State Supreme Court Takes Wind-Farm Case
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The state Supreme Court will hear arguments in June over Virginia's first proposed wind farm.  Justices will rule whether Highland County officials followed land-use regulations when they approved construction of 18 or 19 towering wind turbines near the West Virginia border.
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A 35-foot windmill is at the center of a collision between the ideals of alternative energy and the suburban reality of New Jerseyâs notorious not-in-my-backyard culture.
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A court is asked to overturn a ruling that farms need planning permission for polytunnels in which to grow soft fruit.
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The Supreme Court is meeting to issue decisions and hear arguments in a case involving allegations of retaliation against a worker who complained of racial discrimination.
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By Monte Mitchell, Winston-Salem Journal, N.C.  Feb. 20--JEFFERSON   The Ashe County Board of Commissioners voted 5-0 yesterday to adopt an ordinance regulating wind-energy systems, but it will take a more detailed look at its provisions.
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NEW ORLEANS The constitutionality of a federal law used to prosecute energy-trading companies and their workers has landed before a federal appeals court.
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OTTAWA (CP) - Hydro-Quebec had the right to cut power at the home of clients who refused to pay the utility money from another building they own, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled Friday.
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By GEOFF MULVIHILL  MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. - In a victory for private property rights, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that local governments can't seize land against the owner's wishes simply because the property is underused.
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State moves ahead on coal-burning suit  ASHEVILLE, N.C. - North Carolina's attorney general is pressing forward with a lawsuit that accuses the nation's largest federal utility of causing  a "public nuisance" by failing to reduce pollution from its coal-fired power plants.
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Northern Iowa could have one of the nation's largest wind farms by 2008. Iowa Winds LLC wants to build a 200- to 300-megawatt farm covering about 40,000 acres in Franklin County.
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The Supreme Court hears a California case Monday that could become a signature decision of the Rehnquist era.
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By Mark Harrington, Newsday, Melville, N.Y.  May 25--A State Supreme Court judge in Riverhead has nullified an environmental approval for the Caithness Long Island power plant in Yaphank, saying the Brookhaven Town board's re-vote on the matter failed to follow proper procedures.
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A seemingly divided Supreme Court considered Wednesday whether the free speech rights of cattle ranchers are violated by a federal law requiring them to help fund a government-sponsored
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A federal-court decision in a California utility case boosts arguments made by local utilities clamoring for refunds from the defunct energy trader Enron.
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By Mark Larabee, The Oregonian, Portland, Ore.  Feb. 14--A federal appeals court sided with conservationists Monday in  their long-running battle with the U.S.
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By John Richardson Staff Writer  Wind power blew back into the headlines this week in Maine. And that means more soul searching for environmentalists.  Sure, it's easy to like the idea of powering our homes and offices with fresh mountain breezes instead of dirty fossil fuels.
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The Supreme Court considered Wednesday whether companies that voluntarily seek to clean up their polluted land can sue former owners to get help with the costs. The case could have important ramifications for communities with abandoned toxic plants, landfills and mines.