Add to ORKGThe Ninth Circuit employed Chevron deference in their decision to confirm BSEE’s approval of Shell’s Oil Spill Response Plans. This holding represents a potential nail in the coffin for the parties seeking to block offshore drilling permits. Although the dissent refutes the majority’s interpretation of the ESA and NEPA consultation processes, this case stands as an example of how ambiguity in statutory language can have dire consequences on citizens seeking to enforce harsher environmental standards under an APA challenge
In Northcoast Environmental Center v. Glickman, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Cir...
Chevron deference is one of the most contentious and misunderstood doctrines in administrative law. ...
A federal district court vacated the U.S.’s largest offshore oil and gas lease sale ever because of ...
In Native Village of Point Hope v. Jewell, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit found tha...
In this case, the Ninth Circuit deferred to the EPA’s interpretation of a statute concerning whether...
In an attempt to stave off what it saw as impending litigation, Shell Gulf of Mexico, Inc. filed sui...
In 2010, the EPA approved two permits for Shell to begin offshore exploratory drilling in the Arctic...
In Alaska Oil & Gas Association v. Pritzker, the Ninth Circuit reversed the United States District C...
As climate change’s momentum becomes increasingly more difficult to quell, environmentalists are lit...
This report discusses the legal issues considered by Congress on whether to permit drilling for oil ...
WildEarth Guardians v. Zinke marks an important decision prompting the Bureau of Land Management to ...
Despite the majority’s “needlessly circuitous” route, as described by concurring Judge Brown, Sierra...
This report discusses the legal issues considered by Congress on whether to permit drilling for oil ...
Environmental activist and indigenous rights groups have challenged the validity of the Keystone XL ...
In a lengthy opinion by the Alaska District Court, the battle for a proposed medical emergency road ...
In Northcoast Environmental Center v. Glickman, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Cir...
Chevron deference is one of the most contentious and misunderstood doctrines in administrative law. ...
A federal district court vacated the U.S.’s largest offshore oil and gas lease sale ever because of ...
In Native Village of Point Hope v. Jewell, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit found tha...
In this case, the Ninth Circuit deferred to the EPA’s interpretation of a statute concerning whether...
In an attempt to stave off what it saw as impending litigation, Shell Gulf of Mexico, Inc. filed sui...
In 2010, the EPA approved two permits for Shell to begin offshore exploratory drilling in the Arctic...
In Alaska Oil & Gas Association v. Pritzker, the Ninth Circuit reversed the United States District C...
As climate change’s momentum becomes increasingly more difficult to quell, environmentalists are lit...
This report discusses the legal issues considered by Congress on whether to permit drilling for oil ...
WildEarth Guardians v. Zinke marks an important decision prompting the Bureau of Land Management to ...
Despite the majority’s “needlessly circuitous” route, as described by concurring Judge Brown, Sierra...
This report discusses the legal issues considered by Congress on whether to permit drilling for oil ...
Environmental activist and indigenous rights groups have challenged the validity of the Keystone XL ...
In a lengthy opinion by the Alaska District Court, the battle for a proposed medical emergency road ...
In Northcoast Environmental Center v. Glickman, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Cir...
Chevron deference is one of the most contentious and misunderstood doctrines in administrative law. ...
A federal district court vacated the U.S.’s largest offshore oil and gas lease sale ever because of ...