Court Cases

On March 12, 2025, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the agency’s intention to reconsider 31 environmental regulations, describing the effort as the “single most impactful day of deregulation in EPA history.” While the scope of this initiative spans air, water, and climate regulations, the most consequential actions—legally and practically—center on a handful of cross-cutting programs and sector-specific rules.
Continue Reading EPA Launches Historic Deregulatory Initiative: Key Legal Risks and Strategic Takeaways

Montana is among the states with a constitutional provision recognizing a right to environmental quality, in its case to a “clean and healthful environment.” Mont. Const. art. II, § 3. …

Continue Reading Montana Supreme Court Holds that State Constitution Protects Youth Plaintiffs’ Right to Protection from Climate Change

On 12 November 2024, the Court of Appeal in The Hague handed down its ruling in the appeal proceedings between Shell plc and Milieudefensie, a non-governmental organization. Shell appealed a…

Continue Reading Shell Wins Appeal in Dutch Climate Ruling

In June 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, No. 22-451, and Relentless, Inc. v. Dep’t of Commerce (U.S. June 28, 2024)…

Continue Reading Assessing Loper Bright’s Potential Real-World Effects on Environmental Regulation

On Aug. 14, a trial judge in Montana issued findings of fact and conclusions of law after a bench trial in what has been called the Montana “Youth Climate Case.”…

Continue Reading The Montana ‘Youth Climate Case’ and the Pa. Environmental Rights Amendment