Appeals Court Rules Against Converting Farm to Wetlands
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By Howard Yune, Appeal-Democrat, Marysville, Calif.  Sep. 24--State plans to remake Colusa County farmland as wetlands took another blow when a state appeals court upheld a 2004 decision blocking the takeover of the Traynham Ranch east of Arbuckle.
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By SE RUCKMAN  PAWHUSKA -- Private landowners voiced strong opposition this week to a proposed Osage Nation environmental law that would assert jurisdiction over the wildlife, land and water on its reservation.
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By Erik Lacayo, The Fresno Bee, Calif.  Dec. 14--ARMONA -- In an attempt to save their Armona farm from becoming a water treatment plant, members of a Texas family pleaded their case before the local water district Wednesday night.
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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.
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By Moore, Michael  Forest protection groups on Friday appealed a federal court decision that allowed Montana's first fuel-reduction project under the national Healthy Forests Restoration Act to move forward.
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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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In a victory for animal-rights   supporters, a U.S. district court ruled on Wednesday that   members of the U.S. chapter of the Humane Society can sue the   federal government over the way chickens and turkeys are   slaughtered.
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By John Ellis, The Fresno Bee, Calif.  May 26--Environmentalists are claiming victory after a federal judge in Fresno on Friday found a key opinion on the effects of water pumping in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta on the endangered delta smelt fish was "legally flawed." U.S.
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A federal appeals court struck down a Bush administration policy exempting power plants from certain environmental regulations. The court said the policy was unlawful.
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By MARK SHERMAN  WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court sided with developers and the Bush administration Monday in a dispute with environmentalists over protecting endangered species.
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The U.S. government cannot trade a parcel of land to private hands to allow a Christian cross to remain in the middle of a vast federal preserve, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Thursday.
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An appeals court in Texas today overturned the murder conviction of Andrea Yates in the 2001 drowning deaths of her children.
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By Douglas Fischer, STAFF WRITER  A federal judge Wednesday upheld a Clinton-era decision leaving vast roadless tracts of the country's national forests off-limits to logging trucks, drilling rigs and other traffic.   The decision, by U.S.
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Bush administration lawyers are urging a federal appeals court to allow a section of a canal separating California and Mexico to be lined with cement to stop millions of gallons of water from seeping south of the border each year.
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The Colorado Supreme Court decided Monday not to intervene in a federal lawsuit that claims an agreement between state and federal authorities leaves too little water in the Gunnison River to support fish and other wildlife.
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By Alex Breitler, The Record, Stockton, Calif.  Jun. 19--Tens of thousands of farms are illegally exempt from laws requiring the monitoring and reporting of toxic water runoff, environmental groups said in a lawsuit filed Monday.
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By SHARON KILEY MACK; OF THE NEWS STAFF  ST. ALBANS - A seven-year battle over the taking of a landowner's property by eminent domain could be over in the wake of the Maine law court's denial of an appeal on the matter.