Featured image is available on the original source page.

The Minnesota Supreme Court held that MERA claims were not barred by MEPA exemptions applicable to Minneapolis’s 2040 Comprehensive Plan. The court found allegations concerning stormwater runoff and reduced wildlife habitat sufficient to state an environmental claim and allowed the challenge to proceed.

City of Port Isabel v. FERC involved a challenge to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s reauthorization of LNG export terminals in Cameron County, Texas. The City of Port Isabel and the Sierra Club raised issues involving environmental justice, air-quality monitoring, carbon capture, and cumulative environmental effects under NEPA.