Court Overturns Quarry Eir: Appellate Justices Say County Didn't Adequately Address Water Issues
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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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By Kathryn Thier, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Jun. 21--Iredell County will take over erosion control permitting and enforcement from the state July 1.   Silted coves pose hazards to boaters and swimmers and can diminish property values.
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By Julia Oliver, The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Mar. 4--Union County is running out of both water and sewer capacity in fast-growing western parts of the county.
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By Jennifer Maloney, Newsday, Melville, N.Y.  Sep. 13--The Suffolk Water Authority and opponents clashed yesterday in a hearing on the authority's application to drill into the Lloyd aquifer to help address contamination issues in Northport.
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By Robert Boczkiewicz, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.  Feb. 17--DENVER -- A judge said Friday he hopes to decide promptly after hearing arguments April 27 whether to throw out Fountain Creek pollution lawsuits or have the case proceed to trial.   U.S.
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By PETE YOST  WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court ruled against the Bush administration Monday in an environmental lawsuit, allowing a company to seek recovery of some of its costs for voluntarily cleaning up a hazardous site.
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By Victoria Cherrie, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Sep. 24--CONCORD -- Editor's note: A story in Cabarrus Neighbors today on the Concord/Kannapolis water transfer request went to press before the state postponed its decision.
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By JULIAN WALKER  The State Water Control Board has another lawsuit on its hands related to a proposed 165-acre mixed-use development in Chesterfield County.
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By Victoria Advocate, Texas  Feb. 24--HALLETTSVILLE -- While no one Thursday said they were opposed to protecting their groundwater resources, they were concerned about how much protection the proposed Lavaca County Groundwater Conservation District could offer.
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An Arizona ski resort's plan to use reclaimed wastewater to make snow on a mountain sacred to several Native American tribes violates religious freedom laws, a U.S federal appeals court ruled on Monday.
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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 on Saturday reversed a lower court's ruling that Ohio voters could cast provisional ballots on Election Day anywhere in the county in which they are registered.
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By Sanne Specht, Mail Tribune, Medford, Ore.  Mar. 1--Opponents of the Opp Mine painted a picture of environmental  pollution, property destruction and community demise for Jackson County  commissioners on Wednesday.    More than 75 people attended the three-hour public hearing.
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By Robert Boczkiewicz, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.  Feb. 3--DENVER -- The Pueblo County district attorney and the Sierra Club on Friday asked a judge to hear arguments "as soon as practicable" to winnow issues in their Fountain Creek lawsuits against Colorado Springs.
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By Joe Bauman Deseret Morning News  The Interior Department Board of Land Appeals has overturned the Bureau of Land Management in a controversy about oil and gas leasing in eastern Utah.
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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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The U.S. Supreme Court said on Monday it would hear Exxon Mobil Corp's appeal seeking to overturn the $2.5 billion in punitive damages for the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill off Alaska.