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EPA was ordered to disclose mercury rule documents [this day at law]
April 14, 2013 by Adiah Oreyomi
On April 14, 2006, Judge Robert Collins of the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts ordered the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to release internal documents pertaining to the controversial Clean Air Mercury Rule (CAMR). The goal of the CAMR was to permanently cap and.... [more]
Federal appeals court rules EPA can halt power plant construction
March 29, 2013 by Benjamin Minegar
The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled Thursday that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) can suspend power plant construction projects before project completion based on evidence that a plant is underestimating the extent to which the project will affect its aggregate pollutant.... [more]
Federal judge rules BP not liable for 810,000 barrels of oil deemed collected
February 20, 2013 by Keith Herting
A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana on Tuesday ruled that 810,000 barrels of oil collected by British Petroleum (BP) immediately following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill will not be used in calculations to determine damages under the Clean Water Act (CWA).... [more]
Federal judge accepts $1.4 billion plea deal over Gulf oil spill
February 14, 2013 by Keith Herting
A federal judge on Thursday accepted the guilty plea of Transocean Deepwater Inc. along with a criminal settlement of $400 million and $1 billion in civil penalties for the company's violation of the Clean Water Act (CWA) during the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Judge Jane Triche Milazzo of.... [more]
Fracking Timeline
February 4, 2013 by Zachariah Rivenbark
4/24/2013: Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that natural gas is not a "mineral"
3/6/2013: New York lawmakers approved two-year fracking moratorium
12/21/2012: EPA released progress report on study to better understand the effects of hydraulic fracturing on drinking water
9/4/2012: Attorneys for.... [more]
Federal government was ordered to reduce greenhouse gas emissions [this day at law]
January 29, 2013 by Zachariah Rivenbark
On January 29, 2010, US President Barack Obama ordered the federal government to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 28% by 2020. The reduction order followed a December 2009 announcement from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that greenhouse gases threatened both public health and the.... [more]
Sixth Circuit rejected EPA final rule on pesticides [this day at law]
January 6, 2013 by Sarah Steers
On January 6, 2009, the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit rejected a final rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which would have allowed certain pesticides to be exempt from a federal permitting process for dumping into water. Both environmental and industry groups.... [more]
Federal courts and offices were closed in mourning for President Ford [this day at law]
January 2, 2013 by Kyle Webster
On January 2, 2007, most federal offices and courts closed after President George W. Bush declared a National Day of Mourning for former President Gerald Ford. Ford, who was president from 1974 till 1977, died on December 26, 2006, at the age of 93. National Days of Mourning are a tradition held.... [more]
Federal court refuses to order waterway closure to block Asian carp
December 4, 2012 by Michael Haggerson
The US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois dismissed a nuisance suit by Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Ohio and Pennsylvania to compel the US Army Corp of Engineers and Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago to construct barriers between Chicago-area waterways.... [more]
Federal appeals court refused to block invasive fish from Great Lakes [this day at law]
August 24, 2012 by Cody Harding
On August 24, 2011, the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled against five states' effort to prevent the spread of Asian carp in the Great Lakes. Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and concerned organizations sought to close two Chicago waterways in an effort to halt.... [more]
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