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Supreme Court Declines to Take Fla. Water Transfer Case
Posted by Greenwire: Lawrence Hurley on November 29th, 2010
Greenwire: The Supreme Court decided today not to intervene in a Florida case concerning the strongly contested question of whether the Clean Water Act requires permitting in order to pump water from one body of water to another.
At issue is whether South Florida water managers can pump water from a canal into a lake without applying for a permit.
The legal issue was once before the Supreme Court but was not resolved.
By declining to take up the case, Friends of the Everglades v. South Florida Water...
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Appeals Court Halts U.S.-Sanctioned Killing of Sea Lions
Posted by Greenwire: Lawrence Hurley on November 24th, 2010
Greenwire: A federal appeals court has put a stop to a program in the Pacific Northwest that authorized the killing of sea lions in order to protect the stock of salmon in the Columbia River.
The National Marine Fisheries Service allowed the states of Oregon and Washington to kill up to 85 sea lions a year at the Bonneville Dam.
But the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held yesterday that the agency violated administrative procedures in reaching its decision.
Although the Marine...
Supreme Court Asks Obama Admin to Weigh In on Riverbed Dispute
Posted by Greenwire: Lawrence Hurley on November 1st, 2010
Greenwire: The Supreme Court asked for the Obama administration's views today on whether the Montana Supreme Court correctly ruled that a power company must pay rent for the use of riverbeds where its hydroelectric dams are located.
The decision to ask for the federal government to weigh in on the case indicates the court has a keen interest in the issues and is more likely than not to eventually decide to hear it.
In its decision (pdf), the Montana court held over the objections of power company PPL...