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• HAWSCT Oral Argument Recap - Who Defines The "Project" For Archaeological Review?

  
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  Earlier today, the Hawaii Supreme Court heard oral argument in Kaleikini v. Yoshioka , No. SCAP-11-0000611, the appeal asking whether archaeological review must be completed for the entire 20-mile length of the Honolulu rail project, or whether it can be done on a "phased" or segment-by-segment basis. (A preview and ...
  3 days ago

• Appeals Court Rules Federal, State Agencies Must Consider Environmental Impacts of Building Roads

  
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  The U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that the North Carolina Department of Transportation and Federal Highway Administration illegally failed to consider and disclose the potential sprawl-inducing impacts of a 20-mile highway bypass near Charlotte. It is ruling that has national implications, ...
  3 days ago

• The Real "Descendants" Plays Out In The Hawaii Supreme Court - Honolulus $4+ Billion Rail Project In Grave Danger

  
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  As of 10:00 a.m., the $4+ billion Honolulu rail project is officially in jeopardy. The Hawaii Supreme Court just concluded oral arguments in Kaleikini v. Yoshioka , No. SCAP-11-0000611 (preview and briefs posted here ), and it does not look good for the City and the State. The courts majority seemed highly ...
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• Cleveland Man Ticketed for Littering After Giving Money to Panhandler

  
  ABA Journal — Authority: 661
  A Cleveland man says he was ticketed for littering after trying to give money to a panhandler in a wheelchair. John Davis told Fox 8 he was driving on an off ramp earlier this month when he noticed a man in a wheelchair on the side of the road holding up a sign asking for help. Davis says he reached out his car window ...
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• Indigenous group paid $0.65/ha for forest worth $5,000/ha in Indonesia

  
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  A palm oil company has paid indigenous Moi landowners in Indonesian Papua a paltry $0.65 per hectare for land that will be worth $5,000 a hectare once cultivated, according to a new report by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) and Indonesian NGO, Telepak. The report outlines similar disadvantageous deals in ...
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• Oral Argument Preview: Can The Honolulu Rail EIS Be Segmented?

  
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  In a big development project such as the $4+ billion Honolulu rail, must environmental review under state law be undertaken taking into account the entire project, or can it be done on a segment-by-segment basis? Thats the question the Hawaii Supreme Court will consider this Thursday, May 24, 2012, when it hears oral ...
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• Gas Fracking Coming to Talladega National Forest?

  
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  by Glynn Wilson TALLADEGA, Ala. — An unknown mining company has prompted the federal Bureau of Land Management to offer up 43,000 acres in the national forest near Mt. Cheaha for oil and gas extraction that could involve hydraulic fracturing or “fracking,” a controversial drilling practice that some states ...
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• International ‘Global Spring’ Assembly releases manifesto in preparation for mass world-wide protests

  
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  Global May Manifesto As hundreds of thousands of people around the world prepared to take to the streets throughout May 2012 as part of a global call for change, the International ‘Global Spring’ Assembly released its first statement describing concrete suggestions for a ‘global change’. 11th May 2012 – ...
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• Another Chance for Public Opposition to Fracking in National Forests

  
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  Glynn Wilson An autumn view of the creek leading into Lake Chinnabee in the Talladega National Forest (click on the image for more photos) . There will be another public meeting on Monday, May 21, where citizens can show their opposition to the sale of oil and gas drilling leases on 43,000 acres in the Talladega ...
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• Brunnée, Doelle, & Rajamani: Promoting Compliance in an Evolving Climate Regime

  
  International Law Reporter — Authority: 126
  Jutta Brunnée (Univ. of Toronto - Law), Meinhard Doelle (Dalhousie Univ. - Law), & Lavanya Rajamani (Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi) have published Promoting Compliance in an Evolving Climate Regime (Cambridge Univ. Press 2012). The table of contents is here . Heres the abstract: As the contours ...
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• New Scholarship on Energy Development in Indian Country

  
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  Heather J. Tanana and John C. Ruple have published “ Energy Development in Indian Country: Working within the Realm of Indian Law and Moving Towards Collaboration ” in the Utah Environmental Law Review.
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• Zander: The Application of the Precautionary Principle in Practice: Comparative Dimensions

  
  International Law Reporter — Authority: 126
  Joakim Zander (EFTA Surveillance Authority) has published The Application of the Precautionary Principle in Practice: Comparative Dimensions (Cambridge Univ. Press 2012). Heres the abstract: This overview of the role played by the precautionary principle in international trade law, European law and national law ...
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• Heartbreaking News for Canada’s Water Lovers

  
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  MMSampling.jpg   This is a guest post by Mark Mattson , President of Lake Ontario Waterkeeper . Republished with permission from Waterkeeper, original post here .  I remember the first time I sat around a kitchen table in a rural community giving environmental law advice. I was speaking ...
  3 weeks ago

• Federal appeals court to consider Shells plan to drill new deepwater wells in Gulf of Mexico

  
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  The federal appeals court in Atlanta is set to hear a challenge from environmental groups seeking to block Shell from drilling 10 new deepwater wells off the coast of Alabama, one of the first drilling approvals since the disastrous 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ...
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• What Foreign Corporations Will Obama Empower to Undermine Environmental Laws Near You?

  
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  Australia New Zealand Brunei Peru Chile Singapore Malaysia The White House wants to fast track the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) “free trade” agreement with Australia, Brunei, Chile, Malaysia, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam. Japan is waiting in the wings, Canada and ...
  4 weeks ago

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