Supreme Court tackles wetland protection
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After fighting the federal government for more than 18 years, Keith Carabell is resigned to more uncertainty after the U.S. Supreme Court ordered another look at his plan to build condominiums in a wetland area.
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The Kentucky Supreme Court gave new life Thursday to a once-dismissed lawsuit claiming the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant devalued the land of surrounding property owners.
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The Supreme Court meets Wednesday morning to issue opinions in cases that were argued in the fall and to hear oral argument in an important case involving patents.
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In developments Tuesday at the Supreme Court, the court:
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By Michelle J. Lee; Journal Environment Writer  A 43-acre stretch of woods and wetlands along the Scituate and Glocester border will be open to the public and protected from development, thanks to a donation by a nature enthusiast almost 40 years ago.    In 1969, Ralph W.
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In developments Monday at the Supreme Court, the justices:
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By Anonymous  National forests will return to having environmental protections that were given to them during the Clinton Administration due to a court ruling in September. U.S.
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The US Supreme Court heard arguments Monday in a case that will determine whether the federal government can intervene in intrastate possession and cultivation of marijuana for medication or for general distribution.
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In a win for environmentalists, the   U.S. Interior Department says it is willing to withdraw   sensitive wetlands from a large area in Alaska's western Arctic   region that it wanted to open next week to oil and natural gas   drilling.
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The decision to reopen Florida's Big Cypress National Preserve to hunting vehicles may soon reignite a legal environmental debate in the area.
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By JUDY O'ROURKE  SANTA CLARITA -- A U.S. Supreme Court decision this week involving voluntary cleanup of contamination will have a huge local impact as pollution is removed from a former munitions plant, officials said Tuesday.
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By Dennis Lien, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn.  Feb. 13--Minnesota could become the first state to commit to a common set of standards protecting Great Lakes water under a measure backed Monday in the state Senate.   An agreement called the Great Lakes-St.
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HENNEPIN, Ill. -- As steam rises from flat fingers of water reflecting an iron-gray sky, Donald Hey climbs to the top of an observation tower to watch a flock of American white pelicans huddled among the reeds. These reclaimed wetlands along the Illinois River, a man-made vista of corn and soybea...
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By Mike Keller, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb. 13--A revised federal plan to speed home and institutional building in coastal wetlands has been released for public review and comments.   The U.S.
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By MICHAEL OLIVEIRA  TORONTO (CP) - Legislation to protect Great Lakes water from being siphoned to jurisdictions not immediately surrounding the lakes is being finalized by Ontario, Quebec and eight U.S. states.  Still, environmental advocates warn that the Great Lakes-St.
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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 Nirvi Shah, The Miami Herald  Dec. 10--Wetlands present a unique obstacle to South Florida school construction.   From the northeast corner of Broward to the southwest, the limestone that can support construction becomes buried under deeper layers of muck and peat.