On July 30, 2024, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Jersey Conservation Foundation, et al. v. FERC vacated FERC’s order approving Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company (Transco)’s Regional
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Clarifying the Scope of New York’s Green Amendment
In the recent case of Fresh Air for the Eastside, Inc. v. State of New York (decided July 26, 2024), the plaintiffs sought to compel enforcement of the state’s newly…
Continue Reading Clarifying the Scope of New York’s Green AmendmentNavigating the Illinois Environmental Protection Act Through Rice v. Marathon Petroleum Corp.
On May 23, 2024, the Supreme Court of Illinois rendered a judgment in Rice v. Marathon Petroleum Corp., which involved important considerations for both environmental law and personal injury…
Continue Reading Navigating the Illinois Environmental Protection Act Through Rice v. Marathon Petroleum Corp.New York Appellate Court Denies Developer’s Landfill Odor Nuisance Claim in Metrose v. Waste Management as New Green Amendment Cases Await Decision
Last month in New York, the Appellate Division, Fourth Department delivered a victory to landfill operator Waste Management, dismissing a laundry list of tort claims arising out of a real…
Continue Reading New York Appellate Court Denies Developer’s Landfill Odor Nuisance Claim in Metrose v. Waste Management as New Green Amendment Cases Await DecisionSome 2024 Resolutions for Environmental Lawyers
You are reading this column in the first days of 2024. This might be an apt opportunity in the “environmental practice” column to consider what we environmental lawyers ought to…
Continue Reading Some 2024 Resolutions for Environmental LawyersGreenberg Traurig’s Environmental Practice Receives 5 Recognitions in 2024 Edition of Benchmark Litigation United States
Benchmark Litigation United States recognized five Greenberg Traurig attorneys in the firm’s Environmental Practice as Litigation Stars in its 2024 edition.
Benchmark Litigation is a guide to the world’s leading litigation firms…
Continue Reading Greenberg Traurig’s Environmental Practice Receives 5 Recognitions in 2024 Edition of Benchmark Litigation United StatesThe Severability of Wind Rights from a Surface Estate
A Texas state district court in Hale County, Texas recently issued a verdict under Texas state law and determined that wind rights are a severable property interest in the surface…
Continue Reading The Severability of Wind Rights from a Surface EstateSupreme Court Issues Decision Sharply Limiting Clean Water Act Jurisdiction over Wetlands
The U.S. Supreme Court has sided with the Sacketts against the Environmental Protection Agency to narrow the Clean Water Act.
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Attorney Fees Awards Under the Clean Streams Law
In February, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court decided that the Environmental Hearing Board could award attorneys’ fees and litigation costs to a prevailing third-party appellant under the Clean Streams Law. Clean…
Continue Reading Attorney Fees Awards Under the Clean Streams LawUsing Florida’s Amended Summary Judgment Standard as a Weapon to Win
The Florida Rules of Civil Procedure aim “to secure the just, speedy, and inexpensive determination of every action and proceeding.” For a corporate defendant, the difficulty of obtaining summary judgment…
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