New Dakota Access Permit Sends Sioux Tribe to Court
The Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe wasted little time heading to court after the Army gave the final go-ahead for Dakota Access to complete its oil pipeline. The post New Dakota Access Permit Sends Sioux...
View ArticleJudge Deals Blow to Sioux in Dakota Access Pipeline Case
After a federal judge refused to block construction of the Dakota Access pipeline Monday, a chairman for the Cheyenne River Sioux warned outside the courthouse that the threat of the $3.8 billion...
View ArticleReligion Probed at Hearing on Dakota Access Pipeline
Attorneys sparred in court Tuesday about a Native American tribe’s religious objections to the oil pipeline being built by Dakota Access under a lake used for tribal rituals. The post Religion Probed...
View ArticleGreens Say Army Corps Permit Endangers Alabama Watershed
Two non-profit agencies claim in court that a fill permit issued to a new mine by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will have a devastating impact on numerous endangered species and critical habitat in...
View ArticleArmy Corps of Engineers Must Pay for Ohio Dredging Project
A federal judge held the Army Corps of Engineers financially responsible for the entire Cleveland Harbor dredging project after it balked at being required to dump sediment in a confined disposal...
View ArticleFeds Accused of Weakening Oregon Trout Species
Two environmental groups challenged the federal government’s practice of releasing summer-run steelhead trout in Oregon’s Upper Willamette Basin, claiming it prevents endangered winter-run steelhead...
View ArticleEnvironmentalists Dig for Records on Border-Wall Plan
Hunting for records on the construction of President Donald Trump's proposed border wall, a conservation group brought a federal complaint Wednesday against government regulators. The post...
View ArticleHouston Residents Blame City for Dam-Related Flooding
A week after Hurricane Harvey saturated Houston with historic rainfall and as neighborhoods in the western part of the city are still underwater, residents claim in a class action that governmental...
View ArticleFeds Sued to Halt Fix of Failed Colorado River Project
Environmentalists sued two federal agencies Thursday, claiming a project to divert 90,000 acre-feet of water from the Colorado River annually exists only to bail out a 30-year-old failed government...
View ArticleGiant Traffic Jam for Two Judges in Houston Flood Litigation
Around 50 attorneys representing people whose homes or businesses were damaged by flooding from two Houston dams in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey crowded into a federal courtroom Wednesday to...
View ArticleWisconsin Tribe Sues Over Proposed Mine in Upper Peninsula
The Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin claims in a federal lawsuit that the Environmental Protection Agency must take control of the permitting process for a proposed sulfide mine along a river on...
View ArticleEnvironmentalists Buoyed by Bench Ruling on Crude Oil Pipeline
Ruling from the bench late Thursday, a federal judge said that a crude oil pipeline under construction through Atchafalaya Basin, North America’s largest swamp, already has caused irreparable harm,...
View ArticleJudge: Corps Responsible for Flooding, Damage in 4 States
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers should act immediately to make flood control the top priority on the Missouri River, an attorney for hundreds of farmers, landowners and business operators said...
View ArticleFifth Circuit Allows Construction of Pipeline in Wetlands
Construction of a pipeline through delicate wetlands in Louisiana that was halted last month over the possibility of irreversible harm to the environment can resume, a divided Fifth Circuit panel ruled...
View ArticleFlooded Houstonians Press Claims Against Corps of Engineers
Houstonians whose homes were flooded when runoff from Tropical Storm Harvey backed up behind two dams built and managed by the Army Corps of Engineers urged a federal judge Wednesday to let their...
View ArticleFight Over Colorado Reservoir Expansion Hits 10th Circuit
A 10th Circuit panel on Monday heard arguments on whether the Army Corps of Engineers incorrectly applied Clean Water Act standards only to mitigating environmental damages rather than to the entirety...
View ArticleArmy Corps Proposes Plan to Protect Texas Coast
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Friday released a draft plan to build flood gates to protect the Houston Ship Channel from a hurricane-driven storm surge and restore Texas beaches to fight rising...
View ArticleCostly New Plan to Contain Asian Carp Unveiled
The cost to prevent Asian carp from invading the Great Lakes has nearly tripled to $778 million since last year, according to the final plan from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The post Costly New...
View ArticleOregon: Federal Plan to Save Salmon by Killing Birds Backfired
The federal government killed thousands of double-crested cormorants in Oregon between 2015 and 2017, and may have caused the collapse of the birds’ largest breeding colony in a bungled effort to help...
View ArticleFederal Judge Slams Army Corps Over Permit Secrecy
The Army Corps of Engineers regularly violates the Freedom of Information Act when it comes to disclosing information about Clean Water Act permits, a federal judge ruled Thursday. The post Federal...
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