Showing posts with label environmental litigation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label environmental litigation. Show all posts
December 12, 2017

Court upholds Obama-era ban on uranium mining near Grand Canyon

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The Kanab North uranium mine near the Grand Canyon above Kanab Creek. (Mark Henle/The Republic) Joshua Bowling WKYC.com PHOENIX — T...
March 8, 2016

Tortoise relocations challenged

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Desert tortoises, such as this adult photographed near the Ivanpah Valley, are listed as threatened with extinction. The Marine Corps plans ...
May 8, 2015

Project pumping desert water for O.C. to begin next year

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Cadiz Valley Water Project BY TOMOYA SHIMURA Orange County Register C onstruction for a project that will pump drinking water from a ...
December 31, 2014

Eagle Mountain legal battle settled after 15 years

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A massive iron ore mining pit at Eagle Mountain in the remote desert just east of the Coachella Valley. (Jay Calderon, The Desert Sun) S...
November 25, 2014

SMWD establishes agency to oversee Cadiz groundwater project

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By TOMOYA SHIMURA Orange County Register A project that will pump drinking water from a Mojave Desert aquifer and pipe it to south Oran...
August 21, 2014

Superior Court Releases Final Decisions in Cadiz Project Environmental Litigation

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Rulings Confirm Sweeping Victory for Project T oday, Orange County Superior Court Judge Gail Andler issued final Statements of Decision (...
May 30, 2014

How the Mojave ranchers were wiped out for the sake of desert tortoise

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The Mojave desert tortoise was declared an endangered species in 1989, and cattle were deemed a danger to them Most ranchers left, unable t...
May 9, 2014

Judge rejects environmental challenges to Mojave groundwater project

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An aerial view of Cadiz Inc. property in the Mojave Desert in 2012. (Al Seib / LA Times) by Bettina Boxal Los Angeles Times I n a one-pa...
May 7, 2014

Court OKs Dicey Cadiz Groundwater Pumping Project in the Mojave Desert

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Ken Broder AllGov.com A n Orange County Superior Court judge lined up six lawsuits filed to stop a controversial groundwater pumping proj...
May 2, 2014

Judge rules in favor of water mining

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By Janet Zimmerman Riverside Press-Enterprise A judge on Friday rejected legal challenges filed against a controversial plan to mine wa...
April 21, 2014

Environmentalists pushed Bundy ranch standoff over endangered [sic] tortoises

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A helicopter takes off from a staging area of BLM vehicles and other government vehicles off of Riverside Road near Bunkerville, Nevada ov...
April 7, 2014

Glamis Dunes: Judge rejects lawsuit, opening new areas to off-roaders

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Additional areas of the Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area, known as Glamis, will be opened to off-roaders this fall. (AP) By Janet Zim...
March 6, 2014

Enviro Group Sues to Block New Desert Solar Projects Over Threat to Tortoises

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Adult desert tortoise with four juveniles. (Lake Mead NRA/Flickr/Creative Commons License) by Chris Clarke KCET.org T he environmenta...
October 30, 2013

Utah County Reaches Road Settlement with Federal Government

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Alyssa Carducci Heartland Institute U tah state and local officials reached a landmark settlement with the federal government to open ...
July 2, 2013

County supervisors have mishandled Cadiz project

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Voice of the People San Bernardino Sun R egarding San Bernardino County increasing its legal fund to fight lawsuits over the Cadiz wate...
June 30, 2013

Utah vs. feds: Preparing with road trips, cameras, interviews with old-timers

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This road in Dry Canyon in Box Elder County is one of the 12,400 roads the state is seeking title to in its fight with the federal governm...
June 18, 2013

San Bernardino County increases legal tab by $500,000 for Cadiz litigation

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Joe Nelson, Staff Writer San Bernardino Sun T he tab to defend San Bernardino County against nine lawsuits opposing a pipeline project ...
April 18, 2013

Lawsuit Filed Against Wind Energy Project Near Mojave Preserve

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Spirit Mountain from Wee Thump Wilderness. The Searchlight Wind project would fill the middle distance with wind turbines (Chris Clarke phot...
December 27, 2012

BLM approves Las Vegas water pipeline project

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A planned pipeline would carry water from areas along the Nevada-Utah line into Las Vegas Valley. (JASON BEAN/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL FILE...