Your Guide to Emerging Issues in Environmental Regulation and Litigation.
On August 22, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana permanently blocked the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Justice from implement Civil Rights Act Title VI “disparate impact” regulations within the state of Louisiana. Disparate impact assessments are typically undertaken by the federal government when determining harms … Continued
In the latest development in the eternal struggle between environmental groups and hydrocarbon pipeline developers, the Fifth Circuit recently discarded an injunction that was preventing construction of a pipeline through the Atchafalaya Basin, home of the country’s largest river swamp. The pipeline is meant to connect the controversial Dakota Access pipeline to refineries and export … Continued
On September 22, 2017, the state of Louisiana sought to intervene in a conservation group’s lawsuit against the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) regarding overfishing of red snapper in the Gulf of Mexico this past summer. Louisiana wants to argue on behalf of the federal government that the conservation group’s lawsuit is moot because the … Continued