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Environmental groups sue over California support for polluting biofuels
3 days, 16 hours ago

Environmental groups sue over California support for polluting biofuels

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Several environmental groups are suing California air regulators over their recent update of a contentious climate program, saying they failed to address the pollution impacts of biofuels. The California Air Resources Board voted last month to increase the state’s emission reduction targets, fund charging infrastructure for zero-emission vehicles, and phase out incentives for capturing methane emissions from …

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Environmental groups sue to force government to finalize ship speed rules that protect rare whales
10 months, 1 week ago

Environmental groups sue to force government to finalize ship speed rules that protect rare whales

Associated Press  

PORTLAND, Maine — A coalition of environmental groups has sued the federal government to try to force the finalization of ship speed rules that the groups say are critically important to save a vanishing species of whale. The proposed ship speed rules would require vessels off the East Coast to slow down more often to help save the North Atlantic …

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Business and agriculture groups sue California over climate disclosure laws
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Business and agriculture groups sue California over climate disclosure laws

LA Times  

One of the new laws requires public and private companies making more than $1 billion annually to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions beginning in 2026. Business and agricultural groups sued California on Tuesday over the most sweeping climate disclosure mandates in the nation, arguing the policies signed by Gov. Newsom, who often touts California’s status as a global climate leader, …

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Groups sue over Texas law that lets police arrest migrants suspected of entering U.S. illegally
1 year ago

Groups sue over Texas law that lets police arrest migrants suspected of entering U.S. illegally

LA Times  

Migrants wait to climb over concertina wire after they crossed the Rio Grande and entered the U.S. from Mexico in Eagle Pass, Texas. Civil rights organizations on Tuesday filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a new Texas law that would allow police to arrest migrants who cross the border illegally and permit local judges to order them to leave …

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Environmental groups sue FAA over SpaceX Texas rocket launch
1 year, 4 months ago

Environmental groups sue FAA over SpaceX Texas rocket launch

Associated Press  

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Wildlife and environmental groups sued the Federal Aviation Administration on Monday over SpaceX’s launch last month of its giant rocket from Texas. An attorney for the Center for Biological Diversity, one of the plaintiffs, said the groups are suing over what they consider to be the FAA’s failure to fully consider the environmental impacts of the …

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Groups sue to overturn Idaho "abortion trafficking" law targeting teens
1 year, 5 months ago

Groups sue to overturn Idaho "abortion trafficking" law targeting teens

Salon  

Advocates who counsel and aid Idaho teenagers seeking abortion care filed suit Tuesday against Republican Attorney General Raúl Labrador in a bid to overturn the state's abortion travel ban. The complaint, filed in federal court in Boise, Idaho, says the ban infringes on the right to interstate travel and on First Amendment rights to speak about abortion and "engage in …

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Oregon Weighing Nation's Most Comprehensive Law To Crack Down On Paramilitary Groups
1 year, 10 months ago

Oregon Weighing Nation's Most Comprehensive Law To Crack Down On Paramilitary Groups

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING SALEM, Ore. — An armed takeover of a federal wildlife refuge. All 50 states prohibit private paramilitary organizations and/or paramilitary activity, but no other law creates civil remedies, said Mary McCord, an expert on terrorism and domestic extremism who helped craft the bill. The Oregon bill is also unique because it would allow people injured by private, …

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Conservation groups sue over Montana wolf harvest rules
2 years, 1 month ago

Conservation groups sue over Montana wolf harvest rules

Associated Press  

— Two conservation groups have filed a lawsuit against the state of Montana and its wildlife management agency alleging it illegally set hunting and trapping policies and quotas intended to reduce the gray wolf population by making it easier to kill the predators. Montana’s Republican-controlled Legislature in 2021 passed bills that allowed the state to reduce the wolf population, authorize …

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