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  • Dumping cases result in $2.2M

    By Keith Loria |
    Madigan CHICAGO (Legal Newsline) - Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced on Tuesday that her office has secured more than $2.2 million from two lawsuits against companies that allegedly dumped waste at construction debris sites.

  • States, feds reach $270M settlement

    By Keith Loria |
    Coakley BOSTON (Legal Newsline) - Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley announced on Wednesday that she is part of a $270 million multi-state and federal bankruptcy settlement with a company that allegedly contaminated a site in Hanover, Mass.

  • AG Abbott, Republican SC justices hold on to offices in Texas

    By Marilyn Tennissen |
    Abbott AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) - Democrats failed to unseat Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott or three justices on the state Supreme Court.

  • N.C. AG mulling future of emissions lawsuit

    By John O'Brien |
    Cooper WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - After being shot down by a federal appeals court, the future of a public nuisance lawsuit filed by North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper against an energy provider is uncertain.

  • EPA wants judge to deny surface mining injunction

    By Jessica M. Karmasek |
    CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - Lawyers for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency urged a federal judge last week to turn down a request from the National Mining Association for a preliminary injunction.

  • UVa wants Cuccinelli's probe stayed

    By Jessica M. Karmasek |
    Cuccinelli CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (Legal Newsline) - The University of Virginia has filed its responses to the latest civil investigative demand issued by state Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli in the matter of climate research by a former university professor.

  • Fourteen states are a part of GM settlement

    By Keith Loria |
    WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The United States Justice Department announced on Wednesday that it, 14 states and the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe have agreed to a $773 million settlement with Chapter 11 debtor Motors Liquidation Company.

  • Environmental groups come to EPA's defense

    By Jessica M. Karmasek |
    Obama CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - A coalition of regional environmental groups on Wednesday filed a motion to intervene in defense of the Obama administration's crackdown on mountaintop removal mining.

  • Van Hollen files environmental lawsuit

    By Keith Loria |
    Van Hollen MADISON, Wis. (Legal Newsline) - The Wisconsin Department of Justice announced on Thursday that it has filed a lawsuit to ensure continued environmental cleanup work at Wisconsin's Lower Fox River and Green Bay Site.

  • W.Va. sues Obama's EPA over mine regulations

    By Jessica M. Karmasek |
    Manchin CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin announced Wednesday the State is filing a lawsuit against the Obama administration over its attempts to curb mountaintop coal removal in West Virginia.

  • Texas AG has more problems with feds

    By Jessica M. Karmasek |
    Abbott AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) - Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott on Thursday filed a legal challenge against the U.S. Department of Education in an effort to secure $830 million in federal education funds for Texas schools, teachers and students.

  • Obama backs Blumenthal's campaign, fights him in court

    By John O'Brien |
    Obama STAMFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) - Opposing his view on how to regulate greenhouse gas emissions didn't stop President Barack Obama from supporting Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal at a fundraiser Thursday.

  • Cuccinelli's subpoena of global warming prof's records stopped

    By Jessica M. Karmasek |
    Cuccinelli CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (Legal Newsline) - An Albemarle County Circuit Court judge has quashed a subpoena issued by Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli seeking documents related to the work of a climate scientist.

  • Obama sides against states over global warming enforcement

    By John O'Brien |
    Obama WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - President Barack Obama's administration apparently agrees with a recent federal appeals court's decision that said lawsuits are not the proper way to regulate air quality.

  • Ruling on global warming professor coming

    By Jessica M. Karmasek |
    Cuccinelli CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (Legal Newsline) - A ruling is expected in a week on a demand by Virginia Attorney General Kenneth Cuccinelli that the University of Virginia release research records of a well-known climate change researcher, according to The New York Times.

  • Ill. AG brings long battle against landfill to a close

    By Keith Loria |
    Madigan CHICAGO (Legal Newsline) - After a long-running battle over the cleanup of the Hillside Landfill, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced on Wednesday that a settlement has been crafted that will finally solve the dispute.

  • Texas sues feds over offshore drilling ban

    By Jessica M. Karmasek |
    Abbott HOUSTON (Legal Newsline) - Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott sued President Barack Obama's administration on Wednesday over its new deepwater offshore drilling moratorium.

  • EPA won't reconsider greenhouse gases stance

    By Jessica M. Karmasek |
    Cuccinelli RICHMOND, Va. (Legal Newsline) - Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli's challenge to the federal government's conclusion that greenhouse gases are dangerous to humans has failed on the regulatory front.

  • Critics of EPA's Jackson say she bows to both extremes

    By Justin Anderson |
    Jackson WASHINGTON (Legal Newslin) - Soon after President Barack Obama tapped Lisa Jackson to take the reins at the federal Environmental Protection Agency, the agency announced it would be re-reviewing the commonly used farming pesticide atrazine and its potential health effects.

  • Fourth Circuit: Lawsuits not the way to regulate air quality

    By John O'Brien |
    Cooper RICHMOND, Va. (Legal Newsline) - A federal appeals court has overturned North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper's victory in a public nuisance pollution lawsuit against Tennessee Valley Authority, calling his initial victory "a flawed ruling."