The Energy Law Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2017

The first five Plaquemines Parish Coastal Zone Management Act (“CZMA”) cases to be set for trial have been chosen. The Plaintiffs selected Parish of Plaquemines v. Rozel Operating Company, et al. , Parish of Plaquemines v. ConocoPhillips Company, et al. , and Parish of Plaquemines v. Hilcorp Energy Company, et al. The Defendants picked Parish of Plaquemines v.

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OCTOBER 4, 2017

By Dena Adler. Former EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy delivered the third David Sive Memorial Lecture on Environmental Law at Columbia Law School on Thursday, September 28. Sharing her thoughts on “The Present and Future of the EPA,” she sharply critiqued the actions of Scott Pruitt’s EPA as illegal and without scientific basis or direction, while finding hope in the progress spurred by investment, innovation, and democratic participation.

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The Energy Law Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2017

The White House has announced the nominees to fill four vacant seats on the U.S. Fifth Circuit and two seats in the Eastern District of Louisiana. The nominees for the U.S. Court of Appeal for the Fifth Circuit are: Don R. Willett Don Willett has been a Justice on the Texas Supreme Court since he was appointed by Governor Rick Perry in 2005. Prior to that appointment, he served as Deputy Attorney General and chief legal counsel to the Attorney General of Texas.

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