Archive for the 'Environmental lawsuit' Category



Lawsuit targets Riverside council’s OK of building over old Chinatown (The Press-Enterprise)

Saturday 8 November 2008 @ 2:55 am

RIVERSIDE - A lawsuit filed by opponents seeks to overturn city approval of construction of Riverside office building over the city’s second Chinatown on environmental grounds.




Canadian government faces suit over killer whales (The Charlotte Observer)

Wednesday 8 October 2008 @ 9:29 pm
Environmentalists are taking the Canadian government to court, demanding it use the country's Species at Risk Act to protect killer whales off British Columbia. Ecojustice, on behalf of eight environmental organizations, filed notice Wednesday in Federal Court of a lawsuit to force officials to use the legislation to safeguard the habitat of southern and northern resident killer whales, listed ...



Landfill’s neighbors file lawsuit (Akron Beacon Journal)

Wednesday 8 October 2008 @ 6:22 pm
Neighbors of a Stark County landfill plagued by foul odors and underground fires filed a lawsuit on Wednesday in Tuscarawas County Common Pleas Court seeking unspecified damages.



Groups launch lawsuit over killer-whale habitat (Victoria Times Colonist)

Wednesday 8 October 2008 @ 6:13 pm
Environmental groups have filed a lawsuit in federal court against the Department of Fisheries alleging it has failed to legally protect the critical habitat of killer whales.



B.C. environmentalists launch killer whale lawsuit (CTV.ca)

Wednesday 8 October 2008 @ 6:06 pm
Eight leading Canadian environmental groups have teamed up to file a landmark lawsuit against the Department of Fisheries and Oceans to protect killer whales.



Court wrestles with case on Navy sonar, whales (AP via Yahoo! News)

Wednesday 8 October 2008 @ 5:21 pm
The Supreme Court appeared divided Wednesday over how to resolve a long-running dispute over whether environmental laws may be used to limit the Navy's use of sonar to protect whales.



Lawsuit against Countywide cites negligence, seeks damages (The Times-Reporter)

Wednesday 8 October 2008 @ 3:36 pm
Claiming that noxious odors have jeopardized their health, raised their risk of getting cancer and ruined the enjoyment of their property, 642 Stark County and Tuscarawas County residents filed a lawsuit Wednesday morning against the Countywide Recycling and Disposal Facility.



Weitz & Luxenberg PC, Steven D. Bell Co and Kennedy & Madonna File Environmental Lawsuit (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

Wednesday 8 October 2008 @ 1:13 pm
NEW YORK----Weitz & Luxenberg P.C. , Steven D. Bell Co., and Kennedy & Madonna today filed an environmental lawsuit against Republic Services of Ohio and Waste Management of Ohio on behalf of over 600 citizens in Bolivar, OH and surrounding communities.



Lawsuit will delay Trumansburg Byrne Dairy (The Ithaca Journal)

Wednesday 8 October 2008 @ 5:40 am

TRUMANSBURG — The proposed Byrne Dairy in the Village of Trumansburg won’t begin construction as scheduled because of a lawsuit filed by two village residents.




City unfazed by bridge lawsuit (Windsor Star)

Wednesday 8 October 2008 @ 3:57 am

Windsor is keeping Toronto environmental lawyer David Estrin as its legal expert on border issues, despite a lawsuit by the Ambassador Bridge claiming he and his law firm have a conflict of interest.




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