008 ozone NAAQS nonattainment areas state implementation plans. |
3/13/2017 | CAA, Sierra Club For failure to grant or deny section 126 petition filed by Connecticut regarding Brunner Island Steam Electric Station in York County, Pennsylvania. |
3/10/2017 | CAA, Environmental Integrity Project, Sierra Club, and Air Alliance Houston For failure to grant or deny a petition to object to Part 70 operating permit for the Port Arthur Refinery in Jefferson County, Texas. |
3/8/2017 | CAA, Sierra Club For failure to conduct triennial reports to congress on Environmental and Conservation Impacts of the Renewable Fuel Standard and failure to conduct Anti-Backsliding Analysis or determine if mitigation measures are necessary. |
2/23/2017 | CAA, Environmental Integrity Project, Sierra Club, and Air Alliance Houston For failure to timely grant or deny a petition to object to Part 70 Operating Permit issued to the ExxonMobil Corporation for the Baytown Refinery in Hanis County, Texas. |
2/14/2017 | CAA, Center for Biological Diversity and the Center for Environmental Health For failure to make “bump up” determinations for Philadelphia and Washington D.C. marginal nonattainment areas for the 2008 ozone NAAQS. |
2/9/2017 | CAA, Environmental Integrity Project and Sierra Club For Failure to Timely Grant or Deny a Petition to Object to Part 70 Operating Permit for the Welsh Power Plant in Titus County, Texas. |
1/19/2017 | CWA, Environmental Law & Policy Center Mandatory duty NOI regarding Ohio's 2016 303(d) List. |
1/13/2017 | CAA, Bill Green For failure to respond to petition requesting that the Administrator object to the Title V operating permit for the U.S. Department of Energy Hanford Site. |
1/13/2017 | ESA, Gulf Restoration Network, Little Tchefuncte River Association, Sierra Club Delta Chapter, Louisiana Audubon Council, Louisiana Environmental Action Network Re: June 3, 2016 EPA Approval of Louisiana's Dissolved Oxygen Criteria Revisions for the Eastern Lower Mississippi Alluvial Plain Ecoregion. Sixty-Day Notice of Intent to Sue: Violations of the Endangered Species Act Related to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Failure to Consult. |
12/29/2016 | CAA, Douglas Lindamood 5130 Falcon Ridge Road Roanoke, Virginia 24018 For unreasonable delay in completing alleged mandatory duties to notify states and vehicle owners about alleged violations of state implementation plans |
12/22/2016 | CAA, Sierra Club and Environmental Integrity Project Failure to grant or deny a petition to object to a proposed Title V Operating Permit for Wheelabrator Frackville Energy, Inc. power plant in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. |
12/20/2016 | CWA, EPA Mandatory duty challenge to Region 5 demanding that they act on Ohio's 2016 303(d) list. |
12/7/2016 | MPRSA, New York Department of State, New York Department of Environmental Conservation NOI regarding EPA designation of Eastern Long Island Sounds dredged material disposal site. |
11/23/2016 | CAA, Environmental Integrity Project, Sierra Club, and Air Alliance Houston For Failure to Timely Grant or Deny a Petition to Object to Part 70 Operating Permit No. 01553 Issued to the ExxonMobil Corporation for the Baytown Olefins Plant in Harris County, Texas. |
11/4/2016 | CAA, Center for Biological Diversity; Center for Environmental Health For failure to perform a mandatory duty with regard to PM2.5 to protect the North Coast Air Quality Management District in California. |
11/4/2016 | CAA, Valero Energy Corporation For failure to perform non-discretionary duties which relate to defining the obligated party for the RFS program. |
11/3/2016 | CAA, Climate Change Law Foundation; Association of Irritated Residents; Center for Biological Diversity; Sierra Club Failed to grant or deny a petition to object to a proposed Authority to Construct/Certificate of Conformity ("Permit") for a Steam Plant in the McKittrick Oil Field in California. |
10/28/2016 | CWA, Northwest Environmental Advocates Mandatory duty lawsuit against Oregon to approve or disapprove the state's 2012 303(d) list. |
10/14/2016 | CAA, The Humane Society of the United States, Association of Irritated Residents, Environmental Integrity Project, Friends of the Earth, and Sierra Club For Unreasonable Delay in Responding to a Petition for the Regulation of CAFOs under the Clean Air Act. |
10/14/2016 | CAA, Environmental Integrity Project, Sierra Club, Air Alliance Houston, and Environment Texas For Unreasonable Delay and Failure to Perform a Non-Discretionary Duty to Revise and Re-Issue or Deny Three Title V Permits Issued by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (Shell Deer Park Chemical Plant, Shell Deer Park Refinery, and SWEPCO's I-1. W. Pirkey Power Plant) |
10/13/2016 | CAA, Sierra Club Concerning Clean Air Act deadlines related to Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste Incinerators and other categories of Solid Waste Incinerators |
10/12/2016 | CAA, Sierra Club For failure to grant or deny a petition seeking an objection by EPA to the Title V Operating Permit renewal for the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Gallatin Fossil Plant |
10/6/2016 | CAA, New England Gen-Connect, LLC For failure to respond to petition regarding “Control of Emissions from New, Small Nonroad Spark-Ignition Engines and Equipment” to take action to remedy violations of the Act by certain generator conversion kit companies. |
9/29/16 | CWA, ESA, Center for Biological Diversity and Northwest Environmental Advocates Notice of Violations of the Endangered Species Act Regarding Approval of Water Quality Standards in New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, and Connecitcut. |
9/23/2016 | ESA, Northwest Environmental Advocates Notice of intent to allege violations Endangered Species Act consultation provisions for administration of nonpoint source grant funds |
9/22/2016 | CWA, George Barto, Beth Barto, and citizens of Borough of Blairsville PA Failure to perform nondiscretionary duty |
9/21/2016 | SDWA, Perry Lee Oil & Gas Company Texas business-owner is asking EPA to weigh in on his legal dispute with several oil companies and the Texas Railroad Commission. |
9/14/2016 | CAA, Center for Biological Diversity, the Center for Environmental Health, and the Clean Air Council For failure to take final action and failure to make findings of failure to submit for 2008 ozone NAAQS nonattainment areas state implementation plans |
8/25/2016 | CAA, Sierra Club Failure to grant or deny a petition seeking an objection by EPA to the Title V Operating Permit proposed by the Western North Carolina Regional Air Quality Agency for Duke Energy Progress, Inc.’s Asheville Steam Electric Plant in Buncombe County, North Carolina |
8/25/2016 | CAA, Sierra Club Failure to grant or deny a petition seeking an objection by EPA to the Title V Operating Permit proposed by the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Air Quality for Duke Energy Progress, LLC’s Roxboro Steam Electric Plant in Caswell County, North Carolina |
8/22/2016 | CWA, Columbia Riverkeeper, Idaho Rivers United, Snake River Waterkeeper, Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations, and the Institute for Fisheries Resources Alleging non-discretionary duty to establish TMDL for temperature on Lower Columbia River |
8/16/2016 | CAA, Center for Biological Diversity and Center for Environmental Health For failure to perform a mandatory duty with regard to PM2.5 to protect the state of Wisconsin. |
8/3/2016 | CAA, Citizens for Clean Air and Sierra Club For failure to determine whether the Fairbanks North Star Borough non-attainment area has attained the 24-hour PM2.5 NAAQS and to publish notice of that finding in the Federal Register, in addition to potentially reclassification of the area as a “serious” non-attainment area “no later than 6 months following the attainment date. |
7/21/2016 | CAA, Chesapeake Climate Action Network, Sierra Club and Environmental Integrity Project For unreasonable delay in responding to petition requesting that EPA reconsider its final action on the startup and shutdown provisions from the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards. |
7/21/2016 | CWA, Municipality of San Juan Notice of Intent to Sue for aerial spraying of pesticides in Puerto Rico to combat the Zika Virus |
7/18/2016 | CAA, Center for Biological Diversity and the Center for Environmental Health For failure to perform mandatory duties for PM2.5 |
7/7/2016 | CAA, Sierra Club Failure to perform a non-discretionary duty to grant or deny petition seeking an objection to Proposed Title V Permit for the operation of Scrubgrass Generating Company L.P. facility located near Kennerdell, Pennsylvania |
7/6/2016 | CAA, Sierra Club Failure to perform a nondiscretionary duty to grant or deny petition seeking an objection to Proposed Title V Permit for the operation of PacifiCorp's Hunter Power Plant located in Castle Dale, Utah |
7/5/2016 | CAA, Environmental Integrity Project, Air Alliance Houston, Environment Texas, Texas Campaign for the Environment, Downwinders at Risk, Neighbors for Neighbors, Public Citizen's Texas Office and the SEED Coalition For unreasonable delay in responding to Petition for EPA action to address startup, shutdown, and maintenance exemptions in revised permits for Texas coal-fired power plants |
7/1/2016 | CAA, Center for Biological Diversity and the Center for Environmental Health For failure to perform multiple mandatory duties with regard to PM2.5 |
6/30/2016 | CAA, State of New York Failure to perform non-discretionary duty to promulgate Federal Implementation Plan for Kentucky's Good Neighbor provision requirements for the 2008 ozone NAAQS |
6/9/2016 | CAA, Chesapeake Climate Action Network, Sierra Club, Environmental Integrity Project and Physicians for Social Responsibility, Chesapeake, Inc. For failure to timely grant or deny a petition to object to the Title V operating permit for the Morgantown Generating Station |
6/6/2016 | CAA, Sierra Club For failure to promulgate Federal Implementation Plan for Kentucky Good Neighbor provision |
5/17/2016 | CAA, Center for Biological Diversity, the Center for Environmental Health, and the Clean Air Council Deadline suit for failure to submit and failure to act on 2008 ozone attainment SIPs |
4/27/2016 | CAA, Finger Lakes Zero Waste Coalition, Inc For failure to perform nondiscretionary duty under the CAA to respond to Petition filed on or about February 8, 2016, requesting that the Administrator object to the Title V operating permit for the Seneca Energy II, LLC, Ontario County Landfill Gas to Energy · Facility |
4/27/2016 | CAA, Center for Biological Diversity and the Center for Environmental Health For failure to timely review, revise and promulgate the Air Quality Criteria for Sulfur Oxides and the NAAQS for Sulfur Dioxide and Nitrogen Oxides as may be appropriate |
4/27/2016 | CAA, Sierra Club, Medical Advocates for Healthy Air, Physicians for Social Responsibility - Los Angeles, WildEarth Guardians, and Center for Biological Diversity For failure to perform non-discretionary duties related to the implementation of the 1997 NAAQS PM2.5 in the Los Angeles-South Coast Air Basin, CA nonattainment area |
4/18/2016 | CAA, States of New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont Failure to Act on their Petitions Under Clean Air Act Section 176A |
4/8/2016 | CAA, Community In-Power and Development Association Inc., Hoosier Environmental Council, Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, and the Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment For failure to issue standards or final residual risk determinations for various major sources of hazardous air pollutants categories. Also for failure to review and revise as necessary emission standards promulgated every 8 years. |
4/7/2016 | CWA, Potomac Riverkeeper Network Allegation EPA failed to fulfill mandatory duty to approve or disapprove Virginia's 2014 303(d) list. |
4/6/2016 | CAA, Citizens for Clean Air and the Sierra Club Failure to issue a full or partial approval or a disapproval of the State of Alaska’s state implementation plan addressing the Fairbanks North Star Borough 24-hour fine particulate matter non-attainment area. |
4/4/2016 | CWA, Sierra Club , West Virginia Highlands Conservatory, West Virginia Rivers Coalition Allegation EPA failed to fulfill mandatory duty to approve or disapprove West Virginia's 2014 303(d) list. |
3/24/2016 | CAA, Sierra Club Amended NOI for the failure to promulgate a FIP within two years of partially disapproving Louisiana's June 13, 2008 Regional Haze SIP. |
3/1/2016 | CWA, Puyallup Tribe of Indians NOI regarding alleged mandatory duty to promulgate WQS in Washington State. |
2/18/2016 | CAA, Bill Green Failure to issue a part 71 permit in response to EPA’s order granting in part a petition to object to the Hanford permit and the state’s failure to respond to that order |
2/16/2016 | CAA, WildEarth Guardians Failure to determine that the Denver Metropolitan/North Front Range area of Colorado failed to attain the 2008 ozone NAAQS by the attainment date of July 20, 2015. |
2/12/2016 | CAA, Center for Biological Diversity and Elizabeth Crowe For failure to make “bump up” determinations for various marginal non-attainment areas for the 2008 ozone NAAQS. |
2/10/2016 | CAA, Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement, Clean Wisconsin, Center for Food Safety, The Humane Society of the United States, the Association of Irritated Residents, Food & Water Watch, and the Environmental Integrity Project For unreasonable delay in responding to our April 5, 2011 petition for the Regulation of Ammonia as a Criteria Pollutant Under Clean Air Act Sections 108 and 109. |
1/28/2016 | CAA, Plant Oil Powered Diesel Fuel Systems, Inc. For failure to properly regulate fuel, particularly renewable diesel. |
1/21/2016 | CAA, Seneca County, Inc. For failure to timely grant or deny Petition to Object to the proposed Title V Operating Permit issued to Seneca Energy, II LLC for operation of the Landfill Gas to Energy Facility located in Seneca Falls, Seneca County, New York. |
1/21/2016 | CAA, North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Failure to timely respond to 2013 petition regarding the Ozone Transport. |
1/18/2016 | CAA, Appleton Coated, LLC and Wisconsin Paper Council, Inc. (complaint) Failure to grant or deny a petition regarding the Title V Operating Permit to Appleton Coated. LLC. for a plant in Wisconsin. |
12/24/2015 | CAA, Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League, Clean Wisconsin and Midwest Environmental Defense Center (complaint) Failure to promulgate standards for several categories of major sources of hazardous air pollutants. |
12/22/2015 | CWA, John Penn Whitescarver Alleging violation of mandatory duty approving an alleged defective NPDES permit for active construction stormwater issued by State of Florida. |
12/22/2015 | CWA, John Penn Whitescarver Alleged failure to perform a mandatory duty by approving alleged defective NPDES permit issued by Virginia for Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewers. |
12/21/2015 | CAA, Center for Biological Diversity, Sierra Club, Association of lrritacect Residents and Climate Change Law Foundation Failure to grant or deny the petition requesting that EPA object to the Permit proposed by the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District for the Alon USA - Bakersfield, California Refinery Crude Oil Flexibility Project, Facility. |
12/21/2015 | CWA, Sanitary Board of the City of Charleston, West Virginia Alleging mandatory duty for EPA to approve or disapprove state-submitted WQS. |
12/21/2015 | CWA, Waterkeepers Washington NOI to sue EPA for failure to perform mandatory duty to promulgate human health water quality criteria for State of Washington within 90 days of proposal. |
12/10/2015 | CAA, Sierra Club Failure to submit non-attainment area SIP submittals for the NAAQS for S02 for 14 states. |
12/4/2015 | CAA, Sierra Club and Environmental Integrity Project (complaint) Failure to grant or deny a petition regarding the Title V Operating Permit for the Tennessee Valley Authority's Bull Run Fossil Plant located in Clinton, Tennessee. |
11/20/2015 | CAA, New Era Group, Inc. For failure to enforce the Greenhouse Gas Reporting rules for suppliers of HFCs. |
11/6/2015 | CWA, Missouri Colation for the Environment Foundation Notice of Intent to Sue filed by Missouri Coalition for the Environment Foundation alleging nondiscretionary duty to promulgate WQS for Missouri. |
11/4/2015 | CAA, Sierra Club Failure to take final action on 2008 ozone NAAQS infrastructure state implementation plan submittals for New Jersey. |
11/2/2015 | NRDC, Defenders of Wildlife, The Bay Institute Alleged failure to carry out non-discretionary federal review of California water quality standards in violation of Clean Water Act section 303(c) |
10/13/2015 | CWA, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance Notice alleging EPA failure to approve or disapprove Utah's CWA 303(d) list of impaired waters. |
10/8/2015 | CAA, Center for Biological Diversity; Center for Environmental Health; Neighbors for Clean Air Notice of intent to sue for failure to promulgate a Federal Implementation Plan for Montana . |
10/5/2015 | CAA, Sierra Club For failure to take final action on 2008 ozone NAAQS infrastructure state implementation plan submittals with regard to Wyoming. |
9/21/2015 | CAA, Nucor Steel Louisiana LLC and Consolidated Environmental Management, Inc., a fully-owned subsidiary of Nucor Corporation (complaint) Failure to take action after objection to Nucor's Title V permit. |
8/31/2015 | CAA, Partnership for Policy Integrity Failure of EPA Administrator to Take Timely Final Action Regarding Petition to Object to Permit for the Piedmont Green Power. LLC Facility in the City of Barnesville, Lamar County. Georgia |
8/31/2015 | CWA, ESA, Wild Fish Conservancy (complaint) For failure to take final action and failure to make findings of failure to submit for 2006 PM2.5 NAAQS nonattainment areas state implementation plans. |
8/17/2015 | CAA, Sierra Club and Louisiana Environmental Action Network (complaint) For failure to grant or deny a petition requesting that the Administrator object to the Title V permit issued to Yuhuang Chemical Inc. for the construction and operation of a new methanol manufacturing plant in St. James, Louisiana. |
8/17/2015 | CAA, Midwest Environmental Defense Center For failure to grant or deny a petition regarding the Title V Operating Permit issued by the Wisconsin Department or Natural Resources to Appleton Coated LLC for a plant in Wisconsin. |
8/13/2015 | CAA, Value Recovery Inc. For failure to name a stationary major source category that includes the hazardous air pollutant, Methyl Bromide. |
8/3/2015 | CAA, Center for Biological Diversity, Center for Environmental Health, and Neighbors for Clean Air (complaint) For failure to take final action and failure to make findings of failure to submit for 2006 PM2.5 NAAQS nonattainment areas state implementation plans. |
7/13/2015 | CAA, Yvonne D. Lewis and Sidney T. Lewis Pro se NOI regarding failure to do alleged mandatory duties related to lead HAP emissions from leaded avgas and Ohio nonattainment areas. |
7/8/2015 | CAA, State of North Carolina Failure to Approve or Disapprove North Carolina's PM 2.5 State Implementation Submittal, dated September 5, 2013, pursuant to Clean Air Act Section 110(k). |
6/17/2015 | CWA, State of Maine 60-day NOI from State of Maine to sue EPA over failure to approve WQS in Indian country within the State where EPA had previously approved such WQS in State waters. |
6/11/2015 | CAA, Preserve Pepe'keo Health and Environment Failure to take timely action regarding petition to object to the Hu Honua Bioenergy, LLC ("Hu Honua") Title V operating permit. |
6/1/2015 | CAA, Sierra Club For failure to take action on 2008 Ozone SIPs and related FIP commitments. |
5/28/2015 | CAA, State of Nevada Dept. of Conservation and Natural Resources Failure to Act on Nevada's 2008 Ozone NAAQS State Implementation Plan Submission as Required by 42 U.S.C. Sec. 7410(k)(2). |
5/28/2015 | CAA, State of Louisiana and Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality For failure to Designate Areas of Attainment or Non-Attainment for the Sulfur Dioxide NAAQS. |
3/24/2015 | CAA, Sierra Club For failure to promulgate a FIP within two years of EPA's partial disapproval on Louisiana's Regional Haze SIP. |
3/20/2015 | CAA, Sierra Club and Physicians for Social Responsibility- Los Angeles For its failure to perform non-discretionary duties related to the implementation of the 2006 NAAQS for PM2.5 in the Los Angeles-South Coast Air Basin, CA nonattainment area. |
3/20/2015 | CAA, Wisconsin Public Service Corporation For failure to grant or deny petitons to object to the proposed Title V permits for WPSC's De Pere Energy, LLC plant and for WPSC's Weston plant, Permit. |
3/18/2015 | CAA, Plant Oil Powered Diesel Fuel Systems, Inc For failure to regulate nitrous oxides emissions from biofuels, additives comprised of biofuels, and the biofuel-derived blendstocks of petroleum-based fuels run in compression ignition (diesel) engines of all kinds. |
3/10/2015 | CAA, Environmental Integrity Project and Sierra Club For failure to respond to petition to object to the Title V permit issued to Southwestern Electric Power Company for operation of the H.W. Pirkey Power Plant in Harrison County, Texas. |
2/20/2015 | CAA, Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc. Failure to Act on Petition for Reconsideration of the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants From Coal-Fired and Oil-Fired Electric Utility Steam Generating Units and Standards of Performance for Fossil-Fuel-Fired Electric Utility, Industrial-Commercial-Institutional, and Small Industrial-Commercial-Institutional Steam Generating Units, 77 Fed. Reg. 9304 (Feb. 16, 2012) ("MATS Rule"). |
2/11/2015 | CWA, Northwest Environmental Advocates Mandatory Duties Under Section 303(c)(4) of the Clean Water Act, to Revise Oregon's Water Quality Criteria for Toxic Pollutants. |
2/10/2015 | CWA, Conservation Law Foundation Failure to perform nondiscretion duty to require NPDES permits for certain stormwater discharges to certain waters in RI. |
2/10/2015 | CWA, Conservation Law Foundation, Charles River Watershed Association Failure to perform nondiscretionary duty to notify stormwater dischargers of permit requirement and to respond to residual designation petition within 90 days. |
2/5/2015 | CAA, Wildearth Guardians For EPA's failure to promulgate a FIP within two years of disapproving the State of Utah's Regional Haze SIP. |
2/4/2015 | CAA, California Communities Against Toxics, Californians Against Waste Foundation, Coalition For A Safe Environment, Del Amo Action Committee, Desert Citizens Against Pollution, Louisiana Bucket Brigade, Louisiana Environmental Action Network, Neighbors for Clean Air and Ohio Citizen Action Regarding overdue health risk and technology review (RTR) rules. |
1/29/2015 | CAA, HEAL Utah, National Parks Conservation Association, and Sierra Club For EPA's failure to promulgate Regional Haze FIP for Utah. |
1/26/2015 | CAA, WildEarth Guardians For EPA's failure to promulgate to FIP within two years of disapproving the State of Utah's Regional Haze SIP. |
1/16/2015 | SDWA, Sandra Reevis, Blackfeet Tribe Notice of intent to sue EPA R8 over Town of Browning water supply on Blackfeet Reservation. |
1/15/2015 | CAA, WildEarth Guardians For failure to take action on a number of title V permit applications pending in Region 8. |
12/22/2014 | CAA, Halogenated Solvents Industry Alliance, Inc. For failure to list n-Propyl Bromide as a hazardous air pollutant. |
12/15/2014 | CAA, American Petroleum Institute For failure to issue the 2014 & 2015 Renewable Fuel Standard Regulations and failure to meet the 90-day deadline with respect to API's waiver petition. |
12/12/2014 | CWA, Idaho Conservation League Notice of intent to sue EPA for approval of Idaho Antidegradation rule. |
12/2/2014 | SDWA, Peter Bormuth Non-discretionary duty suit for permitting Class II UIC well in violation of the SDWA and implementing regulations. |
12/1/2014 | CAA, American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers For failure to issue the 2015 Renewable Fuel Standard Regulations. |
12/1/2014 | CAA, American Petroleum Institute For failure to issue the 2015 Renewable Fuel Standard Regulations. |
11/21/2014 | CAA, American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers For failure to issue the 2014 Renewable Fuel Standard Regulations. |
10/17/2014 | ESA, Sierra Club, Waterkeeper Alliance, Center for Biological Diversity For EPA’s failure to comply with the Endangered Species Act regarding discharge requirements at cooling water intake structures. |
10/8/2014 | CAA, Sierra Club and WildEarth Guardians For failure to find that Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, and North Carolina have failed to submit SIPs to meet various requirements under Section 110(a) of the CAA with regards to the 2008 revised NAAQS for ozone. |
10/8/2014 | CAA, Sierra Club For failure to take final action on 2008 ozone NAAQS infrastructure state implementation plan submittals for Kansas and North Dakota. |
10/2/2014 | CAA, Sierra Club Failure to grant or deny petition to object to the proposed Title V permit for the Schiller Station power plant in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. |
9/17/2014 | CAA, Nucor Steel Louisiana LLC and Consolidated Environmental Management, Inc For failure to take mandatory action under the CAA for violations of the Administrative Procedure Act and for relief under the Declaratory Judgment Act. |
9/2/2014 | CAA, WildEarth Guardians For unreasonable delay in responding to petition to find that Colorado is failing to administer its Title V permitting program. |
8/27/2014 | CAA, Sierra Club and WildEarth Guardians For failure to make findings of failure to submit 'Good Neighbor' provisions for the 2008 ozone NAAQS. |
8/4/2014 | CAA, Sierra Club, Medical Advocates for Healthy Air, Physicians for Social Responsibility - Los Angeles, WildEarth Guardians, and Center for Biological Diversity For its failure to perform non-discretionary duties related to the implementation of the 1997 NAAQS for PM2.5 in the San Joaquin Valley, CA and Los Angeles-South Coast Air Basin, CA nonattainment areas. |
7/28/2014 | CAA, Environmental Integrity Project, Sierra Club, and Air Alliance Houston For failure to grant or deny their petition to object to a title V permit issued to Shell Chemical LP for operation of the Deer Park Chemical Plant in Harris County, Texas. |
7/28/2014 | CAA, Center for Biological Diversity For failure to take final action on North Carolina's 2008 Lead and Ozone NAAQS. |
7/28/2014 | CAA, Environmental Integrity Project, Sierra Club, and Air Alliance Houston Failure to timely grant or deny a petition to object to the part 70 operating permit issued to Shell Oil Company for operation of the Deer Park Refinery in Harris County, Texas. |
7/15/2014 | CAA, Bill Green For failure to respond to two Title V petitions submitted by Bill Green in 2013 and 2014 on renewals of and revisions to the Hanford Title V permit. |
6/20/2014 | CAA, Center for Biological Diversity, Center for Environmental Health, and Clean Air Council Alleging EPA's failure to perform mandatory duties under the 2008 Lead NAAQS. |
5/27/2014 | CWA, Ronald J. Ferguson Failure to maintain compliance with storm water permit. |
5/20/2014 | CAA, Finger Lakes Zero Waste Coalition, Inc. Alleging EPA's failure to timely respond to a title V petition regarding Seneca Energy II, Ontario County Landfill Gas to Energy Facility, NY. |
5/14/2014 | CAA, Environmental Integrity Project and Sierra Club Alleging EPA's failure to timely respond to a title V petition regarding Luminant's Monticello Plant, Texas. |
5/12/2014 | CAA, New Era Group Alleged failure to collect reliable data and to perform a reliable assessment of the existing inventory of and the need for HCFC-22. |
5/2/2014 | CAA, Californians Against Waste Failure to Perform Nondiscretionary Duties Under Section 112(d)(6) and (f) Relating to Municipal Solid Waste Landfills. |
4/28/2014 | CAA, Sierra Club, (Complaint) Failing to promulgate a Federal Implementation Plan (FIP) within two years of partially disapproving Arkansas' revised Regional Haze (RH) and Interstate Transport State Implementation Plans (SIPs). |
4/23/2014 | CAA, Sierra Club Failure to take final action on 2008 ozone NAAQS infrastructure state implementation plan submittals and failure to make finding of failure to submit. |
4/22/2014 | CAA, State of Wyoming Failure to Act on Wyoming's 2008 Lead NAAQS State Plan Submission. |
3/18/2014 | CAA, Monroe Energy LLC Failure to respond to a Petition for Reconsideration and a Petition for Partial Waiver of EPA's Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives 2013 Renewable Fuel Standards, published at 78 Fed. Reg. 49794 (Aug. 15, 2013) |
2/19/2014 | CAA, Nucor Steel-Arkansas, Nucor-Yamato Steel Company Failure to grant or deny Nucor's petition for an objection to Title V Operating Permit issued to Big River Steel by the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality for a steel manufacturing facility in Osceola, Arkansas. |
2/19/2014 | ESA, Center for Biological Diversity Violations of the Endangered Species Act Related to the New York and New Jersey Area Contingency Plan (Hudson River Oil Spill). |
2/10/2014 | CAA, Sierra Club Failure to take action on 2010 sulfur dioxide NAAQS infrastructure state implementation plan submittal and failure to make finding of failures to submit. |
1/27/2014 | CAA, Sierra Club Failure to take action on petition for redesignation of areas that violate 2008 NAAQS for Ozone. |
12/23/2013 | CAA, Wild Equity Institute Alleging EPA's failure to respond to a title V petition for Gateway Generating Station, Antioch, CA. |
12/16/2013 | CAA, Auto Industry Forum Failure to promulgate standards under 112(d) for five major source categories. |
12/3/2013 | CAA, State of Wyoming Failure to act on Wyoming's nonattainment NSR SIP submission. |
11/26/2013 | CAA, Center for Biological Diversity Failure to make a finding of failure and take final action for 2006 PM2.5 NAAQS nonattainment areas. |
11/1/2013 | CWA, Idaho Power Company Notice of Mandatory Duty to Review Site Specific Criteria in Idaho |
11/1/2013 | CWA, ESA, Northwest Environmental Advocates Alleges further duties under the CWA and ESA respecting Washington Water Quality Standards. |
11/1/2013 | CWA, Northwest Environmental Advocates Alleges further duties under the CWA relating to Idaho Water Quality Standards. |
10/28/2013 | CAA, Sierra Club, (Complaint) For failure to make a finding of failure to submit for state implementation plan amendments to add particulate matter less than 2.5 microns in diameter (PM2.5) increments. |
10/22/2013 | CAA, Wildearth Guardians, (Complaint) Alleging EPA's failure to issue or deny a title V permit for Deseret Bonanza Power Plant in Utah. |
10/21/2013 | CAA, Sierra Club, (Complaint) For failure to promulgate a Federal Implementation Plan for Montanas SIP-approved PSD program to properly regulate nitrogen oxides as an ozone precursor. |
10/21/2013 | CAA, Sierra Club Failure to meet statutory deadlines to set biomass-based diesel and renewable fuel requirements for 2014 standards. |
9/17/2013 | CAA, California Communities Against Toxics and Sierra Club Failure to conduct residual risk and technology reviews for 46 source categories |
9/4/2013 | CAA, Center for Biological Diversity, (Complaint) For failure to make a finding of failure to submit and take final action for 2006 PM2.5 NAAQS nonattainment areas. |
8/22/2013 | CAA, Pine Creek Valley Water Association, Raymond Proffitt Foundation, Delaware Riverkeeper Network, Delaware Riverkeeper Pine Creek Valley Water Association, Raymond Proffitt Foundation, and Delaware Riverkeeper Network sent a 60 day NOI(dated August 22, 2013) to file a citizen suit for failure to review Pennsylvania's Act 41. the NOI states that Act 41 bars use of parts of Pennsylvania's approved antidegradation policy. The parties, along with Delaware Riverkeeper, sent a supplemental NOI dated December 3, 2013, stating that EPA has not approved or disapproved the change in water quality standards and if EPA does not review and disapprove Act 41, the agency will violate the APA. |
8/15/2013 | CAA, BCCA Appeal Group Failure to promulgate designations of areas for the 1-hour NAAQS for sulfur dioxide. |
8/14/2013 | CWA, South Carolina Coastal Conservation League For violations in connection with approval of Clydesdale Mitigation Bank. |
8/12/2014 | CAA, Environmental Integrity Project and Benjamin Feldman, (Complaint) Failure to Grant or Deny Plaintiffs' Petition to Object to the Proposed Title V Operating Permit for Mettiki Coal preparation/processing plant. |
8/8/2013 | CAA, The State of North Carolina, (Complaint) Failure to Designate Areas for the 2010 S02 National Ambient Air Quality Standard. |
8/8/2013 | CWA, Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations and the Institute for Fisheries Resources Alleges that EPA is in violation of a non-discretionary duty, under 33 U.S.C. 1313(c)(4), to propose and promulgate certain water quality standards for the State of Washington. |
8/6/2013 | CAA, Wildearth Guardians Failure to find that Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming have failed to submit SIPs to meet various requirements under the CAA with regards to the 2010 revised NAAQS for nitrogen dioxide. |
8/2/2013 | CAA, The Attorneys General of New York, Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, Oregon, Rhode Island, and Vermont and the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency Failure to timely review and revise the NSPS for Residential Wood Heaters under the CAA. |
8/2/2013 | CAA, American Lung Association, Clean Air Council, Environmental Defense Fund, and Environment and Human Health, Inc. Failure to timely review and revise the NSPS for Residential Wood Heaters under the CAA. |
7/29/2013 | CWA, The State of Maine Failure to perform nondiscretionary duties under the Clean Water Act. |
7/29/2013 | CAA, The States of North Dakota, Nevada, South Dakota, and Texas Failure to designate areas for SO2 NAAQS. |
7/23/2013 | CWA, Center for Biological Diversity Threatening an APA challenge to EPA's approval of Washington and Oregon's 2010 303(d) list where the state did not list waters as impaired due to ocean acidification. |
7/23/2013 | CWA, Columbia Riverkeeper, Puget Soundkeeper Alliance, Spokane Riverkeeper, and North Sound Baykeeper Alleges that EPA is in violation of a non-discretionary duty, under 33 U.S.C. 1313(c)(4), to propose and promulgate certain water quality standards for the State of Washington. |
7/22/2013 | CAA, Commissioners of the County of Berks, Pennsylvania, (Complaint) Failing to make a finding of failure to develop a SIP addressing the North Reading 2008 Lead NAAQS Nonattainment Area and the Lyons 2008 Lead NAAQS Nonattainment Area. |
7/9/2013 | CAA, The States of North Dakota, Nevada, South Dakota, and Texas, (Complaint) Failure to designate areas for SO2 NAAQS. |
7/1/2013 | CAA, Sierra Club and Natural Resources Defense Council Supplemental notice for failure to designate areas for the 2010 S02 NAAQS. |
6/20/2013 | CWA, NRDC, Clean Ocean Action, Hackensack Riverkeeper, Heal the Bay, NY/NJ Baykeeper, Riverkeeper, Waterkeeper Alliance Notice of Intent to Sue for failure to promulgate National Recreational Water Quality Criteria in compliance with the Clean Water Act. |
6/19/2013 | TSCA, Pro se Appears to be a notice of intent to sue EPA and a named employee alleging that EPA failed to take action against a contractor who allegedly violated lead-based paint regulations. |
6/10/2013 | CAA, Clean Air Council Failure to make a finding that Pennsylvania is failing to implement its SIP; for failure to determine that PA is not adequately administering and enforcing its CAA Title V permitting program; and failure to sanction PA for these actions. |
6/10/2013 | ESA, Turtle Island Restoration Network Notice of Intent to Sue under the ESA related to salmonid BiOps 1 and 2 (BiOps challenged in the NCAP v EPA lawsuit). Related to NOI NSC 2013-1. |
6/4/2013 | CAA, Sierra Club and Natural Resources Defense Council Failure to make SO2 NAAQS designations. |
5/29/2013 | CAA, Sierra Club, (Complaint) Failure to grant or deny petitons to object to the proposed Title V permits for seven Pennsylvania power plants. |
5/23/2013 | CAA, Sierra Club Failure to issue a finding of failure to submit a SIP addressing the Baltimore 1997 ozone NAAQS serious nonattainment area. |
5/13/2013 | CWA, Northwest Environmental Advocates, Idaho Conservation League Alleges duties under the CWA and ESA related to Idaho Water Quality Standards. |
5/13/2013 | CWA, West Virginia Coal Association Alleges failure to approve revisions to West Virginia's NPDES program. |
4/30/2013 | CWA, Idaho Conservation League Mandatory Duty to Promulgate Human Health Toxics Criteria in Idaho. |
For a full list of EPA's Notices of Intent to Sue, visit http://www.epa.gov/ogc/noi.html.
News Archive
August 2018
- 8/29: USRTK | The Monsanto Papers: Roundup (Glyphosate) Cancer Case Key Documents & Analysis
- 8/28: Washington Examiner | Texas sues Trump EPA for declaring San Antonio's ozone pollution levels too high
- 8/17: Confined Space | Court Orders EPA to Implement Chemical Plant Safety Rule
- 8/15: SGR | U.S. EPA Sued Over Missed Air Pollution Reviews
- 8/13: Happi | EPA gains support from PETA
- 8/9: The Mercury News | Court orders EPA to reverse course on pesticide
July 2018
- 7/25: Law 360 | EPA Ordered to Make Decision on San Joaquin Ozone Plan
- 7/19: Law 360 | 16 AGs Sue EPA Over 'Super-Polluting' Truck Rule Rollback
- 7/19: CBS SF BayArea | California Sues EPA Over Suspension of Truck Pollution Rule
- 7/18: EcoWatch | Green Groups Sue EPA to Reverse Pruitt's Last Act
- 7/18: Reuters | U.S. court blocks EPA decision not to enforce 'glider truck' limits
- 7/17: The Hill | Greens sue EPA over 'super-polluting' truck rule
- 6/21: Courthouse News Service | Fourth Circuit Rules for EPA In W.Va. Toxic Waters Case
- 6/20: 2 News | Nevada, 13 Other States Join Lawsuit to Defend Mining Laws form EPA Proposal
- 6/14: Courthouse News Service | EPA, Pruitt Sued for Failure to Control Air Pollution
- 6/12: EHS Daily Advisor | EPA Sued by State AGs Over Delayed Landfill Rules
- 6/1: The Hill | Attorneys general sue EPA, claiming illegal delay of landfill regulation
- 5/24: Lexology | EPA sued over hardrock mining financial responsibility rule decision
- 5/24: IEG | EPA sued for glyphosate residue records
- 5/18: Utility Dive | Utilities join with Tesla to sue EPA over fuel standard rollback
- 5/17: Jurist | EPA sued for discarding hard-rock mining rule
- 5/3: EconoTimes | States Sue EPA Over Rollbacks of Environmental Protection Regulations
- 5/2: OC-Breeze | California and states representing over 40 percent of U.S. car market sue to defend national clean car rules
- 5/2: TTAC | Lawmakers Demand MPG Details, States File Lawsuit Against EPA
- 5/1: WP | California, 17 other states sue Trump administration to defend Obama-era climate rules for vehicles
- 4/5: Missoula Current | 15 States Suing EPA for Not Enforcing Oil, Gas Pollution Control
- 4/5: Reuters | EPA sued by 14 states over delay in methane emission standards
- 4/10: LA Times | California Air Resources Roard sues Trump Administration over repeal of anti-polluntion rule
- 4/20: FastCompany | This Environmental Group has Sued the Administration Every 8 Days
February 2018
- 2/28: The Inquirer | Enviro groups sue again to block Sunoco's Mariner East 2 pipeline
- 2/27: E&E | Calif. officials must stop spraying after enviros sue (subscription required)
- 2/26: Politico | Anti-secrecy lawsuits soaring against Pruitt's EPA
- 2/25: The Daily Signal | The Weaponization of the EPA Is Over: An Exclusive Interview With Scott Pruitt
- 2/22: The Hill | Groups sue EPA over lack of records
- 2/14: Law 360 | Enviros Sue EPA, FWS For Release Of Info On 3 Pesticides (subscription required)
- 2/14: Law 360 | Enviros To Sue EPA, Army Corps For Clean Water Rule Delay (subscription required)
- 2/14: E&E | Enviros sue over Gulf of Mexico wastewater dumping (subscription required)
- 2/7: Flagpole | How a Small Bird Is Shaping Environmental Policy in the West
- 2/6: The Hill | States, greens sue Trump over Obama EPA water rule delay
- 2/2: E&E | Enviros sue over Alaska lease sale (subscription required)
January 2018
- 1/31: The Hill | EPA delays Obama water rule
- 1/31: Alaska Public Media | Enviros sue over King Cove road
- 1/31: NRDC | With EPA Concessions, NRDC Drops Landfill Emissions Lawsuit (blog)
- 1/30: The Washington Examiner | Environmentalists sue Trump over coal pollution ahead of State of the Union
- 1/30: E&E | Enviros sue over Mexican wolf recovery (subscription required)
- 1/27: The Hill | Top environmental group preparing to sue Trump’s EPA
- 1/24: CNN | Scientists sue EPA over advisory board cuts
- 1/23: The Daily Campus | Connecticut and New York sue EPA over failure to control ozone pollution
- 1/16: E&E | Could 'sue-and-settle' ban backfire for Trump team? (subscription required)
- 1/11: High Country News | More prime sage grouse habitat is open for drilling
- 1/9: KTUU | EPA brings 'sue and settle' ban into 2018, environmentalists concern grows
- 1/4: Inside EPA | Fluoride Case Ruling May Open Door To More TSCA Petitions, Attorneys Say
December 2017
- 12/26: Reuters | Northeast States Sue EPA Over Air Pollution from Midwest
- 12/21: The National Law Review | EPA Ends “Sue and Settle” Litigation Strategy
- 12/21: The Washington Post | In "Defense of Science," Researchers Sue EPA Over Move to Overhaul Advisory Boards
- 12/19: E&E | Enviros, States Sue Over Rollback of BLM Methane Rule
- 12/18: Houston Public Media | Environmental Groups Sue EPA Over Latest Texas Haze Rule
- 12/13: The Heartland Institute | Pruitt Ends EPA's Use of Controversial "Sue and Settle" Agreements
- 12/11: U.S. News | Sage Grouse Leaders Say Debate Over the Bird Is Improving
- 12/11: Law 360 | Enviros Sue Chem Safety Board Over Accident Report Rules
- 12/8: EcoWatch | Lawsuit Launched Against Trump EPA for Approving Fracking Waste Dumping Into Gulf of Mexico
- 12/7: USA Today | States sue Trump's EPA for failing to enforce smog standards
- 12/4: The Washington Examiner | Environmentalists Sue EPA For Failing to Meet Ozone Rule Deadline
- 12/1: Law 360 | EPA Nixes Hardrock Mining Rule, Enviros Say They'll Sue
November 2017
- 11/30: E&E | Group sues for records on Pruitt's 'sue-and-settle' directive (subscription required)
- 11/29: Law 360 | Enviro Group Seeks EPA's Lawsuit Settlement Policy Docs (subscription required)
- 11/27: The Heartland Institute | EPA Ends Use of Controversial 'Sue and Settle' Agreements
- 11/27: The Brunswick News | EPA shows intention to side with industry on coal ash
- 11/20: Washington Examiner | Environmental groups sue Trump over elephant trophies
- 11/15: The Heartland Institute | Trump Improves Transparency by Ending EPA Sue-and-Settle Agreements
- 11/15: Law 360 | EPA Unveils Some Ozone Info After Enviro Lawsuit Threat (subscription required)
- 11/13: The Hill | Former EPA attorneys slam ‘sue and settle’ policy
- 11/3: Reuters | Green groups sue for access to U.S. monument documents: lawsuit
- 11/3: The Patriot Post | Burying 'Sue and Settle'
- 11/2: LA Times | Groups want protections restored for Louisiana black bear
- 11/2: Capital Press | EPA seeks delay in reporting manure gases
- 11/1: Woodworking Network | Louisiana groups sue EPA over formaldehyde rule extensions
October 2017
- 10/31: Washington Examiner | Good Riddance to the 'Sue and Settle' Regulatory Process
- 10/27: AP | Advocacy groups: EPA response to Erie algae bloom lawsuit bolsters argument
- 10/25: The Hill | House Passes Bill to Curb Sue-and-Settle Regulation
- 10/25: Law 360 | Enviros Sue DOI for Emails from Oil, Hunting Groups
- 10/24: The National Law Review | EPA Releases “Sue And Settle” Policy Directive
- 10/16: Fox News | EPA's Pruitt Moves to End Obama-Era Practice of 'Sue and Settle' with Environmentalists
- 10/10: WSHU | Schneiderman to Sue EPA Over Clean Power Plan Repeal
- 10/9: Daily Caller | EPA Threatened With Lawsuits Over Repealing Obama’s Global Warming Rule
- 10/9: NWI | Environmental Group Threatens to Sue EPA Over Coke Permit
- 10/5: Washington Post | Interior Department to Officially Reexamine Sage Grouse Protection Plan
- 10/3: NRDC | NRDC Lawsuit Against EPA Challenges Neonic Pesticide Registrations (press release)
- 10/2: C&EN | Activists Sue Over Revamped U.S. Chemical Law
September 2017
- 9/28: Center for Biological Diversity | Lawsuit: Trump's EPA Is Failing to Enforce Air Pollution Conflict-of-interest Rules in Alabama, Mississippi (press release)
- 9/28: Law 360 | Enviros Sue EPA Over Ala., Miss. Air Board Conflict Rules
- 9/28: New York Times | Interior Department to Overhaul Obama’s Sage Grouse Protection Plan
- 9/26: The Salem News | Watershed groups sue EPA over permit delay
- 9/22: Boston Globe | Environmental advocates sue the EPA to implement stormwater plan
- 9/12: The Daily Caller | It’s Time To Limit Abusive, Taxpayer-Funded Environmental Litigation
- 9/8: Power | Pruitt: EPA Will Have CPP Replacement Proposal in Coming Months
- 9/6: Accuracy in Media | Washington Post Picks On Conservative While Dems Rake In Government Money
- 9/4: Delaware Online | Federal judge orders EPA to act on Delaware air pollution
- 9/2: Flathead Beacon | Amid Severe Fire Season, Finger Pointing Over Forest Management Heats Up
August 2017
- 8/31: Newsy | The US Interior Secretary Is Being Sued Over Yellowstone Grizzly Bears
- 8/23: Washington Free Beacon | Analysts: Litigation Reform Needed to Curb Lawsuits Undermining Conservation
- 8/22: Forbes | Cabot Oil And Gas Declines To Play Sue And Settle
- 8/18: Chem Info | Groups Sue EPA For Weakening New Chemical Laws
- 8/14: EWG | Environmental Groups Sue Trump Administration Over New Rules That Will Make It Harder to Protect Against Harm From Toxic Chemicals (press release)
- 8/11: Lincoln Times-News | Washington is finally on track to provide meaningful regulatory reform
- 8/9: The Daily Caller | Environmentalists Sue Over Trump’s ‘Sham’ Monument Review
- 8/7: NPR | Trump Administration Revises Conservation Plan For Western Sage Grouse
- 8/4: Inverse | Environmentalists Sue EPA's Scott Pruitt To Make Him Do His Job
- 8/1: Alabama Today | Advocates oppose EPA’s delay of coal plant pollution limits
July 2017
- 7/28: E&E | GOP capitalizes on Trump admin to push legal reform bills (subscription required)
- 7/28: The Denver Post | Give the existing sage grouse plans time to work
- 7/27: The Hill | States threatening to sue EPA to force new environmental policies
- 7/20: The Daily Caller | Environmentalist ‘Sue And Settle’ Tactics Have Cost Taxpayers Millions, This Bill Could Stop It
- 7/20: Houston Public Media | Environmental Group Sues EPA Over Houston-Area Pollution Permits
- 7/18: 1310 KLIX | Fish and Game Seeks Public Input on Sage-grouse Hunting Proposals
- 7/17: E&E | 'Sue and settle' critic Pruitt abides by NOx consent decree (subscription required)
- 7/15: Gainesville Times | Collins ‘Sunshine’ bill would slow down federal rulemaking process
- 7/6: The Capital Press | States sue over EPA’s decision to keep pesticide on market
- 7/3: E&E | Pruitt issued 'oral directive' to end 'sue and settle' (subscription required)
- 7/3: The Daily Caller | Environmentalists Say Grizzly Population Isn’t Recovered, Sue For Re-Listing
June 2017
- 6/30: Law 360 | Enviros Sue FWS to Save Fish From Bay Area Water Project (subscription required)
- 6/30: Reuters | Environmental groups sue EPA over New York City water quality
- 6/20: Bloomberg BNA | `Sue and Settle’ Legislation Expected to Start Moving Soon
- 6/18: CT Post | Environmental groups sue EPA over pollution
- 6/16: Law 360 | Enviros Sue to Stop EPA Risk Management Rule Delay (subscription required)
- 6/14: Think Progress | Environmental groups sue EPA for failing to protect farmworkers from pesticide exposure
- 6/8: NPR | Trump Administration Orders Review Of Sage Grouse Protections
- 6/7: Town Hall | Justice Department Ends Obama Era Practice of Forcing Federal Defendants to Donate to Leftist Activists
- 6/7: Reuters | Environmental groups sue EPA over California ozone pollution
- 6/5: CNBC | Trump's EPA hit with lawsuit over suspension of oil- and gas-drilling rules
May 2017
- 5/30: Richmond Times-Dispatch | Environmental groups sue over lack of action on nutrient pollution in Shenandoah River
- 5/24: Lexology | EPA Reviewing Obama-Era Power Plant Effluent Rule; Environmental Groups Sue
- 5/24: Triple Pundit | Lawsuits Brew Against Scott Pruitt, EPA for Illegal Legislative ‘Obstructions’
- 5/23: Law 360 | Enviro Group Sues Agencies for Climate Denial Records (subscription required)
- 5/11: Queens Chronicle | Groups to sue EPA over unsafe estuaries
- 5/10: The Daily Caller | ‘Green 20’ Attorneys General Sue Trump To Preserve Obama Climate Policies
- 5/9: Science Daily | Federally subsidized shrubs, grasses crucial to sage grouse survival in Washington
- 5/7: The Daily Caller | Enviro Lawsuit Effectivly Bans Fracking In 1 Million Acres Of California
- 5/4: U.S. News | Environmentalists Sue Trump Administration Over Dusky Shark
- 5/3: The Seattle Times | Environmental groups sue EPA over rollback of pollution rule
- 5/3: Washington Post | Environmental groups sue Trump administration over offshore drilling
- 5/1: Tampa Bay Times | Enviro groups join Tri-State Water War by suing Corps
April 2017
- 4/28: The Herald News | Groups vow to sue EPA over Westport River nitrogen
- 4/27: Law 360 | Environmental Groups to Sue EPA Over NYC Water Standards (subscription required)
- 4/27: Law 360 | Enviro Groups Sue Army Corps Over Water Plan for Fla., Ga. (subscription required)
- 4/26: The Blade | Environmental groups sue EPA over inaction
- 4/26: The Seattle Times | Tribes sue Coast Guard over tanker traffic’s risk to orcas in Strait of Juan de Fuca
- 4/24: E&E | States, greens attack EPA bid to freeze mercury litigation (subscription required)
- 4/20: Reuters | Group sues Trump for repealing U.S. wildlife rule in rare legal challenge
- 4/12: The Journal | Enviros sue Colorado, feds over predator plan
- 4/11: EcoWatch | Court Orders EPA to Close Loophole, Factory Farms Required to Report Toxic Pollution
- 4/5: Q13 Fox | Green groups sue Trump administration over pet-killing cyanide bombs
- 4/5: The Intercept | Environmental Groups Sue EPA to Force Ban of Pesticide Linked to Autism
- 4/3: The Hill | States, greens sue feds over delays in energy efficiency rules
- 4/1: OPB FM | Otter Appeals Dismissal Of Idaho Sage Grouse Lawsuit
March 2017
- 3/30: The Daily Caller | Trump’s EPA Won’t Ban A Pesticide Obama Really Wanted Banished
- 3/28: Fox 9 | Lawsuit claims PolyMet mine would threaten wolves, lynx
- 3/25: KMVT | Department of Fish and Game re-builds sage-grouse habitat
- 3/21: Law 360 | Enviros, Farmers Sue EPA Over Weed Killer Registration (subscription required)
- 3/15: E&E Publishing | Automakers sue to overturn Obama EPA's emission rules (subscription required)
- 3/12: Raw Story | Trump administration trying to halt landmark climate change lawsuit that could thwart changes at the EPA
- 3/8: The Washington Times | Green groups hope to argue environmental cases disregarded by Trump administration
- 3/8: E&E Publishing | Enviros fight for spot in oil and gas leasing suit (subscription required)
- 3/8: The Daily Caller | Enviros Turn Their Sights On Agency Regulating Pipelines
- 3/7: Morning Consult | Greens Threaten Lawsuits Over Rollback of Environmental Regulations
- 3/6: Law 360 | Feds Can't Split Enviros' Sage-Grouse Protection Suit (subscription required)
- 3/3: Los Angeles Daily News | In game of chicken, new EPA chief Pruitt can’t give in: Susan Shelley
- 3/3: Genetic Literacy Project | New EPA head Scott Pruit poised to challenge ‘politics driven’ farm chemical regulations
- 3/1: The New American | Radical Environmentalists Sue EPA Head to Eliminate Dams Alleged to Harm Salmon
February 2017
- 2/28: CNBC | Trump executive order seeks to roll back controversial Obama water rules
- 2/28: E&E Publishing | 'Deadline' lawsuits largely determined FWS's focus — GAO (subscription required)
- 2/27: Yahoo | Sierra Club to sue EPA over failure to report on ethanol
- 2/25: EcoWatch | Nation's First Lawsuit Filed Against EPA's Scott Pruitt
- 2/24: Daily Caller | Enviros Sue Trump’s EPA To Save Salmon From Climate Change
- 2/19: OPB: | Timber Companies Sue Over Cascade-Siskiyou Monument Expansion
- 2/13: Bloomberg BNA | EPA Settlement of Citizen Suits May End Under Trump
- 2/9: ABC News | Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Files 1st Legal Challenge Over Dakota Access Pipeline Easement
- 2/9: E&E Publishing | Trump order will be hard to overturn — legal experts (subscription required)
- 2/8: Law 360 | EPA Says Coal Jobs Appeal Needs to be Decided Quickly (subscription required)
- 2/2: Ventura County Star | Lawsuit targets new pesticide rules
- 2/2: The Hill | House votes to strike down two Obama-era rules
- 2/2: E&E Publishing | Green group pushes unconventional climate suit (subscription required)
January 2017
- 1/26: Cleveland.com | Conservation groups threaten lawsuit to end auctions, ban fracking in Wayne National Forest
- 1/23: The Center for Food Safety | Public Interest Groups, Farmers File Lawsuit Challenging Monsanto’s Toxic Pesticides
- 1/18: E&E | EPA, Sierra Club reach deal in monitoring suit
- 1/16: Billings Gazette | Court denies stay on BLM flaring rule
- 1/13: Salt Lake Tribune | BLM, environmental groups, off-roaders make deal on roads, oil and gas
- 1/12: E&E | Fracking rule clash gets new court date
- 1/12: Animal Welfare Institute | Organizations Petition EPA to Halt Use of Deadly Predator Poison
- 1/10: The Daily Sentinel | BLM revises oil shale royalty rates
- 1/10: E&E | EPA advances incinerator guidelines for states
- 1/9: E&E | Companies, groups sue Interior over valuation rule
- 1/6: Juneau Empire | Feds Agree to New Deadline for Fairbanks Air Cleanup
- 1/4: CNS News | BLM Pushes Sage Grouse Protection By Restricting Mining on 10 Million Acres in 6 States
- 1/3: The National Law Review | D.C. District Court Grants Settlement on RCRA Oil and Gas Waste Rules Litigation Proposed by EPA and Environmentalists
December 2016
- 12/29: Fox News | US considers mining limits to save sage grouse
- 12/23: Idaho Mountain Express | Groups to sue over coyote poisons
- 12/21: E&E Publishing | Utilities' ash storage plans draw criticism, lawsuits (subscription required)
- 12/21: News Chief | 4 environmental groups plan to sue U.S. agencies to stop phosphate mining expansion
- 12/20: The Blade | Coalition intends to sue EPA over Lake Erie
- 12/15: ABC-7 | Environmental groups sue FDA over hair straightening treatment
- 12/9: The Bozeman Daily Chronicle | Montana congressmen seek to undo court’s halt on logging projects over Canada lynx
- 12/8: The National Law Review | EPA Releases CERCLA 108(b) Proposed Rule for Hardrock Mining and Schedule for Decisions On Other Industries
- 12/8: St. Louis Public Radio | EPA to propose nutrient pollution rules next year to settle lawsuit
- 12/7: The Hill | Dems demand red wolf protections
- 12/7: KGWN | Environmental groups seek to defend federal methane rule
- 12/5: E&E Publishing | Greens sue EPA over exceptions in ozone rule (subscription required)
November 2016
- 11/30: Lagniappe Weekly | Multi-state lawsuit takes aim at Endangered Species Act
- 11/30: Washington Examiner | GOP blasts Obama's attempt to ignore court on prairie chicken
- 11/29: NPR | Environmentalists Gird For Battle With A Trump Administration
- 11/22: Los Angeles Times | Court's rejection of a lawsuit over pesticides in seed coatings is a setback to beekeepers
- 11/21: Town Hall | Much-Needed Regulatory Reform Must be a Priority of the Trump Administration
- 11/15: Law 360 | Enviro Group Has Standing to Sue Over Fur Export Rules (subscription required)
- 11/15: Think Progress | ‘It’s a nightmare’: Green groups prepare to fight under President Trump
- 11/9: Jefferson Policy Journal | Greens relaunch ammonia regulation suit
- 11/8: Agrow | US EPA hit with another ESA pesticide suit
- 11/7: The Seattle Times | Environmentalists sue BNSF to cover coal trains, prevent water pollution
- 11/4: Waterkeeper Alliance | Waterkeeper Alliance Notifies EPA of Intent to Sue to Compel Action on Drinking Water Regulations
- 11/3: Washington Examiner | Holding the EPA to account
October 2016
- 10/26: Courthouse News Service | Greens Say EPA Hiding Disaster Plan Details
- 10/24: E&E Publishing | Group threatens more lawsuits to force government's hand (subscription required)
- 10/21: E&E Publishing | Enviros move to defend against industry leasing suit (subscription required)
- 10/21: Wyo File | As Wyo. drilling increased, grouse numbers declined
- 10/20: Bend Bulletin | Lawsuit looks to list Pacific fishers as threatened
- 10/18: AP | Court mandates new recovery plan for Mexican gray wolves
- 10/14: Wyoming Public Media | Court Rules BLM Broke Law In Roundup
- 10/10: E&E Publishing | EPA agrees to review flaring emissions formula (subscription required)
- 10/7: Billings Gazette | Wild horse advocates file suit to block Oct. 18 roundup
- 10/7: Daily Miner | Lawsuit seeks to protect imperiled ocelot
- 10/6: Idaho State Journal | Feds weigh mineral mining ban on 10M acres to protect sage grouse
- 10/5: E&E Publishing | Another lawsuit filed over EPA 'regional consistency' regs (subscription required)
September 2016
- 9/28: E&E Publishing | Suit aims to force EPA crackdown on states over soot rules (subscription required)
- 9/28: NBC News | Politicians Squawk at Greater Sage Grouse Provision in Annual Defense Bill
- 9/27: Capital Press | CAFO air quality lawsuit dismissed
- 9/22: Washington Times | Bull trout lawsuit targets Payette National Forest roads
- 9/15: E&E Publishing | Judges weigh legal standing in fight over owl habitat (subscription required)
- 9/14: E&E Publishing | Legal standing at issue in fight over critical habitat (subscription required)
- 9/12: Houma Today | Shrimpers may face new turtle-protection rules
- 9/12: The Hill | Greens move to dismiss EPA lawsuit over airplane emissions
- 9/12: Sea Turtle Restoration Network | Lawsuit Launched to Protect West Coast Whales From Dying in Nets
- 9/12: E&E Publishing | Deal possible in N.C. v. EPA suit following Cross-State rule (subscription required)
- 9/8: Business Insider | EPA sued over clean water rules to curb ocean acidification
- 9/8: E&E Publishing | BLM sage grouse plans not limiting development — report (subscription required)
- 9/7: Reuters | U.S. judge halts fracking plan for federal lands in California
- 9/2: Northwest Arkansas News | EPA haze plan finalized; state still opposes it
August 2016
- 8/31: E&E Publishing | FWS agrees to consider protections for 9 animals (subscription required)
- 8/26: Fresh Law Blog | Environmental Groups Are Seeking To Force US EPA To Create Superfund Financial Responsibility Rules Through Litigation
- 8/25: Denver Post | Environmentalists fight feds for hiding climate harm of public lands drilling in west
- 8/24: Public News Service | Lawsuit Challenges EPA “Lip Service” on Lead Standards
- 8/24: Bloomberg BNA | Advocates’ Push for Quicker Aircraft Rules Premature, EPA Says
- 8/24: Washington Examiner | Greens pressure Obama to list endangered species
- 8/23: Investor’s Business Daily | The Rogue EPA's Shocking Disregard For The Law
- 8/18: WTVM | Environmental groups file lawsuit against Sabal Trail pipeline
- 8/18: Trade Only Today | Lawsuit prompts EPA to question boatbuilders on emissions
- 8/16: E&E Publishing | Enviro lawsuit targets permit for Md. coal plant (subscription required)
- 8/15: The Daily Caller | EXCLUSIVE: Feds Hide $25 Million In Payments To Lawyers Suing Under Environmental Laws
- 8/11: The Daily Sentinel | BLM releases draft Gunnison sage-grouse plan
- 8/9: The Daily Caller | Feds Hand Over Nearly $50 MILLION In Environmental Lawsuits
- 8/4: E&E Publishing | Groups warn of new lawsuit over Fairbanks soot (subscription required)
July 2016
- 7/29: The Hill | Court sides with greens on EPA boiler rule
- 7/28: Morning Consult | Sierra Club Submits More Than 130,000 Comments on Federal Coal Leasing Program
- 7/25: E&E Publishing | EPA finalizes endangerment finding for aircraft emissions (subscription required)
- 7/23: The Newnan Times-Herald | House tries to defang environmental activists
- 7/20: Smoky Mountain News | Conservation groups plead for red wolf program to stay
- 7/19: News OK | Lesser prairie chicken removed from endangered species list
- 7/18: The Hill | North Dakota sues over new methane rule
- 7/13: Flathead Beacon | Bull Trout Lawsuit Targets 26 Dams in Columbia River Basin
- 7/11: California Land Use & Development Law Report | Fish and Wildlife Service Agrees to Deadline for Monarch Butterfly Listing Decision
- 7/7: The Hill | Groups sue EPA over air pollution standards
- 7/5: Capital Gazette | Right Stuff: EPA rigs environmental rule-making
- 7/5: Capital Press | Senators blast federal agencies over sage grouse plans
June 2016
- 6/28: Platts | Environmental groups plan appeal of US fracking decision as debate swirls over impact
- 6/23: Bloomberg BNA | Coal Ash Rule to Cost Billions to Comply: Consultant
- 6/18: ABC News | Environmental Groups Threaten to Sue SC, Feds Over Seawalls
- 6/16: Wall Street Journal | SEC Opens Door to More Environmental Reporting in New Mining Disclosure Rules
- 6/16: Times-Standard | Lawsuit threatened over Pacific fisher
- 6/10: E&E Publishing | Enviros sue to force EPA action on Fairbanks soot plan (subscription required)
- 6/9: Law 360 | EPA Missed Deadlines for Emissions Review, Enviros Say (subscription required)
- 6/8: Spokesman | EPA to re-evaluate Idaho water quality standards for arsenic, rescind previous approval
- 6/8: Courthouse News Service | Forest-Plan Opponents Point to Wolf, Lynx & Bat
- 6/8: NJ Spotlight | Feds move to protect endangered Atlantic sturgeon in Delaware River
- 6/1: E&E Publishing | Enviros sue USDA program to stop wolf killing in Idaho (subscription required)
- 6/1: Heartlander | FWS Director Defends Obama Administration Handling of ESA Revisions, Lawsuits
May 2016
- 5/31: The Hayride: BRIGGS: Coastal Litigation Unnecessary, “Sue-And-Settle” Tactics Inappropriate
- 5/27: Phoenix New Times | Environmentalists Sue Feds Over Development in Crucial AZ Bird Habitat
- 5/27: American Thinker | Sierra Club Driving Final Nail into Coal Industry's Coffin
- 5/27: Las Vegas Review-Journal | Sage grouse plan touted as workable solution balancing public land uses and users
- 5/25: E&E Publishing | Greens demand FWS act to save dwindling red wolf population (subscription required)
- 5/24: Daily Journal | An environmental group has sued federal officials over the potential transfer of the National Bison Range to American Indian tribes in Montana
- 5/24: Tulsa Business and Legal News | Pruitt praises victory in lesser prairie chicken lawsuit
- 5/21: The Alternative Daily | Environmental Groups Suing EPA Over Fractured Fracking Policies
- 5/19: Law 360 | Oil Groups Say BLM, Enviros Settled Lease Suit Without Them (subscription required)
- 5/12: The Oklahoman | Obama administration drops effort to list lesser prairie chicken as threatened
- 5/10: Capital Press | 65,000 acres designated Oregon spotted frog ‘critical habitat’
- 5/4: Akron Beacon Journal | Eco-groups want U.S. EPA to tighten rules on disposing of drilling wastes in Ohio, other states
April 2016
- 4/28: Knau: Arizona Public Radio | US Fish And Wildlife Agrees To Deadline For Wolf Recovery Plan
- 4/28: Courthouse News Service | Calif. County Suspends Wildlife Trapping Plan
- 4/26: Reuters | U.S. military can withstand the sage grouse, lawmakers say
- 4/26: Register-Herald | Environmentalists sue to require cleanup at bankrupt mine sites
- 4/22: The Sacramento Bee | Lawsuit accuses regulators of loosening Sacramento Delta water rules
- 4/20: The Durango Herald | Environmental groups sue over New Mexico coal plant
- 4/14: Environmental Leader | Groups Sue EPA to Force Airplane Air Pollution Rules
- 4/13: E&E Publishing | Enviros sue EPA for 'foot dragging' on emissions rule (subscription required)
- 4/12: USA Today | EPA faces lawsuit over airline emissions
- 4/8: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | Environmental group, Pittsburgh settle stormwater lawsuit
- 4/5: Las Vegas Review-Journal | Sage Grouse lawsuit looking to block new fences on BLM land in Nevada
March 2016
- 3/31: Reuters | U.S. environmental groups sue to overturn GMO salmon approval
- 3/23: Feed Navigator | US: Intervention attempt from feed crop growers in neonicotinoid-treated seed lawsuit
- 3/21: Capital Press | Judge refuses to dismiss pale cyst nematode lawsuit
- 3/21: Flathead Beacon | Feds, Groups Reach Tentative Deal Over Oil Lease Emissions
- 3/20: Q13 Fox | U.S. Forest Service reaches settlement with environmental groups over ATV use on Washington forest roads
- 3/18: Daily Caller | Republican Budget Would Dismantle EPA Regulatory Overreach
- 3/17: Great Falls Tribune | Environmentalists drop sheep grazing lawsuit
- 3/16: The Times-Picayune | Animals endangered by government foot-dragging, federal lawsuit says
- 3/10: The Hill | Feds sued over butterfly protections
- 3/9: Center for Biological Diversity | Lawsuit Seeks Endangered Species Act Protections for Imperiled Bi-state Sage Grouse (press release)
- 3/3: KPQ News Radio | Lawsuit Filed Against EPA Over Water Quality Rules
- 3/2: Q13 Fox | Groups sue EPA for not finalizing ‘fish consumption’ rule
February 2016
- 2/26: E&E | Suit seeks to force EPA action on emissions standards (subscription required)
- 2/25: Digital Journal | USFWS will analyze the impacts of atrazine and glyphosate
- 2/22: Commercial Property Executive | Capitol Hill Outlook: Top 2016 Issues, Part II
- 2/22: WFPL | Settlement Sends Kentucky’s Selenium Standard Back To EPA For Review
- 2/19: WV Gazette | After 40 years, EPA to write spill prevention rule
- 2/17: PR Newswire | Environmental Justice Advocates Celebrate Victory as Lawsuit Settlement Directs EPA to Protect Communities from Chemical Spills
- 2/12: Center for Biological Diversity | Lawsuit Launched to Fight Ozone Pollution From Coast to Coast (press release)
- 2/12: Fox 13 | Utah plans to sue EPA over Animas River spill opportunity
- 2/9: The New York Times | Supreme Court Deals Blow to Obama’s Efforts to Regulate Coal Emissions
- 2/4: E&E | Industry challenges EPA toxic refinery emission limits (subscription required)
- 2/1: The Hill | Feds to review environmental impact of offshore fracking
January 2016
- 1/29: KSCB News | Lesser Prairie Chicken Effectively Removed from ESA
- 1/26: Investor’s Business Daily | Fingers In The Dike Against Obama’s Regulatory Flood
- 1/23: Deseret News | Public lands 'listening' session brings howls of complaints against feds
- 1/15: Phys. Org | US freezes new coal mine permits in environmental review
- 1/15: The Washington Free Beacon | Group Defending Power Plant Rule Secretly Talked with EPA
- 1/12: Law 360 | Why Regulatory Agencies Have Less Leverage in PA (subscription required)
- 1/12: Bozeman Daily Chronicle | Montana Coal Mine Deal Includes Secret Side Settlement
- 1/8: Government Executive | House Clears Two Bills to Rein in Regulators
- 1/6: Capital Press | Environmental lawsuits spiked in 2015
- 1/6: Los Angeles Times | Bees threatened by a common pesticide, EPA finds
- 1/5: Center for Biological Diversity | Lawsuit Launched for Endangered Species Act Protection of Monarch Butterflies (press release)
December 2015
- 12/28: International Business Times | Texas Attorney General Sues Obama Administration Over EPA Smog Rule
- 12/25: Newsmax | North Carolina Uses Unique Tactic Against New EPA Power Rule
- 12/24: Law 360 | Environmental Legislation and Regulation to Watch in 2016 (subscription required)
- 12/11: Forbes | Supreme Court To Hear Wetlands Challenge As "Waters Of U.S." Expand
- 12/10: KTVZ | USDA: $40 million to Western ranchers to restore sage grouse habitat
- 12/10: Bay Journal | 92 lawmakers, 22 states side with Farm Bureau in TMDL appeal
- 12/9: Global Warming | EPA Imposes 54th Clean Air Act Federal Takeover of a State Program (previous 3 presidents imposed 5 total among them)
- 12/9: Reno Gazette-Journal | Nevada judge denies bid for sage grouse injunction
- 12/2: E&E | Western govs want states to lead on sage grouse mitigation (subscription required)
- 12/2: PR Newswire | NEAVS Announces Fish and Wildlife Service Retracts Yerkes Permit Decision
- 12/1: Western Governors’ Association | LETTER: Governors request Interior establish preference for state-based mitigation programs
November 2015
- 11/19: KRDO | Forest Service, local environmentalists settle four-year lawsuit
- 11/18: Heartlander | Battling Obama’s Regulatory Onslaught Through Oversight
- 11/17: E&E | Texas think tank sues BLM over Red River boundary (subscription required)
- 11/16: E&E | Settlement could curb OHV use in Colo. (subscription required)
- 11/15: National Law Review | BLM and the Forest Service Finalize Greater Sage-Grouse Land Use Plan Amendments Across the West
- 11/11: The Sacramento Bee | Environmentalists sue over Sacramento River water, fish perils
- 11/9: Law 360: High Court Environmental Cases to Watch (subscription required)
- 11/4: CBS Seattle | Conservation Group Sues to Stop Commercial Salmon Farms
- 11/3: The Daily Caller | The EPA, Literally: This Pesticide Is Harmless, But Let’s Ban It Anyhow
October 2015
- 10/30: Law 360 | EPA Will Reconsider Approval of Ky. Selenium Standards (subscription required)
- 10/28: Arizona Capitol Times | Environmentalists seek to overturn plan at Navajo coal plant
- 10/22: Heartlander | EPA Emails Reveal Collusion with Green Groups
- 10/22: E&E | EPA, greens reach deal on Utah permit challenge (subscription required)
- 10/17: National Law Review | Environmentalists Issue Notice of Intent to Sue EPA for Alleged Failure to Review and Revise RCRA Oil and Gas Regulations
- 10/13: Law 360 | Colo. Tribe, DOI Near Settlement Over Fracking Rules (subscription required)
- 10/13: USA Today | U.S. Forest Service sued over Nestle water permit
- 10/12: Courthouse News Service | Fight Over Feds’ Organic Rules Change Tossed
- 10/9: Reuters | Deal approved to protect grizzly bear habitat in Montana
- 10/6: Phys.org | Court orders EPA to revise ship ballast dumping regulations
- 10/5: The Hill | Court rules against EPA’s invasive species rule
September 2015
- 9/30: Washington Times | EPA to release new regulations to restrict ground-level ozone
- 9/29: The Advocate | EPA adopts new air monitoring rule for oil refineries to monitor levels of cancer-causing chemical benzene
- 9/28: Capital Press | Idaho sues Interior, USDA over sage grouse plans
- 9/23: The State Journal | Environmental groups launch lawsuit to protect threatened bat at WV coal mines
- 9/22: Washington Times | Sierra Club sues EPA over haze from Louisiana coal plants
- 9/22: High Country News | Cue the greater sage grouse lawsuits
- 9/11: Law 360 | Rankling the EPA on RCRA Solid Waste Rules May Work (subscription required)
- 9/9: The Wall Street Journal | Federal Court Denies States’ Request to Temporarily Block EPA Carbon Rules
- 9/3: Cronkite News | State files motion to intervene in lawsuit over wolf recovery plan
- 9/3: E&E | Prairie chicken ruling casts doubt on FWS listing policy (subscription required)
- 9/2: Law 360 | EPA Agrees to 2017 Deadline for New CERCLA Finance Rules (subscription required)
August 2015
- 8/28: Portland Press Herald | Environmentalists press on with Maine lynx trapping lawsuit
- 8/27: The Hill | USDA spending another $211 million to protect sage grouse
- 8/25: Reuters | U.S. regulator sued for withholding information on GMO crops
- 8/23: JD News | Judge dismisses sea turtle lawsuit
- 8/17: Utility Dive | 15 states launch legal battle against EPA's Clean Power Plan
- 8/15: Rapid City Journal | ROUNDS: The EPA’s unfair ‘Sue and Settle’ tactics
- 8/10: The Hill | EPA moves to fix air pollution rule after Supreme Court loss
- 8/9: Wall Street Journal | Industry, States Set to Fight EPA Greenhouse Gas Rules
- 8/5: Fox News | Lawmakers take aim at EPA 'sue-and-settle' collusion
- 8/4: Law 360 | Defending EPA in Lawsuits Runs to $3.6M a Year, GAO Says (subscription required)
- 8/3: The Hill | Mining group asks EPA to stay its climate rule
- 8/3: EP Newswire | Chamber of Commerce CEO reacts to final EPA Clean Power Plan
- 8/3: WFPL | Conway Says He’ll Join Another Lawsuit Over the EPA’s Carbon Regulations
July 2015
- 7/31: The Hill | Feds to vacate energy efficiency rule, industry group says
- 7/28: Washington Times | Obama ordered to rewrite pollution rules
- 7/28: E&E Publishing | Court tosses part of cross-state rule back to EPA for revamp (subscription required)
- 7/27: E&E Publishing | Sage grouse latest win for greens in sweeping listing pact (subscription required)
- 7/22: Manufacturing.net | Environmental Groups Sue EPA Over Chemical Spills
- 7/17: High Country News | EPA to study effects of Roundup on 1,500 endangered species
- 7/16: Feed Navigator | Animal feeding emissions exemption lawsuit may be grinding closer to discussion in court
- 7/14: Courthouse News Service | Angelsharks Proposed for Endangered Status
- 7/13: E&E Publishing | Opponents of tighter ozone standard turn to Ill. to advance argument (subscription required)
- 7/13: Breaking Energy | MATS Impacted By Supreme Court Decision, But Likely To Survive
- 7/13: Reuters | Sage grouse flies into U.S. species protection crossfire
- 7/9: Utility Dive | DC Circuit Court rejects challenge to EPA particulate pollution rules
- 7/9: E&E Publishing | Appeals court denies enviro challenge to Fla. standard settlement (subscription required)
- 7/8: Sonoran News | Service initiates status review for four species in Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and Oklahoma
- 7/7: E&E Publishing | Greens sue EPA over new industrial stormwater permit (subscription required)
- 7/6: Utility Dive | Oklahoma sues to block EPA Clean Power Plan
- 7/5: NH Voice | FWS to consider ESA protection for Blanding's turtle
- 7/2: Crested Butte News | County Joins the State in Gunnison Sage-Grouse Lawsuit Against U.S. FWS
- 7/1: Forbes | Supreme Court's Mercury Ruling Unlikely To Remove The Heat On Coal
June 2015
- 6/30: The Hill | Supreme Court overturns landmark EPA air pollution rule
- 6/30: E&E Publishing | Petition urges EPA to regulate CO2 under toxics law (subscription required)
- 6/29: USA Today | High court blocks power plant regulations without cost estimates
- 6/29: WSJ | High Court Strikes Down EPA Limits on Mercury Emissions
- 6/26: Courthouse News Service | Big Win for Environmentalists Will Force EPA to Study Glyphosate
- 6/25: AP | Feds defend Utah prairie dogs rules in closely watched case
- 6/23: National Review | Local Democrats' Uprising against Draconian Obama EPA Regs
- 6/19: Chicago Sun-Times | EPA proposes tougher mileage standards for trucks
- 6/15: Capital Press | EPA falls under scrutiny at Senate Judiciary hearing
- 6/11: High Country News | Prairie dog case challenges ESA
- 6/11: Environmental Health News | US EPA forced to decide this month on pesticide’s fate
- 6/10: AP | Court strikes rules to cut coal plant pollution
- 6/9: AP | Court tosses suits challenging climate change plan
- 6/3: Watchdog Arena | Obama delists 12 endangered species, adds hundreds more
- 6/2: AP | Appeals court sides with EPA on air pollution limits
- 6/2: Reuters | U.S. floats conservation measures for threatened bull trout
- 6/2: AP | Fish and Wildlife to release bull trout recovery plan for 5 Western states
- 6/2: Deseret News | Utah prairie dog ruling stokes national conversation about endangered species
May 2015
- 5/26: The Hill | Court rejects Kansas appeal in EPA air pollution case
- 5/26: Science World Report | EPA Air Pollution Rules May Have More Uncertain Effects Than Expected
- 5/22: Courthouse News Service | Sierra Club Wants Action on SoCal Air
- 5/22: U.S. News & World Report | EPA Power Plant Rule ‘Modestly’ Lowers Rates, Carbon Emissions
- 5/21: eNews Park Forest | Groups File Lawsuit Calling for Federal Government Action on Soot Pollution
- 5/20: E&E Publishing | 'Sue and settle' tensions flare at House hearing (subscription required)
- 5/20: KPCC | Environmental groups sue to reduce soot ... eventually
- 5/20: High Country News | Obama's preemptive strike to reform Endangered Species Act
- 5/19: Nossaman LLP | Federal Government Proposes Revisions to Endangered Species Act Regulations
- 5/18: National Journal | Endangered Species Act Gets A Makeover
- 5/18: Penn Law | We Shouldn’t Dismiss “Sue and Settle” – or Other Regulatory Problems
- 5/13: E&E Publishing | Enviros challenge EPA over 'flexibility' for states on ozone rule (subscription required)
- 5/13: StateImpact | As EPA Pushes For Cleaner Air, Refineries Push Back
- 5/12: Bloomberg | House Passes Measure to Block Obama’s EPA on Clean-Water Rule
- 5/7: E&E Publishing | Enviros file suit against Calif. wastewater disposal rules (subscription required)
- 5/6: Cleveland County Herald | Mussel Habitat Reduced in County
- 5/5: The Texas Tribune | Texas to Sue Federal Government Over "Clean Power Plan"
- 5/4: Newsmax | EPA Push to Sharply Curb Formaldehyde Use Questioned
- 5/4: Wate 6 News | Citizen groups sue to protect imperiled fish from strip mining pollution
- 5/3: Albuquerque Journal | Dozens sue for fair treatment
- 5/1: E&E Publishing | 6 states appeal settlement on SO2 designations (subscription required)
- 5/1: The Daily Tribune | EPA's haze rules come under fire
April 2015
- 4/30: Heartland Institute | Time to Move on from the Endangered Species Act (blog)
- 4/28: North American WindPower | The Northern Long-Eared Bat: What A Threatened Listing Means For Wind Energy Projects
- 4/27: E&E Publishing | 'Sue and settle' likely to get airing at hearing on legal challenges to govt. regs (subscription required)
- 4/27: Bloomberg BNA | Trucking Groups Lack Standing to Challenge EPA Heavy-Duty Truck Standards, Court Says
- 4/23: Law 360 | Sierra Club, EPA To Partially Settle Ozone Rule Dispute (subscription required)
- 4/22: The Denver Post | Cory Gardner introduces act to delay endangered decision on grouse
- 4/22: InsideClimate News | After Years of Inaction, EPA Tightens Toxic Air Standard for Oil Refineries
- 4/21: Reuters | Lawsuit seeks to stop government from killing Oregon birds
- 4/16: The State Journal | WV Attorney General argues against legality of EPA's proposed Clean Power Plan in federal court
- 4/15: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Listing the northern long-eared bat as threatened won't help it
- 4/15: E&E Publishing | Ark. rural utilities to EPA -- we're tapped out on efficiency efforts (subscription required)
- 4/9: Center for Biological Diversity | Alaska's Ancient Yellow Cedars Clear Hurdle Toward Endangered Species Act Listing (press release)
- 4/8: The Times-Picayune | EPA failed to upgrade rules limiting toxic air pollutants, environmental lawsuit argues
- 4/7: WSJ | Bat-Preservation Rules Rile Industry
- 4/6: E&E Publishing | EPA ozone proposal spells doom for San Antonio's compliance streak (subscription required)
- 4/3: E&E Publishing | Enviros sue over rule that allows killing of threatened long-eared bat (subscription required)
- 4/3: Elko Daily Free Press | Nature Notes: The next sage grouse is the pygmy rabbit
- 4/2: The Bradford ERA | Critics: Bat’s ‘threatened’ listing could threaten loggers
- 4/2: Midwest Energy News | States to FERC: Clean Power Plan too much, too fast
- 4/1: E&E Publishing | 18 attorneys general slam EPA in letter calling for end to Clean Power Plan (subscription required)
- 4/1: AP | U.S. gives threatened status to northern long-eared bat
March 2015
- 3/31: International Falls Journal | Timber industry waiting for USFWS decision
- 3/31: The Sacramento Bee | Pollution from China taking high route to Central Valley, study says
- 3/30: Petoskey News-Review | St. Marys Cement loses appeal against EPA
- 3/26: ECT | Co-ops Seek Special Rule for Threatened Bats
- 3/26: E&E Publishing | 'Vote-a-rama' fights ahead on species, monuments, transfers to states (subscription required)
- 3/25: AP | Environmental groups threaten to sue feds over Mexican wolf protections
- 3/20: PennEnergy | Counties, associations challenge DOI's Greater Sage Grouse tactics
- 3/20: Politico | Laurence Tribe, Obama's legal mentor, attacks EPA power plant rule
- 3/19: Reuters | U.S. oil groups sue EPA over delays in biofuel standard
- 3/17: AP | Texas Gov. Greg Abbott asks EPA to scrap ozone plans
- 3/17: Michigan Radio | A Michigan bat is in serious trouble, but some fear an endangered species listing more
- 3/15: The Washington Times | The costliest EPA rule yet
- 3/14: The Advocate | Baton Rouge Chamber says President Obama's proposed ozone standards would harm economy
- 3/10: Center for Biological Diversity | Feds Propose More Than 330,000 Acres of Critical Habitat for Black Pine Snakes (press release)
- 3/10: E&E Publishing | EPA in settlement talks with enviros over toxic emissions from oil and gas (subscription required)
- 3/10: Newsworks | EPA plan to tighten ozone standard meets resistance
- 3/9: KJCT | County commissioners pen intent to sue over Sage Grouse
- 3/5: Law 360 | Endangered Species Deal Harms Property Owners, Court Told (subscription required)
- 3/5: Methow Valley News | Lawsuit seeks to keep federal program from killing wolves
- 3/4: Roll Call | McConnell Discourages States From Crafting Clean Power Plans
- 3/4: KTAR News | Desert tortoise's potential placement on endangered species list could affect development
- 3/2: HutchNews.com | Prairie chicken plight: Protecting bird is paramount but economics should count
February 2015
- 2/28: Elko Daily Free Press | County to discuss land restriction concerns
- 2/27: Times Record | Rutledge Testifies Against Proposed EPA Rules
- 2/26: E&E Publishing | Western regulators, utilities call for more time to implement EPA's Clean Power Plan (subscription required)
- 2/26: WSHU Public Radio Group | Conn. Struggling To Meet EPA Ozone Standards
- 2/25: Midwest Energy News | Supreme Court review of mercury rules could impact Ohio
- 2/24: McClatchy Washington Bureau | A whale of a fight is brewing over Atlantic coastal drilling
- 2/24: Casper Star-Tribune | Editorial board: Critical moment for sage grouse
- 2/24: Law 360 | Enviros Sue EPA Over Soot Emissions From Coal Plants, Cars (subscription required)
- 2/23: ScienceBlog.com | Dallas-Ft. Worth facing possible 'Severe Ozone' reclassification
- 2/19: GlobalWarming.org | This Month in Sue and Settle
- 2/18: U.S. News & World Report | Changes 'on the Table' for Federal Carbon-Cutting Plan
- 2/18: Center for Biological Diversity | Lawsuit Filed to Save Three Freshwater Species From Extinction (press release)
- 2/16: Republican-American | Controversy over cottontails as species is eyed for federal protection
- 2/12: Bloomberg BNA | EPA's Power Plant Rule Defies Will of Congress, Senate Republicans Say
- 2/11: The Bismarck Tribune | Plan to reduce haze survives challenge
- 2/11: Association of Corporate Counsel | EPA and Sierra Club reach partial settlement in ozone SIP litigation
- 2/10: E&E Publishing | EPA agrees to deadlines for state soot, smog plans (subscription required)
- 2/10: AP | Colorado Challenges Decision On Gunnison Sage Grouse
- 2/10: Farm Futures | More EPA regulation of ammonia? (blog)
- 2/6: Billings Gazette | Daines hot about EPA wood stove regs
- 2/5: E&E Publishing | Enviros sue Interior to protect rare Mont. trout population (subscription required)
- 2/5: Oil & Gas Journal | Congressional Republicans renew bid to halt sue-and-settle maneuvers
- 2/5: Capital Press | Endangered Species Act created environmental industry
- 2/5: National Journal | 10 Environmental Regulations the Republican Congress Wants to Kill
- 2/4: Agri-Pulse | EPA chief promises clarifications in Waters of the U.S. rule
- 2/4: Portland Press Herald | EPA approves new woodstove emissions standards
- 2/4: APRN | EPA Administrator Insists Water Rule isn't a Power Grab
- 2/3: Law 360 | Enviros Threaten To Sue EPA Over Emissions Standards (subscription required)
- 2/3: Hillsboro Free Press | Farmers in western Kansas are feeling endangered
- 2/2: Ouray County Plaindealer | Options for landowners in cuckoo and grouse listings
- 2/2: E&E Publishing | Obama seeks to hire more lawyers to fight legal challenges (subscription required)
- 2/2: The Bond Buyer | EPA Carbon Plan Vexing for Some Southern States: Fitch Ratings
January 2015
- 1/29: Cronkite News | Official says EPA carbon emission goals proposed for Arizona are too harsh
- 1/28: U.S. Senator John Cornyn | Cornyn Bill Would Protect Texans Against Burdensome Endangered Species Settlements (press release)
- 1/28: The Charlotte Observer | Advocates sue EPA over industrial farm emissions
- 1/27: The Columbus Dispatch | Environmental groups complain to U.S. EPA about state fracking oversight
- 1/26: Inside Counsel | What does the proposed 'waters of the United States' rule mean to your business
- 1/23: Center for Biological Diversity | Petition Seeks 3 Million Acres of Critical Habitat for 9 Endangered Species (press release)
- 1/21: The Heartland Institute | Nevada Counties, Ranchers, and Miners Challenge Sage Grouse Settlement
- 1/21: The Denver Post | Gunnison sage grouse battle heats up with two lawsuits filed Thursday
- 1/19: AP | Potentially Endangered Bat Could Change Pipeline Project
- 1/16: Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette | Agency offers less restrictive way to protect bat's habitat
- 1/16: Courthouse News Service | Greens Sue USA to Protect Gray Wolves
- 1/16: The Hill | Government report refutes 'sue-and-settle' claims
- 1/15: Globalwarming.org | Why GAO’s Ultra-Deferential Review of Sue and Settle at EPA Is a Joke
- 1/15: KELO Newstalk | Thune Calls on FWS to Continue Normal Forest Management
- 1/14: Charlotte Business Journal | Analysts: Mercury rule review could impact Duke Energy
- 1/13: E&E Publishing | EPA proposes new rule for chemical dispersants (subscription required)
- 1/13: Houston Chronicle | EPA proposes new rules on oil spill dispersant chemicals
- 1/12: AAAS | U.S. creates more roaming room for Mexican wolves, but green groups say they'll sue
- 1/9: Arizona Journal | State To Sue Feds Over Wolf Plan
- 1/8: E&E Publishing | Mercury rule costs trigger Georgia Power regulatory tussle (subscription required)
- 1/7: Fuel Fix | Suit seeks EPA decision on oil field chemical disclosure
- 1/7: U.S. News & World Report | EPA to Issue Carbon Rules by Summer
- 1/6: Ammoland | Arizona Game & Fish To Sue Federal Officials Over Mexican Wolf Recovery Plan
December 2014
- 12/30: AP | Colorado county may sue over Gunnison sage grouse
- 12/30: Courthouse News Service | Oil & Gas Industry Fight Seal Protections
- 12/27: AP | Wildlife researchers mull protection for sage grouse under Endangered Species Act
- 12/23: E&E Publishing | FWS extends deadlines for states to demonstrate grouse protections (subscription required)
- 12/19: Reuters | U.S. green groups sue EPA over stormwater regulations
- 12/8: The Washington Post | White House to decide on sage grouse protection, despite congressional action
- 12/17: Reno Gazette-Journal | SV rancher, NACO join lawsuit against FWS regarding ESA
- 12/15: The Hill | GOP accuses feds of bad science in endangered species studies
- 12/12: Law 360 | Notice Period Doesn't Cause 9th Circ. To Pause on ESA (subscription required)
- 12/10: The Tennessean | Turtle, frog, salamanders again get protection push
- 12/9: Elko Daily Free Press | Nevada counties sue over sage grouse
- 12/8: Courthouse News Service | Miners, Ranchers Fight USA Over Sage Grouse
- 12/5: Idaho Statesman | Miners sue to keep sage grouse off endangered species list
- 12/4: AP | Sage grouse's fate shaping energy development in US West
- 12/4: E&E Publishing | FWS adds 23 species to imperiled candidate list (subscription required)
- 12/2: Alaska Dispatch News | NOAA proposes vast marine area as critical habitat for ringed seals
- 12/1: Cronkite News | Feds release plan to expand gray wolf territory; conservation groups cry foul
- 12/1: Summit County Citizens Voice | Lawsuit targets protection for rare Colorado lizard
November 2014
- 11/26: The Hill | EPA unveils contentious plan to tighten ozone standards
- 11/26: WSJ | EPA to Propose Limit to Ozone Air Pollution (WSJ)
- 11/26: Chicago Tribune | Under pressure, EPA seeks tighter ozone standards
- 11/24: E&E Publishing | EPA adjusts deadlines, emission budgets under cross-state program (subscription required)
- 11/21: AFPM | AFPM Files Notice of Intent to Sue EPA on 2014 RFS (press release)
- 11/20: Cape News | Four-Year Environmental Suit Reaches Accord
- 11/20: Center for Biological Diversity | Lawsuit Calls on EPA to Clean Up Lead Air Pollution Across United States (press release)
- 11/13: AP | Coyote hunting rules approved to help N.C. red wolves
- 11/13: E&E Publishing | EPA, enviros agree on decision deadlines for Texas permit challenges (subscription required)
- 11/12: The Salt Lake Tribune | Feds list Gunnison sage grouse as 'threatened' under Endangered Species Act
- 11/12: AP | Feds to protect Puget Sound habitat for rockfish
- 11/12: The Republic | Groups sue feds to get Mexican gray-wolf recovery plan
- 11/11: AP | State seeks to delay decision on Gunnison sage grouse
- 11/5: Green Car Reports | CA Smog Plan Approved By State & EPA Isn't Tough Enough: Lawsuit
- 11/4: Center for Biological Diversity | Lawsuit Launched to Protect Arizona, New Mexico River Snakes From Grazing (press release)
- 11/3: The Salt Lake Tribune | Groups sue for Utah to take action on refinery pollution permit
- 11/2: Fox News | Our nation needs a habitat where jobs can be created (Op-Ed)
- 11/1: San Gabriel Valley Tribune | Four groups sue EPA, say clean-air plan for California is flawed
October 2014
- 10/30: Oil & Companies News | Oil industry says US EPA's refinery emissions rule would cost $20 billion
- 10/30: E&E Publishing | EPA considering delay in regional haze deadline (subscription required)
- 10/28: The Hill | Coal ash rule heads to White House for final review
- 10/24: Daily Environment Report | Appeals Court Lifts Stay on Cross-State Rule; Oral Argument Scheduled for March 2015
- 10/23: Center for Biological Diversity | Two Prairie Butterflies Gain Endangered Species Act Protection in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan and Dakotas (press release)
- 10/23: The Climate Post | Ozone Focus of EPA's Latest Rulemaking
- 10/23: Deseret News | Court: Regional haze pollution plan is not flawed
- 10/21: E&E Publishing | States, enviros slam ozone limits in contentious court hearing (subscription required)
- 10/21: Oil & Gas Journal | Critical habitat proposals may do serious harm, business groups say
- 10/15: Center for Biological Diversity | Settlement Forces EPA Decision on Plans to Reduce Soot Pollution in California, Alaska (press release)
- 10/15: The Press-Enterprise | Wildlife: Plan to save endangered frog hopping along
- 10/14: Courthouse News Service | Agency Plans Protection for Southeast Snake
- 10/14: Maine News | Environmental Groups file Lawsuit against FWS over Wolverine Protection
- 10/12: AP | Environmentalists eye Idaho sage grouse ruling as leverage for similar lawsuits elsewhere
- 10/9: E&E Publishing | Enviros challenge one haze plan while EPA approves another (subscription required)
- 10/7: House Committee on Natural Resources | Representatives from 11 States Call for Extended Comment Period in Yellow-Billed Cuckoo ESA Listing & Habitat Rules (press release)
- 10/3: E&E Publishing | Enviros strike back at energy industry analysis of 'sue and settle' strategy (subscription required)
- 10/2: Powell Tribune | Wyoming wolves remain under federal protection as canine debate heats up
- 10/1: KRWG News | Court Upholds Decision To Keep Dunes Sagebrush Lizard Off Endangered Species Act List
September 2014
- 9/30: Western Energy Alliance | Environmental Groups Keep Suing Despite Vast ESA Settlement Agreements
- 9/30: E&E Publishing | Energy industry group says 'sue and settle' is mucking up ESA protections (subscription required)
- 9/30: The Daily Caller | Environmentalists Are Actually Hurting Endangered Species Now
- 9/28: Alabama Media Group | Feds to decide by 2018 if threatened Alabama crawdad, holiday darter fish merit Endangered Species Act protection
- 9/24: Cronkite News | Enviros threaten to sue feds for not protecting pygmy owl
- 9/23: Law 360 | DOI Loses Bid To Move Okla. 'Sue-And-Settle' Fight To DC (subscription required)
- 9/23: Alaska Dispatch News | Settlement promises Southeast Alaska wolf decision by end of 2015
- 9/22: Center for Biological Diversity | Rare Southern California Flying Squirrel Moves Closer to Endangered Species Act Protection: Legal Settlement Sets Deadline for Federal Protections (press release)
- 9/22: Center for Biological Diversity | Settlement Reached to Save Rare Florida Snail and Beautiful Spring (press release)
- 9/16: Power Magazine | EPA Extends Clean Power Plan Public Comment Period
- 9/16: E&E Publishing | EPA agrees to Nov. 15 deadline on state NO2 plans (subscription required)
- 9/16: Global Warming Blog | EPA to Regulate CO2 Emissions from Aircraft
- 9/15: Law 360 | 11th Circ. Urged To Nix Florida, EPA Water Pollution Deal (subscription required)
- 9/12: AP | Group sues over protections for rare NM salamander
- 9/12: AP | Montana orders drilling limits to protect sage grouse
- 9/11: Center for Biological Diversity | Rare Flower in Georgia, Alabama Gains Endangered Species Act Protection With 732 Acres of River Habitat (press release)
- 9/11: E&E Publishing | EPA proposes 14 areas as not complying with particulate limits (subscription required)
- 9/10: The Arizona Republic | Groups will sue for Mexican gray wolf recovery plan
- 9/10: House Oversight Committee Hearing (Sue and Settle)
- 9/10: Daily GPI | FWS Releases Recommendations to Protect Greater Sage-Grouse
- 9/10: Wyoming Business Report | Future of EPA rule hazy after regional haze stay
- 9/9: Reuters | Montana governor issues sage grouse conservation plan
- 9/5: E&E Publishing | Social cost of carbon gets its day in court in Minn. (subscription required)
August 2014
- 8/29: The Columbus Dispatch | Advocates disappointed by endangered-coral list
- 8/28: The Chattanooga | Fish and Wildlife Service Urged To Speed Production For Bats
- 8/21: The Hill | EPA pressed for time limits on chemical trade secrets
- 8/19: Public Power Daily | EPA publishes final rule on cooling water intake structures
- 8/16: E&E Publishing | EPA refuses to reclassify areas that can't meet ozone standard (subscription required)
- 8/14: AP | Judge forces pesticide spraying buffers on EPA to protect Northwest salmon streams
- 8/13: GenerationHub | EPA settles two lawsuits over Colorado regional haze issues
- 8/13: StateImpact Oklahoma | Oklahoma's Largest Utility Prepares to Comply With EPA, Pass Costs to Customers
- 8/12: Boise Weekly | Idaho Conservation League Joins Lawsuit Against EPA
- 8/7: Center for Biological Diversity Court Hearing Focuses on EPA's Failure to Protect 119 Endangered Species From Pesticides (Center for Biological Diversity, press release)
- 8/6: Tri-City Herald | Hastings blasts Army Corps of Engineers deal on dams and pollution
- 8/6: KWCH12 | Dueling lawsuits over Lesser Prairie Chicken
- 8/5: The Hill | Greens to sue EPA over aircraft emissions
- 8/4: AP | Texas hearing to address oil refinery rules
- 8/4: National Gas IntelligenceWyoming, 11 Other States Fight EPA Power Plant Rules
- 8/1: E&E Publishing | Enviros sue EPA, accuse agency of resetting deadlines for soot curbs (subscription required)
July 2014
- 7/29: Wisconsin Gazette Settlement requires federal review of pesticides' impact on endangered species
- 7/28: E&E Publishing | Judge orders EPA to set standards for 3 toxins (subscription required)
- 7/28: NACAA | Sierra Club Takes EPA to Court over Ozone Designations
- 7/25: Law 360 | Green Group Demands Feds Peg PVC As Hazardous Waste (subscription required)
- 7/21: Investor's Business Daily | Sue and Settle Another Way for Greens to Halt Progress
- 7/17: AP | California hearing addresses oil refinery rules
- 7/17: Public Power Daily | 23 states ask Supreme Court to overturn ruling upholding EPA Utility MACT rule
- 7/17: Center for Biological Diversity | Lawsuit Filed to Protect Hudson River, Endangered Wildlife From Massive Increase in
Dangerous Crude Oil Shipments (press release) - 7/17: Courthouse News Service | Nevada Clean-Air Plan Wins in the 9th Circuit
- 7/16: Law 360 | EPA Isn't Enforcing Stricter Smog Regs, Sierra Club Says (subscription required)
- 7/15: E&E Publishing | Groups urge court to keep compliance deadlines for cross-state rule (subscription required)
- 7/14: Center for Biological Diversity | Lawsuit Launched to Protect Air Quality in North Carolina (press release)
- 7/13: The Pueblo Chieftain | Deal cut on limiting coal plan emissions
- 7/11: E&E Publishing | EPA agrees to timeline to assess if coal plant causes haze at 2 national parks (subscription required)
- 7/10: WTNH | Environmental official talks up clean air rules
- 7/7: Tyler Morning Telegraph | This modest mouse endangered by law
- 7/2: The Oregonian | Global Partners' oil train terminal near Clatskanie sued over Clean Air Act permitting
- 7/2: Inquirer GreenSpace | 3 groups sue EPA over Pa. haze plan
- 7/1: Public Power Daily | EPA asks court to lift stay of Cross-State Air Pollution Rule
June 2014
- 6/30: Governors' Wind Energy Coalition | Some state agencies prepare to challenge new EPA carbon rule
- 6/27: Weirton Daily Times | Nine AGs join Murray suit against EPA
- 6/27: AP | Sierra Club files new suit over Kansas coal plant
- 6/25: AP | EPA agrees to consider whether power plant contributes to haze at parks in Minnesota, Michigan
- 6/19: Los Angeles Times | Environmental groups file lawsuit to protect prairie chickens
- 6/18: Bloomberg | Sierra Club Asks D.C. Circuit to Review Affirmative Defense Provision in Air Rules
- 6/17: AP | Utah puts $2M to push back sage grouse decision
- 6/17: AP | Feds block oil and gas leasing in Sage Grouse habitat
- 6/17: Los Angeles Times | Lawsuit seeks federal protection for San Bernardino flying squirrel
- 6/16: Center for Regulatory Solutions | CRS Releases Report on Obama Administration's Top Transparency Abuses (press release)
- 6/16: Houston Chronicle | 4th New Mexico county joins prairie chicken fight
- 6/12: PR Newswire | Collusive Lawsuits Cheat Public, Circumvent Constitution, Writes Physician in Journal of American Physicans and Surgeons
- 6/10: Midland Reporter-Telegram | PBPA sues over lesser prairie chicken listing
- 6/9: The Blaze | West Virginia Threatens to Sue Over EPA's 'Blatantly' Illegal Carbon Emissions Rule
- 6/4: Fox Business | Coal Industry, Utilities Brace for EPA Carbon Rules
- 6/2: E&E News | Settlement would force EPA to designate areas noncompliant on SO2 (subscription required)
May 2014
- 5/30: Law 360 | EPA Strikes Deal With Enviros Over Sulfur Dioxide Deadlines (subscription required)
- 5/28: Washington Examiner | U.S. Supreme Court rejects Oklahoma appeal on EPA rule
- 5/27: The Hill | Oil lobby warns ozone rule will hurt businesses
- 5/26: Oil & Gas Journal | EPA proposes air emissions requirements for refineries
- 5/21: Dallas News | Sierra Club sues EPA, seeks tougher pollution controls in North Texas
- 5/15: The Hill | EPA toughening oil refinery regulations
- 5/15: Oregon Live | 'Privatizing' Elliot State Forest a consequence of environmental law, litigation: Editorial
- 5/15: The Dalles Chronicle | Activist disputes accusation of fee gouging
- 5/15: Houston Chronicle | EPA tightens decades-old refinery pollution rules
- 5/13: E&E Publishing | Enviro groups petition EPA to limit emissions at oil and gas wells (subscription required)
- 5/8: AP | Feds order Georgia to improve steps for preventing coal dust escaping from power plants
- 5/8: E&E Publishing | Conservation group to sue FWS to protect 5 amphibians in Northwest (subscription required)
- 5/6: E&E Publishing | Federal judge approves deal setting deadline for EPA rule (subscription required)
- 5/4: Al Jazeera America | How The Chesapeake Bay Became A New Front In States' Vs. Federal Rights
- 5/3: Daily Freeman | Wood-burning heater rules due from Environmental Protection Agency in 9 months
April 2014
- 4/29: CBS DC | Obama, Farmers Battle Over Chesapeake Bay Cleanup
- 4/25: E&E Publishing | Judge refuses to approve EPA settlement with enviros, companies (subscription required)
- 4/24: E&E Publishing | EPA rules Ga. has 90 days to start improving coal plant dust monitoring (subscription required)
- 4/23: Telluride Daily Planet | WildEarth Guardians sues FWS over Gunnison's prairie dog
- 4/16: E&E Publishing | Enviros agree to lengthy extension for EPA power plant discharge rule (subscription required)
- 4/11: Foley Hoag LLP | Dispatches From The "Sue And Settle" Front: Trade Groups Do Not Have Standing To Challenge Settlements Regarding ESA Listing Procedures
- 4/10: Politico Pro | EPA Pushes Power Plant Discharge Rule Back 16 Months (subscription required)
- 4/7: Miami News-Record | Other states joining Oklahoma on prairie chicken lawsuit
- 4/2: Center for Biological Diversity | Lawsuit Launched to Protect Rare Black-backed Woodpeckers in California, Oregon, South Dakota (press release)
- 4/2: Lawrence Journal-World | Kansas files lawsuit against federal designation of lesser prairie chicken
- 4/2: U.S. Chamber of Commerce | EPA Ignores Small Business Costs When Drafting Waters of the U.S. Rule (blog)
- 4/1: E&E Publishing | Court upholds massive listing settlements between FWS, greens (subscription required)
- 4/1: Washington Examiner | Big Green's 'sue-and-settle' strategy draws pushback from states, Congress
March 2014
- 3/27: Inhofe Calls Listing of Lesser Prairie Chicken Purely Political (press release)
- 3/27: E&E Publishing | Endangered Species Act litigation stifles U.S. forest management -- House Republicans (subscription required)
- 3/27: E&E Publishing | Lawmakers weigh reforming landmark law to reduce Forest Service lawsuits (subscription required)
- 3/26: eNews Park Forest | Citing Continuing Failure to Protect Endangered Species, Lawsuit Challenges EPA Registered Pesticide (press release)
- 3/26: WSJ | The Suh-and-Settle Nominee
- 3/24: E&E Publishing | Impact of ESA lawsuits on Forest Service budget to be topic of GOP-led hearing (subscription required)
- 3/24: Townhall | Job Creators Sue Federal Government
- 3/20: National Review | The Sue-and-Settle Racket
- 3/18: Fox News | Lawsuit challenges feds over 'sue and settle' tactics on endangered species
- 3/17: The National Law Journal | 'Sue & Settle' Cases Under Fire
- 3/13: E&E Publishing | Enviro groups asks judge to deny EPA's proposed delay of ozone standards (subscription required)
- 3/11: Law 360 | WildEarth Loses Soot Pollution Oversight Suit Against EPA (subscription required)
- 3/8: Houma Today | Birds of a feather flock together
- 3/5: E&E Publishing | EPA asks court for 'voluntary remand' of controversial boiler rules (subscription required)
- 3/5: The New American | EPA Wants to Snuff out Wood and Pellet Stoves
- 3/3: Law 360 | Sierra Club Sues EPA Chief Over State Air Quality Plans (subscription required)
February 2014
- 2/26: Great Falls Tribune | Suit is filed to block project
- 2/26: E&E Publishing | EPA agrees to review methods of measuring refinery, plant emissions (subscription required)
- 2/22: The New York Times | Environmental Groups Resort to Suing Industries Directly
- 2/19: Times Union | Coast Guard, EPA face possible lawsuit over Hudson crude oil spill plan
- 2/11: E&E Publishing | Enviros set new deadline for cooling water rule as nuclear industry stresses climate implications (subscription required)
- 2/8: Verde Independent | EPA proposes haze controls at Clarkdale cement plant
- 2/7: E&E Publishing | N.D., Okla. take challenge of regional haze decisions to Supreme Court (subscription required)
- 2/6: The Federalist | How the EPA Helps Environmental Groups Sue the EPA
- 2/6: Albuquerque Journal | Water needs of minnow not met, environmentalists say
- 2/5: AP | Oregon settles seabird suits, cancels timber sales
- 2/5: Washington Post | From Alaska to Florida, 21 attorneys general join fight to halt Chesapeake Bay cleanup
- 2/4: Law 360 | Sierra Club Threatens To Sue Over EPA Inaction on Ozone (subscription required)
- 2/3: Newsmax | EPA Overreach Hits the Poor
January 2014
- 1/31: Midwest Energy News | Eagle permits: A way forward for wind, or a license to kill?
- 1/30: Power Mag | Okla. Asks Supreme Court to Review EPA Regional Haze Suit
- 1/30: House E&C Committee | Committee Leaders Respond to Coal Ash Consent Decree (press release)
- 1/29: Law 360 | NRDC, Others Sue Feds Over Navy Sonar Training (subscription required)
- 1/29: Power Mag | Legal Deadline Set for EPA's Coal Ash Rule
- 1/29: Forbes | EPA's Wood-Burning Stove Ban Has Chilling Consequences for Many Rural People
- 1/28: Office of Sen. Vitter | Vitter: Administration Using Controversial Survey Method to Expand Air Regulations (press release)
- 1/28: AP | EPA proposing pollution controls at 6 Ariz. facilities to improve visibility at national parks
- 1/22: Washington Examiner | Environmental groups file court motion seeking EPA action on ozone standard
- 1/21: YubaNet | Emperor Penguins Closer to Endangered Species Act Protection
- 1/16: E&E Publishing | Green groups reluctantly agree to more time for cooling water intake rule (subscription required)
- 1/16: Power Mag | EPA's Final Regional Haze Rule for Wyoming Proves Costly for Coal Plants
- 1/14: The Hill | 'Fourth branch of government' is costly and despotic
- 1/14: E&E Publishing | Anti-regulatory group launches effort to take on 'sue and settle' (subscription required)
- 1/14: E&E Publishing | Enviro group plans lawsuit if Army Corps fails to alter Rio Grande plans (subscription required)
- 1/14: Power Mag | EPA to Miss Legal Deadline to Finalize 316(b) Cooling Water Rule
- 1/10: Star-Tribune | EPA announces more stringent pollution controls for Wyoming power plants
- 1/9: Law 360 | Green Group Promises Suit Over EPA Soot Pollution Inaction (subscription required)
- 1/8: Independent Record | Protect sage grouse without killing Montana's economy
- 1/8: Politico Pro | Chamber seeks new opening for energy exports (subscription required)
- 1/4: The Richfield Reaper | Garkane CEO testifies before Congress
- 12/31: Digital Journal | Endangered Species Industry is Booming (press release)
- 12/29: Oregon Coast Daily News | ODFW seeks Comments on two Proposed Fish Passage Exemptions
- 12/27: Star-Tribune | BLM, Forest Service release draft sage grouse plan for Wyoming
December 2013
- 12/31: Digital Journal | Endangered Species Industry is Booming (press release)
- 12/29: Oregon Coast Daily News | ODFW seeks Comments on two Proposed Fish Passage Exemptions
- 12/27: Star-Tribune | BLM, Forest Service release draft sage grouse plan for Wyoming
- 12/24: E&E Publishing | EPA says it wants to review coal mine emissions but doesn't have time (subscription required)
- 12/23: E&E Publishing | Settlement possible in long-running battle over EPA rulemaking (subscription required)
- 12/19: GazetteXtra | Pro: 'Sue and Settle' bypasses democratic process
- 12/19: E&E Publishing | U.S. denies protection for orchid at heart of Ariz. mining battle (subscription required)
- 12/16: NYT | F.D.A. Questions Safety of Antibacterial Soaps
- 12/16: E&E Publishing | Judge rejects enviros' challenge of EPA cleanup plan (subscription required)
- 12/16: Fox News | Environmental groups sue over Navy sonar plans
- 12/13: Fox 4 | SWFL conservation groups file lawsuit over limestone mine
- 12/12: House Committee on Natural Resources | Hearing on “ESA Decisions by Closed-Door Settlement: Short-Changing Science, Transparency, Private Property, and State & Local Economies”
- 12/11: Center for Biological Diversity | House Republicans Hold Sixth Hearing Attacking Species Protection Agreement (press release)
- 12/11: Times Live | EPA tells court US mercury, toxics rule is legally justified
- 12/10: E&E Publishing | Interior releases revised rule for prairie chicken (subscription required) (Federal Register notice)
- 12/9: E&E Publishing | House committee to probe Obama 'mega-settlements' with enviros (subscription required)
- 12/9: Courthouse News Service | Judge Orders EPA to Keep Its Air Pollution Schedule
- 12/6: E&E Publishing | Groups revive N.Y. haze lawsuit in bid to block coal plant's reopening (subscription required)
- 12/4: E&E Publishing | Groups sue over Ore. logging plans (subscription required)
- 12/3: The Washington Times | Chamber chief laments 'avalanche of Obama regulations'
- 12/2: Free Enterprise | Businesses Excluded From Rulemaking Process
November 2013
- 11/24: WV State Journal | 'Sue and settle' becoming 'significant'
- 11/22: The Hill | Greens, industry spar over 'sue and settle'
- 11/21: E&E Publishing | Interior listed 81 plants and animals in past year, reducing backlog (subscription required)
- 11/21: Government Printing Office | Federal Register Notice on Deadlines for Submission of State Implementation Plan Provisions for Fine Particulate Matter
- 11/20: E&E Publishing | Enviros plan to sue Forest Service over salamander protections (subscription required)
- 11/19: E&E Publishing | EPA appeals judge's order on numeric standards for Mississippi River (subscription required)
- 11/18: AP | Nev. professor sues to block Sierra Nevada logging
- 11/15: E&E Publishing | House members take aim at brick MACT rule (subscription required) (letter here)
- 11/14: The Hill | EPA assailed on power plant regulations
- 11/7: The Texas Tribune | Judge Allows Comptroller to Intervene in Lizard Lawsuit
- 11/7: E&E Publishing | Central Mont. sage grouse the focus of latest BLM protection proposal (subscription required)
- 11/7: E&E Publishing | Ariz. urges appeals panel to reject EPA's regional haze agreement (subscription required)
- 11/5: Bloomberg | Citing Impact of Shutdown, EPA Postpones Issuing Final Rule on Cooling Water Intake
- 11/4: St. Louis Post-Dispatch | Clashing views on climate, coal plant regulation on display at EPA listening session
- 11/4: Center for Biological Diversity | Settlement Will Safeguard Endangered California Frog From Harmful Pesticides (press release)
- 11/1: E&E Publishing | Appeals court denies Okla. request to rehear haze case (subscription required)
October 2013
- 10/30: E&E Publishing | Enviros to sue Interior, DOD over pumping's impacts to river, endangered species (subscription required)
- 10/30: The Republic | Judge orders EPA to act on long-delayed coal-ash rules
- 10/25: Law360 | Sierra Club Sues EPA Over Sewage Facility Emissions (subscription required)
- 10/25: Dunes Sagebrush Lizard: Intervention granted (court order)
- 10/23: Reuters | EPA hits the road to seek input on power plant rules
- 10/23: E&E Publishing | FWS denies Republican request for documents on controversial settlement (subscription required)
- 10/23: Center for Biological Diversity | Three Florida Plants Threatened by Sea-level Rise Receive Endangered Species Protection (press release)
- 10/21: Earthjustice | Groups Sue EPA to Clean Up Seven Coal-Burning Power Plants in PA (press release) (petition here)
- 10/16: E&E Publishing | Enviros sue EPA over ocean acidification enforcement (subscription required)
- 10/9: AP | 7 states sue EPA over residential wood boiler emissions rules, want air pollution reduced
- 10/8: Miami Herald | The mysterious Florida Keys lizard that hasn't been seen in 20 years. Is it still out there?
- 10/7: Courthouse News Service | White Nose and Climate Change Threaten Bats
- 10/4: WSJ | Stephen Moore: Using 'Sue and Settle' to Thwart Oil and Gas Drillers
- 10/2: E&E Publishing | States do shoddy permitting without EPA requirements for cooling water intakes -- enviros (subscription required)
- 10/1: Federal Register | Notice of proposed consent decree on state implementation plans in four states between WildEarth Guardians and EPA
September 2013
- 9/30: E&E Publishing | Groups challenge reduction in critical habitat for woodland caribou
- 9/30: E&E Publishing | Marathon-flying shorebird considered for protected status
- 9/30: Center for Biological Diversity | Lawsuit Filed to Save Endangered Southwestern Songbird From Habitat Destruction Caused by Invasive Beetles (press release)
- 9/27: Fairfield Sun Times | Western Group Defends Victory At Federal Appeals Court
- 9/26: AP | Judge orders federal regulators to reassess permits that allow expanded Navy sonar use
- 9/25: Center for Biological Diversty | Lawsuit Launched to Save Clownfish That Inspired Finding Nemo (press release)
- 9/24: Fairfield Sun Times | Western Group Defends Victory at Federal Appeals Court (full decision here)
- 9/24: Center for Biological Diversity | New Agreement Will Speed Federal Protection for Boreal Toads (press release)
- 9/24: Center for Biological Diversity | New Agreement Will Speed Endangered Species Act Protection for North America's Largest Salamander (press release)
- 9/24: AP | Feds agree to decide on bird status in 4 years
- 9/24: E&E Publishing | Judge orders EPA to set nutrient standards -- or explain why they're not needed (subscription required) (court order here)
- 9/23: Court Says EPA Must Reconsider Part of North Dakota's Regional Haze Plan (full decision here)
- 9/20: E&E Publishing | NMFS delays listing for 68 coral species (subscription required)
- 9/19: E&E Publishing | Doctors, green groups sue EPA over smog in Utah drilling area (subscription required)
- 9/18: Law 360 | 9th Circ. Questions Cost Estimate in Northwest Power Plan (Law 360, subscription required) (full decision here)
- 9/17: E&E Publishing | Coral recovery plan could be first to call for specific cuts to carbon emissions (subscription required)
- 9/14: AP | U.S. Judge Upholds EPA's Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Plan
- 9/13: Law360 | FWS Settles With Enviro Group Over Fla. Coral Protection (subscription required)
- 9/11: E&E Publishing | Enviros cheer court decision rejecting Ariz. request to delay upgrades at coal-fired plants (subscription required)
- 9/9: E&E Publishing | Enviros challenge EPA permit extension for Calif. power plant (subscription required)
- 9/9: E&E Publishing | Advocates, states push for review of D.C. Circuit ozone decision (subscription required)
- 9/9: E&E Publishing | Mich. couple's lawsuit challenges BLM lease sales in state forest (subscription required)
- 9/5: Risky Oil and Gas Production Threatens Rare Butterflies, Bats in Allegan State Game Area (press release)
- 9/4: Casper Star-Tribune | House Natural Resources Committee blasts federal agencies in Casper meeting
- 9/3: Western Farm Press | ESA Megasuit plaintiffs file amended complaint
August 2013
- August 31, 2013: The Times-Picayune I A cozy relationship between regulators and activists: James Varney
- August 29, 2013: The Hill l REGULATION NATION: Courts emerge as hurdle to Obama regs
- August 29, 2013: The Bulletin l Oregon spotted frog up for ESA protection
- August 29, 2013: E&E Publishing l Biodiversity group moves to sue EPA for soot pollution regulation (subscription required)
- August 28, 2013: Federal Register l Proposed EPA Consent Decree and Request for Public Comment, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit
- August 27, 2013: Law360 l Sierra Club Seeks To Force EPA's Hand On SO2 Standards (subscription required)
- August 27, 2013: E&E Publishing l Enviros settle 2 lawsuits over Mexican wolves (subscription required)
- August 22, 2013: Attorney General Pruitt to Appeal Regional Haze Decision (press release)
- August 22, 2013: Law360 l Okla. AG Wants En Banc Review Of EPA Haze Rule (subscription required)
- August 20, 2013: Federal Register l Proposed EPA Settlement Agreement, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit and Request for Public Comment
- August 19, 2013: E&E Publishing l EPA agrees to review risk, technology standards for refineries (subscription required)
July 2013
- August 5, 2013: BLM's stipulated settlement agreement to reanalyze impacts of drilling for 34 approved energy projects in Colorado
- August 2, 2013: E&E Publishing l Ashe defends settlement strategy before House panel (subscription required)
- August 1, 2013: Oversight Hearing on “Transparency and Sound Science Gone Extinct?: The Impacts of the Obama Administration's Closed-Door Settlements on Endangered Species and People”
- July 29, 2013: E&E Publishing l Natural Resources panel to explore 'sue and settle' listings (subscription required)
- July 29, 2013: E&E Publishing l Enviro coalition sues to stop BLM plan (subscription required)
- July 26, 2013: Federal Register l Request for Comments on a Proposed Consent Decree in Sierra Club v. EPA
- July 26, 2013: BusinessWeek l Sierra Club sues feds over oil shale development
- July 24, 2013: E&E Publishing l 'Sue and settle' markup sparks partisan brawl over civil rights, endangered fish (subscription required)
- July 24, 2013: CQ l Panel Backs Bid to Require Settlement Disclosures in Regulatory Cases
- July 24, 2013: E&E Publishing l Enviros plan to sue over Calif. power plant's effects on rare butterfly (subscription required)
- July 19, 2013: Federal Register l Proposed EPA Settlement Agreement, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit and Request for Public Comment
- July 18, 2013: Free Enterprise l State Attorneys General Sue EPA over Sue and Settle
- July 16, 2013: 12 state AGs sued EPA seeking sue and settle documents that EPA has refused to release in response to the AGs’ FOIA request (press release)
- July 9, 2013: Sen. Vitter receives EPA promise to publish Petitions for Rulemaking and Notices of Intent to Sue (letter)
- July 8, 2013: E&E Publishing l Enviros file lawsuit to stop mine expansion in Colo. national forest (subscription required)
- July 8, 2013: E&E Publishing l White House outlines path for power plant rules, other environmental actions (subscription required)
- July 8, 2013: E&E Publishing l Enviros petition for listing of 81 marine animals (subscription required)
- July 8, 2013: E&E Publishing l Refineries slide down GHG priority list (subscription required)
- July 8, 2013: AP l Feds respond to lawsuit regarding 4 Florida species
- July 3, 2013: Notice of proposed Clean Air Act consent decree regarding Wyoming and Connecticut state implementation plans for PM NAAQS – comments are due by Aug 2 (Federal Register)
- July 2, 2013: ENEWSPF l Nearly 20,000 Acres of Additional Critical Habitat Proposed for Jaguars, Some in Vicinity of Planned Massive Rosemont Copper Mine
- July 1, 2013: E&E Publishing l FWS chief defends settlements, eagle-take permits for wind farms (subscription required)
June 2013
- June 27, 2013: Inhofe Frustrated by Fish and Wildlife's Response, Vows to Continue Fight (press release)
- June 27, 2013: Sen. Mike Johanns wants EPA to look into the practice of "sue and settle" (letter)
- June 26, 2013: McCain requests more information from EPA on court settlements (letter)
- June 26, 2013: E&E Publishing l Vitter tries again for documents on sweeping Interior settlements (subscription required)
- June 18, 2013: 21 state AGs urge EPA to avoid settlement talks on power plant rule (letter)
- June 14, 2013: National Journal l How Green Groups Make the EPA Issue New Rules
- June 10, 2013: NBC l EPA nominee’s holdup part of larger struggle over regulation
- June 10, 2013: Washington Times l How the EPA connives with Greens on policy
- June 6, 2013: Oil & Gas Journal l State air regulators ask to be part of EPA settlement discussions
- June 6, 2013: E&E Publishing l House panel explores 'sue and settle' link between agencies, outside groups
- June 5, 2013: Bill Kovacs' Testimony to the House Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Laws on H.R. 1493, the "Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2013."
- June 5, 2013: Washington Informer l ALFORD: The EPA's 'Sue and Settle' Scam
- June 5, 2013: Free Enterprise l Report on EPA Targets the ‘Legal Rights of Citizens’
- June 5, 2013: Politico l Judiciary panel takes up bill aimed at ‘sue and settle’
- June 3, 2013: E&E Publishing l Republicans take aim at 'sue and settle' agreements
May 2013
- May 31, 2013: Washington Post l Are backroom sue-and-settle deals actually sweetheart lawsuits?
- May 29, 2013: The National Law Review l Energy and Environmental Law Update - Week of May 28, 2013
- May 27, 2013: Oil & Gas Journal l Watching Government: Illuminating a shady process
- May 27, 2013: Washington Examiner l National Editorial: No more back-room deals between bureaucrats and liberal activists
- May 25, 2013: Washington Examiner l EPA's back-room 'sue and settle' deals require reform
- May 22, 2013: Real Clear Policy l Sue and Settle: Regulating Behind Closed Doors
- May 20, 2013: The Hill l Chamber: Greens using ‘sue and settle’ to coerce EPA
- May 20, 2013: Release of New U.S. Chamber Study - Sue & Settle: Regulating Behind Closed Doors
- May 6, 2013: Oil & Gas Journal l State AGs urge EPA to resist call for oil, gas methane curbs
April 2013
- April 30, 2013: EPA (Perciasepe) Letter to Earthjustice Denying Petition for Rulemaking on Air Emissions from Coal Mines (Priorities & Resource Allocation Language) (letter)
- April 11, 2013: The Hill l Business groups push for regulatory transparency