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October Environmental Action News

10 Nov 2020, 3:00 am by Abbott & Kindermann, William W. Abbott, Diane G. Kindermann, Glen C. Hansen and Daniel S. Cucchi

The case and the Court’s summary is as follows: County of Butte v. [read post]

Abbott & Kindermann Land Use Law Blog - http://blog.aklandlaw.com/

Argument analysis: Court considers bright-line and case-specific standards for the Freedom of Information Act’s “deliberative process” privilege

3 Nov 2020, 5:33 pm by Alejandro Camacho and Melissa Kelly

” Thomas and Sotomayor both asked why Sierra Club wants to see draft biological opinions regarding an EPA rule that no longer exists. [read post]

SCOTUSblog - http://www.scotusblog.com/

FOIA News: Recap of SCOTUS FOIA argument

2 Nov 2020, 10:30 am by Allan Blutstein

Justices Fret Over FOIA Evasion but Debate Sierra Club StandardBy Ellen M. [read post]

FOIA Advisor - http://www.foiaadvisor.com

Case preview: Court will consider the scope of transparency under the Freedom of Information Act’s key “deliberative process” privilege

30 Oct 2020, 1:38 pm by Alejandro Camacho and Melissa Kelly

Sierra Club also argues that the December 2013 biological opinions did not “die on the vine” when EPA revised its rule. [read post]

SCOTUSblog - http://www.scotusblog.com/

FOIA News: Enviros and industry fight feds in Supreme Court FOIA case

30 Oct 2020, 12:46 pm by Kevin Schmidt

EPA ultimately revised the rule, and FWS determined that the new version posed no harm.But the Sierra Club will argue next week that the public has the right to know what changed.Read more here. [read post]

FOIA Advisor - http://www.foiaadvisor.com

Back To CEQA Basics: Second District Teaches That CEQA Requires Judicial Deference To Lead Agency’s Chosen Baseline, Failure To Administratively Exhaust “Exact Issue” Results In Forfeiture, And An EIR Is Not Faulty For Omitting Immaterial Information

21 Apr 2020, 1:11 pm by Arthur F. Coon

” (Citing Sierra Club v. [read post]

CEQA Developments - http://www.ceqadevelopments.com

Ask the author: Lawyers’ law – Those who helped the Supreme Court shape the environmental law of the land

13 Mar 2020, 7:08 am by Ronald Collins

But it was not until after EPA lost MA v. [read post]

SCOTUSblog - http://www.scotusblog.com/

More on today’s orders

2 Mar 2020, 8:22 am by Amy Howe

Sierra Club, the justices agreed to review a ruling by the U.S. [read post]

SCOTUSblog - http://www.scotusblog.com/

Faculty Book Talk: Richard J. Lazarus, The Rule of Five: Making Climate History at the Supreme Court, Thursday, March 12, at noon

21 Feb 2020, 1:20 pm by June Casey

Thinking of his young daughters and determined to fight climate change, he pressed on—and brought Sierra Club, Greenpeace, NRDC, and twelve state attorneys general led by Massachusetts to his side. [read post]

Et Seq. - The Harvard Law School Library Blog - http://etseq.law.harvard.edu/

EPA Requests Public Comments On Its Proposed Partial Consent Decree

1 Mar 2019, 7:27 am by lbergeson@lawbc.com

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a notice of a proposed partial consent decree in Sierra Club v. [read post]

BRAG Biobased Products Blog - http://blog.braginfo.org/

Court opinions issued Dec. 24, 2018

25 Dec 2018, 7:27 pm by Allan Blutstein

Sierra Club v. [read post]

FOIA Advisor - http://www.foiaadvisor.com

Sixth Circuit rules in two cases that discharges to groundwater from coal ash ponds do not require a Clean Water Act Permit

3 Dec 2018, 12:46 pm by Maggie Macdonald and Kathy Robb

Sierra Club v. [read post]