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On the Hill
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Obama Agriculture Department reinstates national forest roadless rule; administration announces new fuel economy standard for cars and trucks; American Clean Energy and Security Act, proposing carbon cap-and-trade plan, passes House committee.
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In Brief
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Bay Area waste companies pay $300,000 to settle Clean Water Act claims; fish importers sentenced for false labeling; Fish and Wildlife Service to reconsider critical habitat for California tiger salamander and two Southwest fish; groups intervene and file amicus brief in environmental cases; Environmental Protection Agency halts anti-moth pesticide spraying in Santa Cruz.
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Regulatory Roundup
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Fish and Wildlife Service launches American pika status review and reduces habitat for piping plover in Texas; National Marine Fisheries Service closes fishing in Alaska Gulf since year’s limits already met; EPA proposes biofuels strategy and eliminates carbofuran tolerances.
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Science Corner
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Greenhouse gas emissions post largest drop since 1982; mercury in fish explained; endangered fish reoccupying historic Colorado River habitat.
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Energy
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Center for Biological Diversity v. Department of the Interior. D.C. Circuit vacates Bush-era plan to expand oil and gas drilling off Alaska coast.
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Reservoirs
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Alliance to Save the Mattaponi v. United States Army Corps of Engineers. Washington federal court rules that King William Reservoir in Va. would adversely affect regional waters.
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Mining
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Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition v. Army Corps of Engineers. W.V. court requires environmental studies before use of mountaintop mining permit.
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Energy
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Entergy Corp. v. Riverkeeper Inc. U.S. Supreme Court rules that costs may be considered in protection of aquatic organisms from power plants’ water-cooling systems.
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Forests
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The Ecology Center v. Bob Castaneda. 9th Circuit decides that nine timber projects in Montana’s Kootenai National Forest meet federal environmental standards.
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Development
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Sunset Beach Development LLC v. AMEC Inc. N.C. Court of Appeals determines that wetlands assessor responsible for Clean Water Act violations during land sale.
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Endangered Species
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Center for Biological Diversity v. Dirk Kempthorne. Arizona court tells wildlife agencies to consider critical habitat and recovery plan for jaguar.
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Energy
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New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection v. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 3rd Circuit rules that nuclear power plants not required to examine environmental impact of hypothetical terrorist attacks.
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Clean Air Act
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Community Association for Restoration of the Environment v. State of Washington, Department of Ecology. Washington Appeals Court rejects claim that industrial dairy water pollution permit poses environmental threat.
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Superfund
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Shell Oil Company v. United States. Federal Claims Court says government owes oil companies $84 million for cleanup of World War II acid sludge waste.
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Clean Air Act
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United States of America v. BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. Federal government says that BP mucked up Alaska’s North Slope with oil in 2006.
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Endangered Species
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Friends of Animals v. Ken Salazar. The Department of Interior encourages wildlife poaching, nest robbing and smuggling by refusing to list 13 species of parrots, macaws and cockatoos as endangered, group claims.
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Invasive Species
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Barrio de Colores v. Customs and Border Protection of the Department of Homeland Security. Laredo residents challenge aerial spraying plan to remove invasive Carrizo cane from banks of Rio Grande River.
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Contamination
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Elias Soares Vieira v. Eli Lilly and Company. Class action says that chemical giants have been dumping in Brazil for more than 30 years, causing cancer and birth defects.
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Contamination
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Ayana Hill v. Roll International Corp. Calif. class action claims Fiji “greenwashes” its bottled water.
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Development
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Friends of the Fox River v. Department of Transportation. Groups claim planned $1 billion Prairie Parkway highway failed to adequately consider alternatives.
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Contamination
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Diana Popp v. Natural Resources Recovery of Tennessee LLC. Couple charges that Knox County and mulch regulator polluted their property.
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Development
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People of the State of California v. Montesoro Golf & Social Club. California Department of Parks and Recreation says that golf course illegally bulldozed Anza Borrego Desert State Park.
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Forests
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The Lands Council v. Tom Tidwell. Environmental group sues to protect Idaho panhandle endangered species from logging and road construction.
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Superfund
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Joseph Urbino v. Exxon Mobil Corp. Buffalo, N.Y., man claims that Exxon Mobil Corp. allowed underground gasoline storage tanks to leak on his land.
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Contamination Rivers
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Churchill County v. Department of the Interior. Nevada officials say that plans to divide Truckee River water between California and Nevada would hurt groundwater.
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Energy
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Houston Audubon Society v. Texas Energy Group LLC. Avian advocates claim oil company ignored prohibitions on drilling in wildlife sanctuary.
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Development
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Daniel Capruso v. Village of Kings Point. Homeowners seek to stop town’s plans to pave parkland without legislative approval.
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Energy
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Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy v. Minnesota Public Utilities Commission. Environmental group says Minnesota illegally allowing two Canadian tar sand oil pipelines through state.
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Contamination
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Susan and Patrick Stoll v. Kraft Foods Global Inc. Class action claims that Kraft plant in Attica, Ind., allowed carcinogenic contamination to seep into soil and groundwater beneath homes.
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Tribal
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Winnemem Wintu Tribe v. Department of the Interior. Indian tribe seeks compensation for federal government’s allowing damage to Shasta County cultural sites.
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Forests
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Oregon Natural Desert Association v. Kenny McDaniel. Environmental organization accuses Bureau of Land Management of violating court order by approving motorized travel on protected Steens Mountain.
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Endangered Species
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David Suzuki Foundation v. Minister of Fisheries and Oceans. Canadian government failing to protect critical killer whale habitat, environmental groups claim.
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Contamination
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Gulf Coast Asphalt Co. v. Chevron USA Inc. Asphalt company accuses Chevron of illegally burying crude oil at former refinery on Blakely Island near Mobile, Ala.
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Wildlife
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Dina Jaeger v. Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless. Verizon cell phone tower cuts through migratory bird corridor and endangers health of locals, Conn. woman says.
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Contamination Climate
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Natural Resources Defense Council v. Environmental Protection Agency. D.C. Circuit dismisses natural disaster emissions regulation challenge as too vague.
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