Archives: Environmental
Subscribe to Environmental RSS FeedEPA’s New Audit Program for New Owners of Upstream Oil and Natural Gas Facilities
Alaska District Court Vacates Trump Executive Order On Offshore Leasing
City of New Orleans Sues Oil and Gas Companies for Allegedly Damaging Coastal Wetlands
Louisiana Fifth Circuit Weighs in on Proper Application of Prescription and Contra Non in NORM Litigation
Louisiana’s Third Circuit (Again) Affirms the Applicability of the Subsequent Purchaser Doctrine to Mineral Leases
The Coastal Zone Management Act Litigation Removed to Federal Court (Again)
Third Circuit Issues Long-Awaited Ruling in OPA Liability Case
The Dusky Gopher Frog is Heading to the United States Supreme Court
U.S. Fifth Circuit Affirms $20 Million Judgment Against Barge Owner as Responsible Party Under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990
Third Circuit Affirms Trial Court’s Refusal to Adopt DNR’s Most Feasible Plan in Sweet Lake Land & Oil Co. v. Oleum Operating Company
Plaintiffs and Defendants Jointly Choose First Cases for Trial in Plaquemines Parish Coastal Zone Management Act Litigation
The Fifth Circuit Rejects the DOJ’s Attempt to Charge Black Elk Contractors with OCSLA Felonies
Federal Court Finds A Continuing Duty Under Louisiana Law To Prevent The Erosion of Pipeline Canals
Dusky Gopher Frog’s Louisiana Critical Habitat Spawns U.S. Supreme Court Writ
Plaquemines Parish Amends Petition for Damages In Coastal Zone Management Act Litigation
U.S. Fifth Circuit Greenlights Contribution Action for Purely Economic Damages Under Oil Pollution Act (OPA)
U.S. Fifth Circuit Adopts Broad Definition of “Good Faith” for Louisiana Environmental Whistleblower Claims
U.S. Fifth Circuit Affirms Application of the Subsequent Purchaser Doctrine in Oilfield Contamination Case, Recognizes “Clear Consensus” Among Louisiana Appellate Courts, and Declines Certification to the Louisiana Supreme Court
Leave It to the States: Oklahoma Federal Court Dismisses Fracking Suit In Favor Of Administrative Regulation
A Summary of Professor Jim Rossi’s Lecture on the “Federalism Battles in Energy Transportation”
Trump’s DOI to Repeal Fracking Regulations for Federal Lands

The Dusky Gopher Frog Lives to Fight Another Day: Fifth Circuit Denies Rehearing
