July 10, 2014
A Washington federal judge on Wednesday refused to reconsider her ruling striking down controversial water regulations that rolled back stream protections near mountaintop removal coal mining sites, saying environmental groups' fears that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency would adopt a less stringent rule aren't the court's concern.
April 07, 2014
A coalition of environmental groups on Friday asked a D.C. federal judge to reconsider her ruling striking down controversial water regulations that rolled back stream protections near mountaintop removal coal mining sites, fearing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will move forward with a less stringent rule.
February 21, 2014
A D.C. federal judge on Thursday struck down controversial water regulations that rolled back stream protections near mountaintop removal coal mining sites, finding that the federal government violated the Endangered Species Act by ignoring evidence that the rule put critical habitats at risk.
January 29, 2013
Environmentalists reopened litigation against the U.S. Department of Interior on Monday, alleging the department has failed to fulfill an out-of-court settlement to amend or repeal a rule that nixed a key protection for Appalachian streams during mountaintop removal mining.