Federal Court Strikes Down Trump Administration Methane Rollback
Last week, a Federal Court vacated a Trump administration rule that weakened Obama-era limits on natural gas methane emissions from…
Kim Bick Elected New Secretary of CLA Environmental Law Section
Bick Law LLP is proud to announce the election of Kimberly Bick as a new Officer of the California Lawyers…
County of Maui Seeks New Discovery Following Supreme Court Loss
In April 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a majority 6-3 vote in Hawaii Wildlife Fund et al v.…
Dakota Access Pipeline Is Shut Down and a D.C. Court Declines To Stop It
Earlier this week, U.S. District Judge James A. Boasberg ordered the Dakota Access pipeline to shut down and drain its…
EPA Discontinuing COVID-19 Related Enforcement Discretion Policy
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plans to end its temporary policy that allowed for enforcement discretion in…
California’s Third District Court of Appeal Affirms State Water Board’s Authority To Regulate Unreasonable Use of Water During Severe Drought
On June 18, 2020, in Stanford Vina Ranch Irrigation Company v. State of California et al., the Third District Court…
US Supreme Court Finds Forest Service Can Lease Land Under Appalachian Trail for Pipeline Development
In perhaps the most consequential environment and energy case heard by the Supreme Court this term, the justices overruled a…
Victory for Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
Since 2016, The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North Dakota has been fighting for a more extensive and thorough review…
The Supreme Court, the EPA, and the Question of Federal Jurisdiction Of The Clean Water Act
On April 23, 2020, the Supreme Court ruled in County of Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund that a property owner…
California and 16 States and Cities Sue EPA in Federal Court Over Clean Water Act 2020 Rule
Seventeen states and cities (California, Connecticut, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode…