Freelance writer Ed Quillen recently wrote an op-ed on Colorado mining interests' fight against proposed drilling regulations in the Denver Post, and Ted Zukoski offered praise for Quillen's piece today at unEARTHED, the Earthjustice environmental blog. Both Quillen and Zukoski … Continue reading
Last week, Aquifer Guardians in Urban Areas dropped its Endangered Species Act lawsuit against INTCO Dominion Partnership, a developer, in light of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's decision to monitor INTCO's construction. Apparently, as WOAI reported yesterday, AGUA has … Continue reading
The D.C. District Court denied rehearing last week in American Forest Resource Council v. Hall, a case raising issues regarding the 5-year status review process under the ESA very similar to those raised in Coos County (see here). In American … Continue reading
On June 11, the California Coastal Commission issued a cease-and-desist order against the Gualala Festivals Committee (GFC), a small group of citizens who volunteer their time and money to organize fun events for the small coastal town of Gualala, California–including … Continue reading
The Delta Smelt has received much attention as of late owing to Judge Wanger's injunction substantially reducing water deliveries from federally funded irrigation projects in California, owing to those projects' jeopardizing effects on the smelt. California Senate Bill 994, voted … Continue reading
More analysis on the Ninth Circuit's Coos County decision is available at Keith Rizzardi's ESA blawg. … Continue reading
Today the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a disappointing decision in Coos County Board of County Commissioners v Kempthorne, et al. The question in the Court’s decision was as follows: We are asked to decide whether the Fish and … Continue reading