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  • EPA sued over pollution petition

    By Michelle Keahey |
    NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) - Several environmental groups have filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency alleging the agency failed to approve a petition to lower pollution into the Mississippi River Basin and the northern Gulf of Mexico.

  • Supreme Court rules against EPA 'strong arm'

    By Michael P. Tremoglie |
    WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) -- The United States Supreme Court unanimously has ruled that "compliance orders" of the Environmental Protection Agency can be reviewed by the courts.

  • Ban on atrazine would stagger agriculture, experts say

    By Justin Anderson |
    Frank Critics of the federal Environmental Protection Agency's ongoing re-review of the commonly used pesticide atrazine and pending lawsuits against its makers say the potential ramifications could be staggering if the pesticide was ever banned.

  • EPA, pesticide maker at odds over study

    By Justin Anderson |
    Jackson WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The federal Environmental Protection Agency says a new review of atrazine, a commonly used agricultural pesticide, is rooted in a statutory mandate and prompted by new evidence about the effects of the pesticide to humans and animals.

  • Referendum on Calif. greenhouse law appears headed for voters

    By Chris Rizo |
    Kamala Harris (D) SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline)-California voters will likely be asked in the November general election if the state's greenhouse gas law should be put on hold for rosier economic times, a postponement the Democratic frontrunner for attorney general, Kamala Harris, said Monday would be a colossal mistake.

  • California adopts mandatory green building code

    By Chris Rizo |
    Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline)-California will have some of the greenest buildings in the nation under a set of environmentally friendly, business-backed building code standards adopted this week by a state commission.

  • Committee rejects suspending Calif. greenhouse gas law

    By Chris Rizo |
    Dan Logue (R) SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline)-A business-backed measure to put California's landmark climate change law on hold until the state's beleaguered economy improves was rejected Monday by a legislative committee.

  • Plan would suspend Calif. greenhouse gas law

    By Chris Rizo |
    Dan Logue (R) SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline)-California's landmark climate change law could be put on hold under legislation set for a committee hearing today.

  • Environmentalists sue to invalidate long-term water contracts

    By Chris Rizo |
    SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline)-California environmentalists are appealing a judge's decision to keep active more than 100 long-term water delivery contracts in the agriculturally rich Central Valley.

  • AGs file lawsuit over federal smog rules

    By Chris Rizo |
    Richard Blumenthal HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline)- A coalition of state attorneys general filed suit Tuesday against the U.S. government, trying to overturn federal smog rules, which the AGs see as too lax.

  • Kennedy praises Oklahoma poultry lawsuit

    By Chris Rizo |
    Robert F. Kennedy Jr. OKLAHOMA CITY (Legal Newsline)-A lawsuit filed by Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson against large-scale poultry producers drew praise from Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an environmental lawyer.

  • AG Coakley suing Dept. of Energy

    By John O'Brien |
    Coakley BOSTON - Deciding not to amend energy efficiency standards for certain commercial ventilation systems was a mistake, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley said Monday as she announced a lawsuit against the federal Department of Energy.