Group Sues EPA for Approving Pesticide
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By STAFF  An environmental group on Wednesday sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for approving the use of pesticides in areas populated by Bay Area animals that are protected under the Endangered Species Act.
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Neighbors of a former IBM   plant in New York state sued the company on Thursday, saying it  released chemicals into the air, ground and water for nearly 80  years that caused birth defects and cancer.
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An environmental group asked the federal government Tuesday to ban a class of toxic chemical compounds that are found in industrial and household detergents and are believed to cause male fish to develop female characteristics.
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Global Development and Environmental Resources, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: GDVE) announced today that it filed a Federal lawsuit against various parties that originally supplied the shell that Global reversed into.
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Vermont sued the US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday over the agency&#39;s opposition to the state&#39;s plan to help people import cheaper prescription drugs from Canada.
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By Jake Armstrong, The Record, Stockton, Calif.  Sep. 6--TRACY -- An environmental group is suing to reverse the city's approval of the plan that will guide growth and the extension of essential city services over the next two decades.
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More than a dozen states sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday to lower soot levels from smokestacks and exhaust pipes, a move the state officials argue would save thousands of lives.
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Neighbors of a former IBM plant in New York state sued the company on Thursday, saying it released chemicals into the air, ground and water for nearly 80 years that caused birth defects and cancer.
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Pfizer Inc.&#39;s manufacturing plant in Portage has been put on notice by the US Environmental Protection Agency for allegedly violating federal.
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By Carrie Peyton Dahlberg, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Jun. 19--Central Valley water regulators should be ordered to abandon a 4-year-old program to monitor farm runoff and take tougher measures instead, two environmental groups said in a lawsuit filed Monday.
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FRESNO, Calif. Automobile manufacturers filed a lawsuit today in Fresno to block California&#39;s tough vehicle emissions standards.
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KANSAS CITY, Missouri  - Opponents of biotech crops said on Wednesday they were filing a lawsuit to challenge the USDA's deregulation of Monsanto Co's genetically engineered sugar beet because of fears of "biological contamination" and other harm to the environment.
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Missouri's attorney general sued the federal environmental agency on Friday, saying it is behind on testing the state's air for lead as required by law.
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California files a lawsuit against the US government, in a dispute over greenhouse gas regulations.
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By ALEX DOBUZINSKIS\\ Staff Writer  SANTA CLARITA -- A watchdog group has sued the Castaic Lake Water Agency over a plan to buy water from the Kern River.
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A civil rights group sued the U.S. government on Tuesday seeking to end what it said was a policy of drugging some immigrants facing deportation proceedings.
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As investigators track the source of tainted spinach, consumer groups seek more FDA authority over farms.