Pesticide Action Network v. U.S. EPA

<> Pesticide Action Network v. U.S. EPA - 6/10/15. In the U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, Case No. In response to a petition for a writ of mandamus filed by the Pesticide Action Network North America and Natural Resource Defense Council, the panel directed the United States Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") to file a status report with the Court no later than June 30, 2015 concerning EPA's response to petitioners' 2007 administrative petition requesting that EPA cancel registration for the pesticide chlorpyrifos and retained jurisdiction over the case. Court Orders EPA to Decide to Act on Dangerous Pesticide

Alaska Wilderness League v. Sally Jewell (U.S. DOI)

<> Alaska Wilderness League v. Sally Jewell (U.S. DOI) - 6/11/15. In the U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, Case No. 13-35866. The panel affirmed the district court's summary judgment in favor of federal defendants and Shell Gulf of Mexico, Inc. and Shell Offshore Inc. in an action brought by environmental groups alleging that the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement acted unlawfully in approving two of Shell's oil spill response plans for its oil leases in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas on Alaska's Arctic coast.