Energy & Environment

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Friends of the Earth v. Haaland

June 13, 2022

U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging D.C. Circuit to reverse vacatur of offshore oil lease and emphasizing the disruptive consequences of vacatur to the Nation’s economy and energy security.

State of Rhode Island v. Shell Oil Products Co., LLC

May 23, 2022

First Circuit affirms remand of climate nuisance action to state court, holding that none of the grounds for removal gives rise to federal removal jurisdiction. The U.S. Chamber filed an amicus...

Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe v. Enbridge Energy Co., Inc.

May 10, 2022

U.S. Chamber files coalition amicus brief highlighting the adverse economic consequences of shutting down an interstate, cross-border petroleum pipeline.

Sackett v. EPA

April 18, 2022

U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging U.S. Supreme Court to adopt the plurality opinion’s test in Rapanos v. United States (2006) and resolve entrenched split of authority over the...

In re 3M Company

March 28, 2022

U.S. Chamber files coalition amicus brief urging Sixth Circuit to review certification of 23(b)(2) injunctive class seeking an investigative study of health effects of PFAS chemicals and...

Delaware v. BP America Inc.

March 22, 2022

U.S. Chamber files amicus brief arguing that federal common law claims regarding the effects of global climate change are removable to federal court even if the plaintiff fails to acknowledge the...

Plaquemines Parish v. Chevron USA, Inc.

March 21, 2022

U.S. Chamber files amicus brief arguing that district court had federal removal jurisdiction over litigation against energy companies for conduct connected to their actions under federal direction...

Enbridge Energy Ltd. v. Whitmer

March 14, 2022

U.S. Chamber files coalition amicus brief urging the court to exercise jurisdiction under Ex parte Young and to review state officials’ shutdown order for an interstate, cross-border petroleum...

Sackett v. EPA

January 24, 2022

Supreme Court grants cert. to consider the proper test for wetlands jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act. The U.S. Chamber filed an amicus brief supporting this result, and also filed an amicus...

Louisiana v. Biden

January 13, 2022

U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging Fifth Circuit to affirm injunction of nationwide pause of domestic production of oil and gas on federal lands.