Circuit

In a surprise move, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit this week canceled the traditional three-judge hearing in a case that could decide the fate of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Power Plan (CPP), its landmark rule to limit carbon dioxide CO2 emissions from the nation’s power sector.

In a surprise move, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit this week canceled the traditional three-judge hearing in a case that could decide the fate of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Power Plan (CPP), its landmark rule to limit carbon dioxide CO2 emissions from the nation’s power sector.

A federal appeals court has denied a motion by 26 states and several power generators to stay implementation of the Obama administration’s proposed Clean Power Plan (CPP) until all legal challenges to the plan are resolved. Oral arguments are scheduled for early June.

Royal Dutch Shell plc on Thursday filed revisions to its previously approved Chukchi Sea Exploration Plan with the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM). The company could return to Arctic exploration next year.

The U.S. Supreme Court has been asked by BP plc to review a mandate that would require the producer to continue paying Macondo-related oil spill settlement claims regardless of whether the original agreement is determined to be fair.

BP plc could appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court after a federal appeals court on Monday rejected a bid in an 8-5 decision that would have allowed the oil major to prevent compensation payments to businesses that had not proved they were harmed directly by the Macondo well blowout.

The American Petroleum Institute (API) and a coalition of business groups last week appeared before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to challenge the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) implementation of Section 1504 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act, which requires companies registered with the agency to publicly report how much they pay governments for access to oil, natural gas and other minerals.

The American Petroleum Institute (API) and a coalition of business groups appeared before the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Monday to challenge the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) implementation of Section 1504 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act, which requires companies registered with the agency to publicly report how much they pay governments for access to oil, natural gas and minerals.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit has upheld a lower court’s ruling supporting the Interior Department’s arguments that it is not required to immediately issue leases to oil and natural gas producers following purchases.