In connection with a proposed surface coal mine adjacent to Reylas Fork (a stream) in Logan County, West Virginia, the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection ("WVDEP") issued Highland Mining Company a permit under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act ("SMCRA") to do the minin...   MORE>>

A group of Mississippi Gulf Coast residents and property owners ( Plaintiffs ) alleged that emissions by energy companies ( Defendants ) contributed to global warming, which intensified Hurricane Katrina, which, in turn, damaged their property. The district court dismissed their claims with ...   MORE>>

This case arises from actions taken by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission ( NRC or Commission ) approving (1) an application by Southern Nuclear Operating Company ( Southern ) for combined licenses to construct and operate new Units 3 and 4 of the Vogtle Nuclear Power Plant and (2) an a...   MORE>>

Defenders of Wildlife and Sierra Club (collectively, Defenders) sued the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) based on EPA s alleged failure to promptly promulgate revisions to certain effluent limitations and effluent limitations guidelines under the Clean Water Act (CWA), 33 U.S.C...   MORE>>

The Mingo Logan Coal Company (Mingo Logan) applied to the United States Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) for a permit under section 404 of the Clean Water Act (CWA), 33 U.S.C. 1344, to discharge dredged or fill material from a mountain-top coal mine in West Virginia into three streams and their tr...   MORE>>

Plaintiffs-Appellants Kentucky Riverkeeper, Inc., Kentucky Waterways Alliance, Inc., and Kentuckians for the Commonwealth, Inc. (collectively Riverkeeper ) sued the Army Corps of Engineers alleging violations of the Clean Water Act (CWA), 33 U.S.C. 1344(e), the National Environmental Protect...   MORE>>

The Village of Bald Head Island, a coastal town in North Carolina, commenced this action under the Administrative Procedure Act ("APA") and admiralty jurisdiction against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to require it, through an order of specific performance and injunction, to honor commitments mad...   MORE>>

Petitioners Kenneth Paskar and Friends of LaGuardia Airport, Inc., seek review of a September 2, 2010, letter written by the Federal Aviation Administration pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 46110. The letter endorsed a series of recommendations made by a panel of experts regarding the impact of a proposed m...   MORE>>

The Central Valley Project ( CVP ) is a massive undertaking to transfer water from the northern part of California s Central Valley to the relatively arid southern part of the valley. The project is managed by the United States Department of the Interior ( Interior ). Interior s mana...   MORE>>

These appeals arise from disputes as to liability for cleanup of hazardous substances at a former fertilizer manufacturing site in Charleston, South Carolina. After incurring response costs, Ashley II of Charleston, Inc., the current owner of a portion of the site, brought a cost recovery action aga...   MORE>>