Legal Opinion
Sierra Club v. United States Army Corps of Engineers
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided September 29, 2015No. 14-5205PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge PILLARD.
Opinion concurring in the judgment filed by Circuit Judge BROWN.
PILLARD, Circuit Judge:
The central question in this appeal is the scope of environmental review the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) required before a particular oil pipeline was built. Oil pipelines help to satisfy national and global energy demand by pumping tens of millions of barrels of oil across the United States each month. They have also sparked intense debates about energy and environmental policies. The proposed Keystone XL Pipeline alone has generated…
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