Delaware Democrats could pass GOP legislation letting businesses cast ballots in a municipal election Published by The Lever June 20, 2023 by Matthew Cunningham-Cook Democratic President Biden has called his home “the corporate state of Delaware,” and Republican Sen. Mitt Romney has insisted that “corporations are people, my friend.” Embodying that bipartisan spirit in post-Citizens [...]
POWHR released this press release February Richmond, VA – Today, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued a decision finding that Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) construction does jeopardize endangered and threatened species, countering the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s previous findings. This decision arrives a week after the Fourth Circuit ruled [...]
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This article by Michael Booth appeared in The Colorado Sun on Novembeer 17, 2021 The Uncompahgre may have a legal guardian in its future after a town vote, though critics of “rights of nature” resolutions call "personhood for the river" an empty gesture and a paradise for lawsuits from angry property owners. The Ridgway town [...]
City Council calls for local control rules in big land projects could delay approval of Northern Water’s Northern Integrated Supply Project by a year. By Michael Booth, The Colorado Sun, November 4, 2021. Fort Collins has placed new barriers in front of Northern Water’s $1.1 billion plan to build a dam and pipeline network along [...]
“Powerless” against Denver Water, Boulder County OKs deal to triple size of Gross Reservoir by Michael Booth, Colorado Sun, November 2, 2021 Commissioners say they hate the project, but the odds of winning a lawsuit were poor. Denver Water upped the offer to help mitigate impacts of construction to $12.5 million. The Boulder County Commissioners [...]
UN climate change report could help bolster tribe’s claims against Enbridge Line 3 This article by Mary Annette Pember was published in Indian Country Today on April 15, 2021. It’s all about strategy and timing in Indian Country, especially in the legal system. Shortly after a groundbreaking lawsuit was filed in the White Earth Nation’s [...]
'Wild rice protects us. Wild rice feeds us,' says White Earth First Nation lawyer. This "As it Happens" story was posted by CBC Radio on Aug 09, 2021 6:26 PM ET. Wild rice is the lead plaintiff in a new lawsuit aimed at halting construction of Enbridge's Line 3 oil pipeline replacement. "Wild rice is [...]
Fort Collins planners, worried about Poudre River impacts, reject Northern Water’s plan for 3-mile pipeline through the city By Michael Booth, The Colorado Sun, July 1, 2021 Rejection of the NISP pipeline is yet another skirmish in a series of water and pipeline battles playing out in the northern Front Range. The Fort Collins planning [...]
The oil giant tried unsuccessfully to argue that the state was trying to unfairly limit it's free speech. The judge disagreed. Exxon shouldn't even have free speech rights, but we digress. This story was published by Reuters June 23, 2021. Exxon must face Massachusetts lawsuit alleging climate change deceit By Jonathan Stempel. June 23 (Reuters) [...]
