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Castle Mountain Coalition et al v. Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement et al

  1. April 07, 2017

    Mining Co. Can't Ask 9th Circ. To Revive Alaska Permits

    An Alaska federal judge on Thursday denied a coal company’s bid to have the Ninth Circuit review the judge’s decision that sided with environmental groups and an Alaska Native village by throwing out the company’s surface mining permits, saying there’s no merit to a mid-trial appeal.

  2. September 19, 2016

    Alaska Backs Coal Co.'s Bid To Revisit Mining Permits Ruling

    The state of Alaska on Friday pressed a federal judge to reverse a decision that sided with environmental groups and an Alaska Native village by throwing out a coal company's surface mining permits, backing the company's bid to have them left intact.

  3. September 12, 2016

    Judge Likely To Tweak Ruling Voiding Alaska Mining Permits

    An Alaska federal judge agreed on Monday to stay judgment on a decision that sided with environmental groups and an Alaska Native village by throwing out a coal company's surface mining permits, saying there is high likelihood she will rethink part of the ruling.

  4. August 15, 2016

    Coal Co. Says Wrong Law Used To Void Alaska Mining Permits

    A coal company urged an Alaska federal judge Friday to reverse her decision to throw out the company's surface mining permits, saying the judge wrongly relied on federal rather than state law in finding the permits had automatically expired, and that the company was entitled to a hearing before they could be taken away.

  5. July 08, 2016

    Coal Co. Loses Alaska Mining Permits In Win For Enviros

    An Alaska federal judge sided Thursday with environmental groups and an Alaskan Native village in wiping out a coal company's surface mining permits, finding they automatically expired if mining operations didn't start by the specified deadline.

  6. March 20, 2015

    Enviros Pressure DOI To Overturn Alaska Mining Permits

    A coalition of environmental groups have teamed up against the U.S. Department of the Interior to stop coal mining in Alaska's Matanuska-Susitna Valley, arguing in a federal lawsuit that mining permits held by Usibelli Coal Mine Inc. expired almost 10 years ago.