Environmental Law

  • EPA, group look to settle lawsuit over Utah rules
    AP (November 25, 2009)
    DENVER (AP) - An environmental group and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency are seeking to settle a lawsuit aimed at getting Utah to change its air pollution regulations.
     
  • ND landowner sues Midcontinent over cable
    AP (November 24, 2009)
    BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - A North Dakota landowner has sued Midcontinent Communications over allegations that the company did not get the proper permission when it buried cable on his property.
     
  • Feds, Pa. county sue company over slag dumping
    AP (November 23, 2009)
    NATRONA, Pa. (AP) - The federal government and the Allegheny County Health Department have sued Allegheny Ludlum Corp. and a contractor for alleged air pollution violations at a slag dump near Pittsburgh.
     
  • Lawsuit targets Delaware River dredging project
    AP (November 19, 2009)
    TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Five environmental groups have filed legal challenges to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' plan to deepen the Delaware River shipping channel.
     
  • Idaho to pay $50K to settle grazing lease lawsuit
    AP (November 18, 2009)
    BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Idaho agreed Tuesday to pay $50,000 and pledged to follow anti-discrimination rules to settle a federal lawsuit against state officials who awarded grazing leases to ranchers, not the environmentalist who had offered more money.
     
  • Judge says seals may stay at San Diego cove
    AP (November 13, 2009)
    SAN DIEGO (AP) - The seals can stay and play at a La Jolla swimming cove.