Prop F Asks SF To Rethink Hetch Hetchy, Future Of Water Delivery

San Francisco voters must decide in November whether the city should take a first step towards draining Hetch Hetchy and restoring the natural course of the Tuolumne River. Proposition F would launch a $8 million study to identify other potential sources of water for San Francisco as part of an overall look at the feasibility of emptying the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir to reveal a valley that famed naturalist John Muir treasured.

Supreme Court Refuses to Block Chevron's $18.2 Billion Verdict for Pollution in Ecuador

Chevron lost a U.S. Supreme Court bid last week to block an $18.2 billion Ecuadorian judgment against the San Ramon oil company in a case over pollution in the Amazon jungle.

EPA to Fund Clean Diesel Projects

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has granted $7.5m in cumulative funding to the states of Maine, California and Connecticut towards clean diesel projects in their respective jurisdictions.

No Legal Fees in Fight Over Burned Idaho Land

An environmental group cannot collect attorneys' fees in a sprawling dispute over Idaho wildlife habitat and grazing lands destroyed by a fire, the 9th Circuit ruled last week.

Senators Ask EPA to Reduce Waste-Coal Limits

Pennsylvania congressmen from both parties are asking for the US Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) help to keep open 14 waste coal to energy plants in the state. The 14 plants are slated to be shut because of the EPA's Mercury and Air Toxics Standards.

GAO Report on Fracking Offers Mixed Bag

Shale gas and oil drilling pose environmental and public health risks, but the extent of those risks is unknown, the Congressional Government Accountability Office says in new study.

EPA Extends Stay on PNM Haze Plan

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has granted PNM an extra 45 days to consider alternatives to state and federal emissions plans that the utility says could cost it $750 million. The stay will expire Nov. 29. The EPA is seeking to reduce emissions and improve the air quality around the San Juan Generating Station in Farmington, New Mexico.

Loggers Fight U.S. Survey Deal With Enviro Groups

Federal land managers and environmentalists never culled public input for a deal over species survey requirements, a timber company told the 9th Circuit. Environmentalists had sued federal agencies in 2008, challenging the elimination of the "survey and manage" standard under the Northwest Forest Plan.

Owens Lake Lawsuit: LA Department Of Water & Power Sues Air Regulators

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power sued air regulators Friday over demands to control dust from Owens Lake nearly a century after the exploding metropolis siphoned water to quench its growing thirst. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Fresno, marks the latest salvo in a bitter back-and-forth over water rights in the arid region that was set in motion in 1913, when Los Angeles began diverting water from the lake 200 miles to its north.

EPA Settlement Makes AVX Attractive For Value, Income

AVX Corporation ( AVX ) announced a $366 million settlement with the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Wednesday, agreeing to fund the cleanup costs of the New Bedford Superfund site in Massachusetts.

EPA Worries Dilbit Pipeline Spill Still Threatens Kalamazoo River

The hidden, long-term effects of the 2010 pipeline accident that spilled more than a million gallons of heavy Canadian crude oil into Michigan's Kalamazoo River became public last week when the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) revealed that large amounts of oil are still accumulating in three areas of the river. The problem is so serious that the EPA is asking Enbridge Inc., the Canadian pipeline operator, to dredge approximately 100 acres of the river.

Alaskan Village Wants Rehearing of Ninth Circuit's Global Warming Decision

An Alaskan village that claims global warming is eroding its shoreline is asking for a rehearing of their case against several power companies it says are to blame. The village of Kivalina has filed a motion for a rehearing of a September decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. On Thursday, it requested the full roster of Ninth Circuit judges hear its appeal. A three-judge panel has decided the village's case is preempted by the Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Air Act.

9th Circuit Overrules Lake Tahoe Development Decision

A federal appeals court sided with the League to Save Lake Tahoe Thursday in the environmental group's challenge to a proposed development on Tahoe's South Shore.padb

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