Environment
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A coalition of southern Oregon and Northern California farmers has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to undo a Federal Circuit ruling that determined tribes have priority over farmers for water rights, arguing that the appeals court should have deferred to state law in the matter… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A U.S. environmental advocacy organization announced on Wednesday that it has lodged a lawsuit in Mexico seeking to force the country’s natural resources regulator to add three species of hammerhead shark to its list of protected wildlife, saying the suit could be the first of its kind… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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The internal watchdog arm of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released a report on Tuesday that criticized the regulator for shortcomings in monitoring and implementing a bilateral program with Mexico aimed at protecting the environment along the border… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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California asked a federal court Monday to grant it a quick win in the Trump administration’s suit challenging the constitutionality of California’s cap-and-trade agreement with Québec, with the state arguing that the deal doesn’t encroach on federal powers… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A California judge has doled out rulings on dozens of pretrial motions in the next Roundup case expected to go to jury trial Wednesday, including allowing Monsanto to mention a recent EPA report that another judge had excluded from a trial that ended last year in a $2 billion verdict… Read this piece in its…
Mike LaSusa 