After fifteen years, three interim judgments ranging from $0 to $20 million, three appeals, an en banc review, and a writ for cert., Env't Tex. Citizen Lobby, Inc. v. ExxonMobil Corp.1 has given new meaning to exhaustion in...more
As reported previously, we anticipate environmental nongovernmental organizations (eNGOs) to file more citizen suits in response to reduced federal enforcement by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Some eNGOs...more
Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality’s (TCEQ) issuance of an amended New Source Review (NSR) air permit to multinational joint-venture Port Arthur...more