Calif. Sues Over Sierra Nevada Logging Expansion
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California sued the Bush  administration on Tuesday over its plans to expand  significantly the amount of logging allowed in the Sierra  Nevada mountains.
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California&#39;s top insurance regulator said Wednesday he will file a civil suit shortly in the widening scandal over insurance industry sales practices.
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California on Wednesday sued six   of the world's largest automakers, including General Motors   Corp. GM.N and Toyota Motor Corp. 7203.T, over global   warming, charging that greenhouse gases from their vehicles   have caused billions of dollars in damages.
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SHOREHAM, Vermont  - Vermont officials are going   to court and activists are threatening a boycott of the world's   largest forest products company as a battle intensifies over a   plan to burn old tires as fuel in New York state.
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The New York attorney general&#39;s investigation into abuses in the insurance industry escalated yesterday with a lawsuit accusing a California broker of fraudulent practices that led to higher
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The Forest Service exaggerated the effect of wildfires on California spotted owls in justifying a planned increase in logging in the Sierra Nevada, according to a longtime agency expert who worked on the plan.
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By Meera Pal, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  Sep. 13--Using nature's tools of logs and tree roots, local, state and federal agencies have joined efforts to battle streambank erosion along the Arroyo de la Laguna between Pleasanton and Sunol.
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The Walt Disney Co. is suing the city of Anaheim over a controversial residential project that would add low-cost housing in the city's resort district.
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Six California counties and cities have filed a class action lawsuit against Microsoft accusing the software giant of violating California law with anti-competitive business practices.
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SAN DIEGO Oct. 7, 2004 - A federal grand jury indicted a hunter on charges he started the largest wildfire in California history last year&#39;s Cedar Fire, which charred 273,000 acres and killed 15 people.
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A lawsuit filed against California's San Bernardino County regarding the region's suburban sprawl may represent a new legal tactic to fight global warming.
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California plans to sue the Bush administration over its plans to expand significantly the amount of logging allowed in the Sierra Nevada mountains, the state&#39;s Democratic attorney general said on Friday.
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A spotted owl perches in the Tahoe National Forest in California, July 12, 2004. The timber industry group that sued to have the threatened species status of the northern spotted owl reviewed says it does
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By Jennifer Bowles, The Press-Enterprise, Riverside, Calif.  Feb. 7--Environmental groups on Tuesday put the U.S. Fish and Wildlife  Service on notice they intend to sue the agency for approving development on a  key Inland endangered-species preserve although land was set aside elsewhere.
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By Larry Parsons, The Monterey County Herald, Calif.  Sep. 23--A state appeals court has overturned Monterey County's environmental clearance for a large quarry in the Gabilan foothills above the Salinas Valley.
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California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger plans to sue the federal government over its decision not to allow a California plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, he announced Thursday.
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NEW YORK, Jan. 2 -- California, joined by 15 other states led by New York, sued the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday over its refusal to allow the state to set its own, tougher vehicle-emissions standards to control greenhouse gases and combat global warming.