D.C. Circuit rebuffs another coal mining industry challenge

Last year, we reported on Mingo Logan Coal Co. v. EPA, 714 F.3d 608 (D.C. Cir. 2013).  In that case, a coal mining company argued that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had exceeded its statutory authority when it invoked … Continue reading

The waiting is the hardest part: Eleventh Circuit rejects novel attempt to circumvent citizen suit notice provision

Frustrated at having their Clean Water Act (CWA) citizen suits blocked time and again by a state regulator, a couple of environmental organizations tried to avail themselves of a seldom invoked exception to the CWA citizen suit notice provision.  Without … Continue reading