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EPA accused of not issuing regulations mandated by Congress nearly 30 years ago
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) — The Environmental Justice Health Alliance For Chemical Policy Reform (EJHA) has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over the federal government agency's alleged failure to issue regulations mandated by Congress nearly 30 years ago.
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Organizations allege New Jersey city exposes residents to lead in drinking water
NEWARK, NJ (Legal Newsline) – Two organizations allege the drinking water in areas of a New Jersey city contains elevated levels of lead.
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Alaska court: Conservation groups can challenge Trump's reversal of drilling ban
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Legal Newsline) – A federal judge has denied a motion to dismiss a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s reversal of the Arctic and Atlantic oceans drilling ban.
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California leads coalition suing Trump administration over fuel efficiency standard delays
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) — California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced Sept. 11 that he is leading a coalition of five attorneys general suing the Trump administration for its allegedly illegal delay of a fuel efficiency standards rule.
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Environmental groups allege EPA violated federal law
BALTIMORE (Legal Newsline) — Environmental groups are suing the EPA, alleging violation of federal law.
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Conservation groups accuse Trump administration of violating federal law
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Legal Newsline) — A group of conservation organizations are suing Non profit organization are suing President Trump and other administration officials, alleging violation of federal law.
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Advocacy groups file lawsuit over Trump’s ‘one-in, two-out’ regulation executive order
The groups take issue with President Donald Trump’s Jan. 30 order, “Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs,” which calls for rescinding two government regulations for every new rule introduced, along with interim guidance issued by the Office of Management and Budget, or OMB, Feb. 2.
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Environmental groups accuse government agency of violating federal law
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) — Environmental groups are suing a government agency, alleging violation of federal law.
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Side agreements with environmental regulators an uphill battle in court
A recent case in Illinois federal court has brought attention to the fact that organizations need to pay close attention to specific and strict requirements of the environmental regulators, even when they have come to so-called side agreements with them. Why? Citizen lawsuits.
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Environmental coalition sues EPA over wastewater guidelines
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – A coalition of environmental groups has filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colombia, seeking to force it to revise and publish new guidelines for the handling of oil and gas waste, in particular wastewater associated with the oil mining method known as fracking.
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Groups ask U.S. SC to review D.C. Circuit's decision over EPA's air pollution rule
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) -- A coalition of health and environmental organizations have appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, asking it to reconsider a federal appeals court ruling in a lawsuit over the federal Environmental Protection Agency's Cross-State Air Pollution Rule.
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Feds, states explore fracking regulation
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) -- As the debate over hydraulic fracturing becomes a central energy policy issue, a key question emerges for the Obama administration and the next Environmental Protection Agency administrator: what do they plan to do about it?
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Tenth Circuit says lease cancellation challenge too late
Obama DENVER (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit on Wednesday affirmed a decision that rejected a challenge to the U.S. Department of the Interior's cancellation of 77 Utah oil and gas drilling leases for environmental concerns.
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Farmers Field bill challenged in Calif. court
Stormer LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - A coalition of community activists and four individuals filed suit Thursday against the state of California challenging a recently enacted law that insulates the developer of a proposed Los Angeles stadium from environmental lawsuits.
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Environmental groups sue Calif. agency
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - The Natural Resources Defense Council and the Environmental Working Group announced Tuesday that they suing the California Department of Public Health.
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GAO: Green groups get millions of taxpayers dollars from 'citizen lawsuits'
Inhofe WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - "Big Green" groups and their "Big Green" lawyers have raked in millions by virtue of the citizen suit provisions of the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts - but that wasn't the original intent of the laws.
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Ten states will intervene in lawsuit against EPA
McDaniel LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Legal Newsline) - A federal judge has granted the motions to intervene filed by Attorneys General from 10 states in a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency.
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Environmental 'citizen lawsuits' are equivalent to ambulance chasing, critic says
Budd-Falen WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - A little known provision contained in federal environmental laws known as the "citizen lawsuit" is funding political special interest groups, critics say.
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BP to spend $400M to upgrade Ind. pollution controls
Zoeller WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday that BP North America will pay an $8 million penalty for violation of the Clean Air Act.
