August 2009

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On the Hill Obama EPA grants California emissions waiver, opening way for 17 states to follow; Western Oregon Forest Plan Revision withdrawn; Interior announces two-year uranium mining closure for Grand Canyon. ...Read More
In Brief Cosco Busan tanker pilot sentenced to 10 months in prison; Spanish ship operator to pay more than $2 million for discharge of oily bilge water; PacifiCorp pleads guilty to negligent killing of eagles, will pay $10.5 million; electronics companies caught trying to export electronic waste to Hong Kong; EPA captures environmental fugitive in Mexico. ...Read More
Regulatory Roundup EPA to set stricter fuel standards for ships and plans financial responsibility requirements for hard-rock mining; National Park Service proposes to extend motorized boating in Grand Canyon; Natural Resources Conservation Service seeks environmental exclusions; endangered insects catch a break. ...Read More
Science Corner Scientists discover new population of highly endangered mountain yellow-legged frog; unidentified Chukchi Sea blob found to be new species of algae. ...Read More
Clean Water Act Coeur Alaska Inc. v. Southeast Alaska Conservation Council. U.S. Supreme Court upholds Bush-era permit allowing millions of tons of gold-mine tailings to be dumped into Alaska’s Lower Slate Lake. ...Read More
Forests Citizens for Better Forestry v. Department of Agriculture. 9th Circuit rules that a dozen environmental groups cannot collect attorneys’ fees for challenge of national forest management rule. ...Read More($5.00)
Development City of Las Vegas v. Federal Aviation Administration. 9th Circuit agrees that decision to reroute airplanes over portion of city has minimum environmental impact. ...Read More($5.00)
Clean Water Act Friends of the Everglades v. South Florida Water Management District. 11th Circuit cites new water transfer rule in allowing polluted water to be pumped into Florida’s Lake Okeechobee. ...Read More($5.00)
Development Trustees of the Village of Arden v. Unity Construction Company. Delaware Chancery Court determines that developer must reengineer storm water system to prevent erosion of Sherwood Forest. ...Read More($5.00)
Contamination Rivers Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) v. Tennessee Water Quality Control Board. Tennessee Court of Appeals discards environmental group’s challenge to Nashville landfill expansion. ...Read More($5.00)
Energy Nancy Burton v. Commissioner of Environmental Protection. Connecticut Supreme Court allows environmental activist to pursue claims against Millstone nuclear power plant. ...Read More($5.00)
Mining West Virginia Highlands Conservancy Inc. v. Dirk Kempthorne. 4th Circuit awards enviro group attorney fees for successful citizen complaint against surface mining. ...Read More($5.00)
Development Health First v. March Joint Powers Authority. California appeals court throws out citizen group’s challenge to Tesco grocery distribution center on former Air Force base. ...Read More($5.00)
Marine Sea Hawk Seafoods Inc. v. Gary F. Locke. 9th Circuit rejects challenge to federal fishery management regulations as time-barred. ...Read More($5.00)
Clean Water Act Port of Oswego Authority v. Pete Grannis. N.Y. Supreme Court upholds requirements to install ballast water treatment systems. ...Read More($5.00)
Clean Water Act United States v. Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District. 8th Circuit rules that Missouri lacks sovereign immunity over counterclaims after joining feds in suing over sewer district violations. ...Read More($5.00)
Forests Center For Biological Diversity v. Fish and Wildlife Service. Calif. federal court rules for environmentalists on management of four southern California national forests. ...Read More($5.00)
Endangered Species WildEarth Guardians v. Ken Salazar. Enviros seek determination on endangered status for desert tortoise. ...Read More($5.00)
Endangered Species Center for Biological Diversity v. Gary Locke. Two groups seek to protect sea turtles from longline fishing off California. ...Read More($5.00)
Clean Air Act Louisiana Environmental Action Network v. Exxon Mobil Corporation. ExxonMobil’s Baton Rouge chemical plant spews dangerous pollutants into the air, environmentalists say. ...Read More($5.00)
Superfund United States of America v. United Fibers LLC. Feds sue to recover half a million dollars for cleanup of leaky chemical containers left at toilet paper plant in Greenwich, N.Y. ...Read More($5.00)
Contamination James Ligon v. ExxonMobil Corp. Maryland residents sue ExxonMobil for leaking thousands of gallons of gas from local filling station. ...Read More($5.00)
Contamination The People of the State of California v. Target Corporation. California accuses Target chain of toxic dumping. ...Read More($5.00)
Development River Fields Inc. v. Joel R. Whitehead. Conservationists seek to stop widening of historic Louisville bridge. ...Read More($5.00)
Forests Colorado Wild v. Tom Vilsack. Environmental groups say massive logging project in southwestern Colorado threatens Rio Grande headwaters. ...Read More($5.00)
Grazing Western Watersheds Project v. David Rosenkrance. Group challenges reauthorized livestock grazing in central Idaho’s Pahsimeroi River valley. ...Read More($5.00)
Endangered Species Alliance for the Wild Rockies v. Jane Lyder. Conservationists cite global warming in challenging habitat designation for threatened Canada lynx. ...Read More($5.00)
Endangered Species WildEarth Guardians v. Ken Salazar. Group sues to compel recovery plan for Sinaloan and Gulf Coast populations of rare jaguarundi. ...Read More($5.00)
Clean Air Act WildEarth Guardians v. Lisa Jackson. EPA dragging its feet over states’ air quality plans, organization claims. ...Read More($5.00)
Clean Air Act Environmental Integrity Project v. Lisa P. Jackson. Two groups sue over Arkansas coal plant. ...Read More($5.00)
Contamination Rivers Gayle Gaborsky v. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Wisconsin residents protest decision allowing neighbor to remove millpond dam. ...Read More($5.00)
Endangered Species Animal Welfare Institute v. Beech Ridge Energy. West Virginia wind turbines will harm endangered Indiana bats, conservationists say. ...Read More($5.00)
Mining David Kimberlin v. Oxford Mining Co. Inc. Ohio households sue mining company for draining their water supply during coal mining. ...Read More($5.00)
Development City of Riverside v. City of Long Beach. Riverside fights inland traffic and pollution from proposed Long Beach port redevelopment. ...Read More($5.00)
Healthcare State of Minnesota v. Thomas E. Marinaro. Minnesota Court of Appeals shoots down bar’s attempt to circumvent smoking ban by claiming patrons’ smoking is “theatrical.” ...Read More($5.00)


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