The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Wednesday vacated a preliminary injunction blocking Executive Order 13990. The order re-established an interagency working group to calculate the “social costs of greenhouse gases” for consideration by federal agencies during policymaking. The plaintiffs are a group of Republican-led states, including Louisiana, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, [...]
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Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon Friday signed a bill which bans abortion pills in Wyoming and allowed a separate measure with further abortion restrictions to be passed without his signature. The abortion pills (misoprostol and mifepristone) are already fully banned in 13 states, and 15 states have restricted access and production of abortion pills. The bill makes [...]
Ohio police officers will not be charged in fatal shooting of Joe Frasure, Jr.
Hamilton County Prosecuting Attorney Melissa Powers announced Friday that three officers involved in the fatal shooting of Joe Frasure, Jr. will not face criminal charges because their actions were justified. The shooting occurred after a 911 caller reported suspicious behavior outside an apartment building in Wyoming, Ohio. Frasure’s family claims that he was at the [...]
Genesee & Wyoming Railroad reaches settlement with EPA to address Clean Air Act violations
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Tuesday that it reached a settlement with Genesee & Wyoming Railroad Services Inc. (GWRSI) to address the company’s Clean Air Act violations. The DOJ and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) concurrently filed a complaint against GWRSI for its violations. In 2019, the EPA asserted that GWRSI violated the [...]
Wyoming Judge Melissa Owens granted a preliminary injunction Wednesday against the state’s abortion ban, protecting abortion access while litigation against the law moves forward. “The legislature cannot pass a discriminatory law on the basis of sex that restricts the constitutionally protected right to make one’s own health care decisions,” Judge Ownes wrote. Wyoming Governor, Mark [...]
Environmental groups challenge Biden administration oil and gas reserve auctions
A coalition of ten environmental groups Wednesday sued the US Department of the Interior (DOI) and its Bureau of Land Management for resuming auctions to lease public lands with oil and gas reserves in eight western states. The environmental groups claim the auctions violate two laws and are incompatible with President Joe Biden’s climate-related promises. [...]
Supreme Court decision reversing Roe throws abortion rights in US states into chaos
Abortion policy is now in the hands of the states following the US Supreme Court’s Friday decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturned Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. President Joe Biden has directed the Department of Health and Human Services to take steps to make sure abortion and contraception [...]
White nationalist group charged with conspiracy to riot at Idaho pride event released on bail
Members of white supremacist group Patriot Front Monday were released from jail on bond after being charged with conspiracy to riot, a misdemeanor. Coeur d’Alene police originally arrested 31 group members on Saturday after a 911 call reported men in riot gear near a local pride event who “looked like a little army.” Police first [...]
Oklahoma legislature passes abortion ban starting at 'fertilization'
The Oklahoma legislature on Thursday passed its third major abortion-ban law in a little over a month. HB 4327 bans abortions starting at fertilization except in cases of medical emergency, incest, or sexual assault. However the incest and sexual assault exceptions apply only if those incidents were reported to law enforcement. Modeled after Texas’s abortion ban, [...]
Wind energy company pleads guilty to killing and injuring eagles at its facilities
An energy company was sentenced Tuesday in Cheyenne, Wyoming, for multiple violations of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA). ESI Energy Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources LLC, which is owned by NextEra Energy Inc. ESI owns many companies that run wind energy generation facilities throughout the US, including in Wyoming and [...]