Judge Says Rail Repairs Didn’t Harm Wetlands
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — A state judge ruled against an environmental group’s objections to repairs to a rail line, paving
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Upriver Dams Doing Damage to Coastal Ecosystems
Dams erode tropical coastlines at a rate that may outweigh the environmental benefits of clean hydroelectric energy, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal Science Advances.
Read moreCoastal Wetlands Crank Up Carbon Storage as Seas Rise
As rising seawater gives way to flooding, coastal wetlands will play an important role in managing carbon emissions and should be properly managed to offset atmospheric carbon emissions, according to a new study published Wednesday.
Read moreLouisiana Court OKs Pipeline Construction in Wetlands
A Louisiana appeals court ruled 4-1 Wednesday that the state’s Department of Natural Resources properly issued a permit for the construction of the Bayou Bridge Pipeline through fragile wetlands and an area known as “cancer alley” for its chemical plants and residents’ health problems.
Read moreMinnesota Issues Final Permits for Disputed Mine
Minnesota pollution regulators granted the final state permits Thursday for the operation of a contentious $1 billion copper-nickel mine and processing plant in the Superior National Forest.
Read moreWWF Says Tanzania Dam Project Could Hurt Key Wetland
A conservation group says Tanzania’s agreement with Egyptian companies to build a huge hydroelectric dam in the Selous Game Reserve risks damage to an important wetland and could hurt the livelihoods of over 200,000 people who live downstream.
Read moreTrump White House to Unwind Wetlands Protections
The Trump administration unveiled a plan Tuesday to drain federal protections for wetlands and other isolated bodies of water, doing away with the Obama-era Clean Water Rule opposed by farmers.
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Pipeline Company Trespassed, but Expropriation Is OK, Judge Rules
Bayou Bridge Pipeline trespassed on private land in the Atchafalaya Basin when it laid a pipeline without permission, a judge ruled Thursday, but he granted each of three property owners only $150 in damages and approved Bayou Bridge’s request to expropriate the land.
Read morePipeline Trial Focuses on Expropriation, not Environment
Attorneys for three landowners who say Bayou Bridge Pipeline LLC trespassed, cut down hardwood trees and buried a crude oil pipeline, effectively expropriating their land, expressed frustration Thursday at the conclusion of a trial that the judge will did not allow more discussion of the public and environmental toll of pipelines and oil and gas in general.
Read moreOutraged Landowners Face Bayou Bridge Pipeline Co. in Court
Attorneys representing landowners in the Atchafalaya Basin will meet in a pretrial hearing Friday with attorneys for Bayou Bridge Pipeline LLC, the corporation they say trespassed on their land, cut down hardwood trees, dug trenches and buried a crude oil pipeline without their permission. At issue, attorneys say, is the larger issue of why Louisiana allows corporations to expropriate private property by eminent domain in the first place.
Read moreCalifornia Water
Goose Pond Ag and Farmland Management Services, an affiliate of John Hancock Life Insurance, will perform mitigation and pay $5.3 million for disturbing streams and wetlands in the Sacramento Delta, under a 2-year-old settlement, the Department of Justice said Wednesday.
Read moreLandowners Celebrate Halt to Louisiana Pipeline Construction
In a win for landowners, Bayou Bridge Pipeline said it will stop construction of its crude oil pipeline through 38 acres of private property in Louisiana after an owner filed for an injunction to halt the project.
Read moreDamaged Wetlands
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power reached a $5.4 million settlement Wednesday with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for damaging 8 acres of wetlands in Granada Hills.
Read moreFeds Accuse Native American of Polluting Wetlands
The United States brought a federal complaint Monday against a Native American who it says has ignored a demand to clean up years of construction waste dumped into Long Island wetlands.
Read moreProtesters Arrested While Trying to Block Louisiana Pipeline
Twenty protesters, two of whom were arrested, stopped construction of the Bayou Bridge pipeline through a Louisiana coastal zone Thursday while demonstrating against continued construction despite a state judge remanding the permit.
Read moreEPA Helps Louisiana Restore Cypress-Tupelo Swamp
The Environmental Protection Agency’s Gulf of Mexico program has awarded $285,744 to help restore swamp and forest habitat near New Orleans.
Read moreBayou Bridge Pipeline Construction Continues in Defiance of Judge
Construction of the Bayou Bridge Pipeline through sensitive coastal lands continued Monday despite a state judge’s ruling that the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources illegally issued a permit for it.
Read moreFifth Circuit Allows Construction of Pipeline in Wetlands
Construction of a pipeline through delicate wetlands in Louisiana that was halted last month over the possibility of irreversible harm to the environment can resume, a divided Fifth Circuit panel ruled Thursday.
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Judge Tells Why She Stopped Pipeline Through Atchafalaya Swamp
The federal judge who granted environmentalists’ injunction to stop a pipeline from crossing the Atchafalaya Basin concluded that public interest in wetlands outweighs a company’s potential financial setbacks.
Read moreNicaragua Fined by UN’s Top Court in Dispute With Costa Rica
The International Court of Justice fined Nicaragua more than $378,000 on Friday for its intrusion into Costa Rican territory involving ecologically sensitive, disputed wetlands.
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