September 6, 2017

Topics discussed this week include:

• Environmental group brings Clean Water Act citizen suit against Shell and Motiva that alleges climate change-related harms.
• District court stays CERCLA unilateral administrative order.
• District court overturns Department of the Interior stay of rule governing royalties for oil, natural gas and coal production on federal and Indian lands.
• Second Circuit upholds New York State’s decision to deny Clean Water Act certification to proposed pipeline.
• C. Circuit holds that FERC should consider power plant emissions in pipeline environmental impact statement.
• Hurricane Harvey affects Gulf Coast energy and chemical resources.

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