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27 Feb 8:39 am
... that its Unit 2 permit failed to address the PSD requirements stemming from these modifications. In August 2006, the Sierra Club petitioned the EPA to object to the permit, arguing (as it did in its comments to the state agency) that the proposed permit ... August 2007, while the
parties waited for the district court to approve the consent decree, the EPA reached a decision on the Sierra Club's petition. Although it granted the petition in part (on an unrelated issue), it declined to object to the ...
24 Dec, 2008 7:42 am
... date notice of such promulgation, approval, or action appears in the Federal Register." In the case decided on Friday, the EPA argued that the Sierra Club had waived its challenge to certain exemptions from the Clean Air Act emission standards by not
challenging the exemptions when they were first promulgated in 1994. The Sierra Club argued, and a
majority of the Court agreed, that the agency's later revisions to the exemptions "constructively reopened" the rulemaking ...
16 Jan 12:14 pm
On January 15, 2009 the Sierra Club filed a petition in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals challenging
EPA Administrator Johnson's memo in response to Deseret Power. The petition seeks the Court to throw out the Johnson memo. The memo would ... an action? I doubt it. The petition filed
in the Court is procedural in nature and does not contain any insight into the Sierra Club's
arguments. However, you can review the petition the Sierra Club filed with EPA Administrator ...
14 Oct, 2008 11:28 am
New Hampshire - The Sierra Club is challenging a logging project in the White Mountains National
Forest claiming that the logging is being done in a roadless area. The wood is necessary for the area and will be used to heat homes in the winter. Today's article in the Union-Leader
discusses the Sierra's Club's appeal and the public opposition. [www.unionleader.com]
29 Nov, 2008 12:20 am
Here's last week's Star-Bulletin article: Sierra Club taps attorney as new Hawaii director There's
apparently no information about Harris, who has been practicing with a corporate law firm, yet on the Sierra Club website: Sierra Club, Hawaii Chapter Harris replaces Jeff Mikulina,
who now runs the Blue Planet Foundation: Blue Planet Foundation
9 Feb 8:17 am
... In the U.S Court of Appeals, First Circuit, Case No. 08-1978. The Sierra Club, along with two
other conservation groups including Center for Biological Diversity and Wilderness Society (Sierra Club), challenged the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Forest Service's approval of two forest resource management projects in ... was finally
adopted. Why this does not satisfy the purpose of the thirty day rule Sierra Club does not explain."
Access the complete opinion (click here).Waste ...
20 Nov 5:21 pm
... bear of the South. Because of its low-lying and exposed habitat, the panther is extremely vulnerable to global warming," said Sierra
Club Representative Frank Jackalone. "In order to survive sea level rise and other impacts of climate change, panthers need to be able to
migrate to new ground." In other words, Sierra Club has joined the Center for Biological Diversity,
who previously filed a petition to designate 4,860 square miles - roughly 3 million ...
27 Feb 7:58 am
/**/ Minnesota - Federal Judge Ann Montgomery has denied a request by the Sierra Club's attorneys for
attorney fees in the Echo Trail case. The Sierra Club's attorneys had requested in excess of $230,000
in fees after narrowly prevailing on one count out of their five count complaint. If you recall, Judge Montgomery's prior decision merely asked the Forest Service to go back and "show
its work" ...
27 May 5:18 pm
CalBizLit blogged here on May 15 about the consolidated cases involving the Sierra Club and quite a
number of other public interest organizations and unions, the California Chamber of Commerce and the State of California. The public interest organizations and unions are seeking to
expand the ... by reference in Labor Code sections 6382(b)(1) and 6382(d). As of yesterday, it's Sierra Club et al. 2, Chamber 0. Judge Freedman ordered that the state must also list all ...
28 May 7:44 am
... 3, 2009, the National Environmental Development Association (NEDA) filed a petition for rehearing en banc on a controversial decision (Sierra Club v. EPA) by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. In that case, decided December 19, 2008, the ... s
jurisdictional ruling could not be reconciled with the court's precedents concerning the constructive reopening doctrine. The majority panel in Sierra Club v. EPA vacated the rule entirely despite the fact that the statutory time period to appeal the initial
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6 Oct 6:03 pm
Utah - The Sierra Club and other environmental groups have filed suit to stop a 2007 travel plan on
the Uinta-Wasatch-Cashe National Forest. According to the Sierra Club the Forest Service approved the
routes for off-road usage without proper NEPA compliance and in violation of a couple executive orders. You can read the story at Courthouse News Service. You can access a copy of the
Complaint here. It's ...
14 Sep, 2006 10:20 am
... for public-transit projects, are backing away from opposing the massive transportation bond on the November ballot. The environmentalists also are daunted by the nearly $7 million
in campaign funds amassed by the bond's supporters. Over the weekend, the 75-delegate board of the Sierra Club of California decided against opposing the $19.95 billion bond package, which includes the money for public transit and $14 billion for ...
28 Feb, 2007 7:06 am
The Sierra Club's Oregon chapter, responding to calls from Coos Bay area residents, is seeking to
hire a community outreach coordinator to mobilize the organization's efforts to block Jordan Cove Energy's proposed LNG terminal and the Pacific Connector pipeline. Read more in The
World.
29 Dec, 2006 9:55 am
The Sierra Club is trying to join a lawsuit filed by Environmental Defense that would block the TX
governor's plan to speed the approval process for the construction of 18 new coal-fired power plants. The lawsuit seeks to overturn an order that would speed up consideration of permits
for the plants. Opponents of the plants argue that the TX governor lacks authority to set time limits on decisions by administrative law judges. The Associated Press, Ft. Worth Star
Telegram 12/27/ ...
14 Nov, 2007 4:22 pm
Check out this video produced by the Sierra Club on lead in toys. As Spacey the Lead Elf says: "Happy
HoLEADays!" Thanks to U.S. PIRG's Consumer Blog for the tip.
7 Dec, 2007 11:39 am
... , the Forest Service filed a brief that totally fails to cite to anything in the record to support my strong -- strong -- belief that this isn't a big deal at all. 'Cause if they
did, I promise you, I ain't voting in favor of the Sierra Club in this one. But they didn't. So I
can't. And I won't. Hence I join the majority." My description reads between the lines a little bit, perhaps. But I think it's pretty accurate.
8 Dec, 2007 4:23 am
Groups file suit over mine permit HERALD LEADER A permit that would allow expansion of a mountaintop removal mine in Eastern Kentucky has been challenged by environmentalists. The
Sierra Club and the Kentucky Waterways Alliance filed suit in U.S. District Court in Louisville
yesterday, saying a federal permit granted Monday to an International Coal Group mine in Leslie County violates the Clean Water Act and the National ...
14 Jan, 2008 6:59 am
The Telegraph-Journal (New Brunswick, Canada) reports that local citizens are forming a Quoddy branch of the Sierra Club of Canada. According to the news report, one of the Quoddy branch's main priorities will be to oppose the LNG terminals proposed for Passamaquoddy Bay.
The group's initial meeting will be held Tuesday evening.
18 Nov, 2008 10:28 pm
The Sierra Club of Hawaii has named my former Damon Key colleague Robert D. Harris as its new
Executive Director, as reported by Pacific Business News here. Robert is one heckuva attorney, and no doubt he will lead the organization well. Congratulations, Bobby D!
16 Dec, 2008 11:55 pm
Here is Judge Williams' opinion at the end of the Sierra Club case. And, we won the case, so I guess
there nothing more to be said.
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