Energy & Environment

The Litigation Center supports continued environmental improvements along with economic growth. The Litigation Center represents the Chamber as a litigant or as an amicus in a select number of environmental cases in which regulators or environmentalist groups seek to stretch environmental laws beyond what legislators intended in a manner that impairs economic growth. The Litigation Center also participates in litigation implicating state and local environmental issues.

Recent Activity

Results are sorted by the date of most recent activity.

Michigan v. Enbridge Energy

May 11, 2021

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

City of New York v. Chevron Corp.

April 1, 2021

Second Circuit affirms dismissal of tort climate change lawsuit brought by New York City. The U.S. Chamber filed an amicus brief supporting this outcome.

PennEast Pipeline Co., LLC, v. New Jersey

March 8, 2021

U.S. Chamber files coalition amicus brief urging U.S. Supreme Court to recognize that the Natural Gas Act authorized the taking of property, including state owned property, for FERC approved...

PennEast Pipeline Co., LLC, v. New Jersey

February 3, 2021

Supreme Court grants cert. petition to review a Third Circuit opinion that disrupts 70 years of interstate pipeline law and practice. The U.S. Chamber filed a coalition amicus brief supporting...

Wheeler v. Arkema Inc.

January 22, 2021

Fifth Circuit holds that Daubert fully applies to scientific evidence introduced at class-certification stage, vacating certification and remanding for reconsideration of whether...

FMC Corp. v. Shoshone-Bannock Tribes

January 11, 2021

Supreme Court declines to review Ninth Circuit decision broadly construing tribal jurisdiction over private lands. The U.S. Chamber filed a coalition amicus brief supporting the cert. petition.

Conservation Law Foundation v. EPA

December 17, 2020

U.S. Chamber files coalition amicus brief in defense of the Navigable Waters Protection Rule defining Waters of the United States under the Clean Water Act.

In re Southwestern Energy Co.

November 18, 2020

U.S. Chamber files coalition amicus brief urging Texas Supreme Court to direct Texas courts to apply federal standards when deciding motions to dismiss federal securities claims.

Portland Pipe Line Corp. v. City of South Portland

October 29, 2020

Maine Supreme Judicial Court holds that local ordinance that prohibited bulk loading of crude oil onto marine vessels was not preempted by Maine’s comprehensive Coastal Conveyance Act. The U.S....

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

October 29, 2020

First Circuit affirms remand to state court in climate nuisance case, holding that the federal officer removal statute does not apply and that the district court lacked authority to review...