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New York Court Dismisses Suits Seeking to Compel State’s Environmental Impact Statement
Posted on 24 Jul 2014 by Babst Calland

By Holly A. Pisanelli On July 11, 2014, a New York state trial court dismissed two similar cases in which the plaintiffs sought to compel the State to finalize a Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement (“SGEIS”) pursuant to... Read More

Keystone Pipeline Could Push Endangered Whooping Crane Into Extinction
Posted on 7 Sep 2011 by Leda Huta

Leda Huta, Executive Director, Endangered Species Coalition If you were to choose a route through which to move toxic, highly corrosive, sludgy crude oil, would you place it on the same narrow corridor used by one of the world's most endangered... Read More

Columbia Law School Center for Climate Change Law: Environmental Impact Analysis and the Keystone XL Pipeline Project
Posted on 12 Jul 2011 by Columbia Law - Sabin Center for Climate Change Law

On June 6, 2011, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued its latest comments and rating on the State Department's Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) for the Keystone XL project, a major new oil pipeline being developed... Read More

Columbia Law School Center for Climate Change Law: Environmental Impact Analysis and the Keystone XL Pipeline Project
Posted on 12 Jul 2011 by Columbia Law - Sabin Center for Climate Change Law

On June 6, 2011, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued its latest comments and rating on the State Department's Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) for the Keystone XL project, a major new oil pipeline being developed... Read More

Keystone Pipeline Could Push Endangered Whooping Crane Into Extinction
Posted on 7 Sep 2011 by Leda Huta

Leda Huta, Executive Director, Endangered Species Coalition If you were to choose a route through which to move toxic, highly corrosive, sludgy crude oil, would you place it on the same narrow corridor used by one of the world's most endangered... Read More

Gulf Oil Spill Prompts NEPA Review of Minerals Management Service
Posted on 21 Sep 2010 by LexisNexis Environmental Law Community Staff

By Mr. Ronald Bass The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has prompted the Council on Environmental Quality and the Department of Interior to review the Mineral Management Service's compliance with NEPA. MMS is the federal agency within DOI responsible... Read More

Marten Law on Monsanto Co. v. Geertson Seed Farms: Supreme Court Reasserts Standard for Injunctive Relief in NEPA Cases
Posted on 15 Jul 2010 by Steven G Jones

Steven Jones, Partner, Marten Law PLLC In this Emerging Issues Analysis, Steven Jones of Marten Law PLLC discusses Monsanto Co. v. Geertson Seed Farms , in which the U.S. Supreme Court reiterated the four-part standard for injunctive relief it announced... Read More