Chesapeake Bay Group Sues to Block NN Reservoir Work: The Foundation Objects to the State's Reversal of Newport News' King William Permit.
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By Patrick Lynch, Daily Press, Newport News, Va.  Feb. 17--NEWPORT NEWS -- The Chesapeake Bay Foundation has filed a lawsuit challenging a decision to allow Newport News to continue work on the King William Reservoir.
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By Laura B. Martinez, The Brownsville Herald, Texas  Sep. 15--Five years after the collapse of the Queen Isabella Causeway, the legal wrangling continues in federal and state court in lawsuits filed by the families of those killed or injured on Sept. 15, 2001.
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The Army Corps of Engineers sidestepped the governor's demand to stop draining reservoirs Wednesday, setting up a legal showdown between the federal government and state officials who blame the policy for intensifying a record drought.
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By Michael Sluss, The Roanoke Times, Va.  Feb. 23--RICHMOND -- For the second year in a row, the General Assembly is approaching adjournment with lawmakers trying to hammer out a deal on legislation limiting government's power to seize private property by invoking eminent domain.
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MEMBERS of a fathers' rights group blocked the main road bridge between England and south Wales hours before the Queen was due to attend a concert in the Welsh capital.
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By SCOTT HARPER  BY SCOTT HARPER  THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT  RICHMOND - The State Water Control Board rejected two major development proposals Wednesday - one on the Peninsula, the other on the Eastern Shore - in decisions cheered by environmentalists and watermen.
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By Bruce Henderson, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Sep. 19--A year ago, a handful of people turned out to protest a plan to pipe Catawba River water into Cabarrus County.
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By Michael Newsom, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Jun. 21--LONG BEACH -- A plan to waive portions of rebuilding permit fees for churches and other nonprofit groups has stirred hot debate.
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Three environmental groups said they intend to sue two poultry processing plants, claiming unlawful discharges of waste into the North Fork of the Shenandoah River.  The companies send waste to a treatment plant in Timberville that the state has taken to court over pollution of the river.
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Emboldened by a Supreme Court ruling this week that could force utility companies to upgrade aging coal-fired power plants, Georgia environmental groups filed a federal lawsuit Friday seeking to clean up one of the nation's largest coal plants.
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By Vivian Austin, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Sep. 11--GAUTIER -- City personnel are seeking grant money to fund an environmental court that would help enforce Gautier's laws on property care and cleanup.
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By Julia Oliver, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Mar. 5--Union County has asked a court to uphold its growth-control ordinance in response to a developer's suit challenging its legality.
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By Matthew Leblanc, Columbia Daily Tribune, Mo.  Mar. 12--A local Libertarian group wants to change city law to protect private landowners from efforts by the city to seize their property for economic development.
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By Eric Ferreri, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Feb. 24--DURHAM -- In a lawsuit, a Durham man is disputing a January decision by county commissioners that blocked a townhouse development off Farrington Road.
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A civil rights group asked a federal appeals court Tuesday to block a new state law that denies some public benefits to illegal immigrants.
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By DEIRDRE FERNANDES  BY DEIRDRE FERNANDES THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT  VIRGINIA BEACH - Frustrated members of the city Wetlands Board agreed Monday to delay discussion on a large housing project off Shore Drive until May.
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By The Associated Press  MORGANTOWN - Opponents of a $1 billion, coal-fired power plant are trying once again to halt the construction, filing a federal lawsuit that claims an air quality permit for the project expired in 2005.  The lawsuit was filed Tuesday in U.S.