Dean Revesz of NYU Law and Michael Livermore opine that the environmental community is reading too much into Judge Sotomayor's decision in Riverkeeper v. EPA, in which she ruled that the Clean Water Act forbids cost-benefit analysis in certain circumstances, and in which … Continue reading
The petition can be found here; press release here. Steven Geiseler, managing attorney with PLF’s Atlantic Center office in Stuart, Florida, offered the following commentary: Today we’re demanding that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service stop stalling and perform its … Continue reading
The New York Times has this article on Sotomayor's environmental credentials. It quotes Glenn Sugameli, who is head of Earth Justice's judicial nominations project. Here is what Mr. Sugameli has to say (emphasis added): Filling the current Supreme Court vacancy with … Continue reading
California Ag Net is a great resource for news and info on California's agricultural industry. Ag Net reporter Patrick Cavanaugh was in Fresno during PLF's delta smelt press conference. His recordings of PLF attorneys and clients can be found by … Continue reading
The nub of the report is that the Service has no systematic means of tracking compliance with the biological opinions issued to other federal agencies. If that's so, then why all the hullaballoo over the old Section 7 regs that … Continue reading
This past Friday, Judge Wanger heard arguments on Westlands Water District and San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority (Westlands) motion for a preliminary injunction of Component 2 of the delta smelt biop's reasonable and prudent alternative. Component 2 will be … Continue reading
The delta smelt – a tiny fish the size of a small child’s hand – has a stranglehold on California’s water supply. Restrictions put in place on behalf of the smelt have resulted in drastic water shortages for farmers and … Continue reading