October 22, 2013
A North Dakota federal judge Tuesday threw out a suit brought by environmental groups seeking to rescind the state's authority to regulate surface coal mining over conflicts of interest, finding the court lacks the authority to compel the U.S. Department of the Interior to enforce certain provisions of a key federal mining law.
August 28, 2012
A North Dakota federal judge on Monday allowed the state's Public Service Commission to intervene in a suit brought by environmental groups seeking to rescind the state's authority to regulate surface coal mining, ruling the PSC was unconditionally allowed to intervene by law.