PUBLIC LANDS
Lawsuit: BLM illegally delaying drilling permits
An oil and gas exploration and production company is suing the Biden administration to try and force officials to issue 50 pending drilling permit applications in North Dakota.
Niina H. Farah
Reporter
Niina covers energy law, including litigation over pipelines, eminent domain, oil and gas leasing and federal regulations. Niina first joined E&E in June 2014. She started covering climate issues in agriculture, oceans, and ecology at Climatewire, before transitioning to cover EPA climate policy under the Obama and Trump administrations. Most recently, Niina has covered federal agencies and federal regulations for Greenwire.
Latest Stories
PIPELINES
DOJ to court: Biden axing KXL permit rendered suit moot
A month after President Biden killed the border-crossing permit for the Keystone XL pipeline, his administration asked a federal appeals court yesterday to dismiss litigation over the approval.
SUPREME COURT
Justices asked to weigh how Congress defined 'Indian tribe'
A Supreme Court fight over the allocation of federal COVID-19 aid is spotlighting Congress' definition of a tribal government.
CLIMATE
Court axes Trump-era power plant rule
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit took final action to undo the Affordable Clean Energy rule today, as it agreed to delay axing the Trump administration's repeal of the Clean Power Plan.
PIPELINES
Court clears path to resume Mountain Valley project
A federal appeals court has rejected an emergency bid to halt construction on the Mountain Valley pipeline, in a win for developers of the 300-mile natural gas project.