19 Jul 2025
Environmental Law Prof Blog
Will Google Get Hydropower Right?
A few days ago, Google and Brookfield Asset Management announced a massive hydropower deal. Google will invest billions in hydropower, beginning with power purchases from two major dams on the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania. The announcement is a bit of...
19 Jul 2025 2:31am GMT
01 Jun 2025
Environmental Law Prof Blog
The Court, NEPA, and Uncited Factual Claims
Last week, the United States Supreme Court issued its decision in Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) case. The key question in the case was whether an EIS for a rail spur needed...
01 Jun 2025 10:33pm GMT
31 May 2025
Environmental Law Prof Blog
Setting the Record Straight on Environmental Citizens Suits
On March 11, 2025, ExxonMobil filed a petition for certiorari in the case ExxonMobil Corp. v. Environment Texas Citizen Lobby, Inc. The petition seeks to drastically alter the requirements for establishing injury and redressability under Article III standing. If successful,...
31 May 2025 10:40pm GMT