{"id":329484,"date":"2026-08-25T19:12:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T19:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/329484\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T19:12:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T19:12:20","slug":"state-court-to-hear-arguments-in-micron-environmental-lawsuit-filed-over-clay-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/329484\/","title":{"rendered":"State court to hear arguments in Micron environmental lawsuit filed over Clay project"},"content":{"rendered":"

ALBANY, N.Y. \u2014 A New York State Court is set to hear arguments in a case regarding environmental concerns stemming from Micron.<\/p>\n

On Jan. 16, the same day that Micron broke ground at White Pines Commerce Park in the Town of Clay, Jobs to Move America (JMA) and Neighbors for a Better Micron (NBM) filed a lawsuit against the tech giant, hoping to block its construction.<\/p>\n

The lawsuit sought to address “serious, unresolved concerns about the potential environmental, health and community impacts” of Micron and to ascertain that the facility would have “robust economic benefits.”<\/p>\n

PREVIOUS | Advocacy group sues Micron, planning boards, NYS DEC over Clay site environmental concerns<\/a><\/p>\n

On July 23, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a Statement of Interest<\/a> in the case urging the court to rule against NBM and JMA, a news release from JMA said. <\/p>\n

The DOJ’s brief argued that the lawsuit could set a precedent that would threaten other CHIPS projects and U.S. national security interests by letting citizens block federally funded projects through procedural challenges under state environmental review law, if successful.<\/p>\n

JMA and NBM argued in response<\/a> that the brief mischaracterizes their goal. The organizations said they are solely seeking to challenge the Micron environmental review process.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe federal government cannot disregard state law simply by vaguely invoking \u2018national security,\u2019\u201d said JMA Litigation Director Meredith Stewart. \u201cWe want this project to move forward with a proper environmental review process. Following the law to ensure that review takes place doesn\u2019t conflict with the government\u2019s aim of a greater domestic presence of the semiconductor industry. We just want this done right.\u201d<\/p>\n

Oral arguments are scheduled for 1:30 p.m. in an Albany courtroom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ALBANY, N.Y. \u2014 A New York State Court is set to hear arguments in a case regarding environmental…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":329485,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,11,10,49,51,50],"class_list":["post-329484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-state","tag-new-york-state-headlines","tag-new-york-state-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=329484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329484\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/329485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=329484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=329484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=329484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}