by Karl Coplan | Mar 21, 2012 | Uncategorized
The Sackett decision is out. Not surprisingly, the Supreme Court voted 9-0 to hold that EPA’s order directing the Sacketts to remove fill material from a disputed wetlands area was final, ripe, and immediately reviewable under the Administrative Procedure Act. ...
by Karl Coplan | Mar 1, 2012 | Uncategorized
This week, a DC Circuit panel held two days of oral argument on the multitude of challenges to EPA’s December 2009 Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding and the “Tailoring Rule.” Very few reports of the argument seem to have made it into the...
by Karl Coplan | Feb 23, 2012 | Uncategorized
Today’s unanimous Supreme Court decision in PPL Montana v. Montana rejected Montana’s claim to title to miles of Missouri River riverbed that had been converted to hydropower reservoirs, finding that the navigability test for state title to underwater...
by Karl Coplan | Feb 16, 2012 | Uncategorized
Perhaps the most interesting revelation from the leaked Heartland Institute documents is the climate denial think tank’s plan to develop a public school curriculum designed to counter the climate science consensus and perpetuate the false controversy about the...
by Karl Coplan | Feb 9, 2012 | Uncategorized
The Adirondack Park Agency has just approved a massive 6,500 acre, 650 housing unit resort and vacation home development in an area bounded by “Forever Wild” Adirondack Park lands. The “Adirondack Club Resort” would include 15 30-50 acre...
