Focus on Courts
Judge dismisses case against activist who held sign outside trial
Retired social worker told jurors they had a right "to acquit… according to your conscience", but climate activist spared punishment as judge rules...
BP settles boat captain’s lawsuit over injuries from Gulf oil spill cleanup
After more than a decade of litigation following the largest offshore U.S. oil spill, John Maas may well be the only person to...
Holtec files lawsuit against New York’s radioactive materials rules
Nuclear decommissioning company objects to state law banning New York's radioactive waste being discharged into the Hudson River.
Republican-led states sue to block US rules curbing tailpipe emissions in cars, light trucks
Republican attorneys general from 25 states are suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to block rules intended to reduce tailpipe emissions, arguing the...
US court rejects a request by tribes to block $10B energy line
Judge rules that Native Americans are years too late in bringing claim that transmission line would violate "culturally significant" valley.
Alberta government documents confirm coal lobbying on Rockies mining, show months of planning
Newly released documents confirm Alberta's government was talking with the coal industry for years about relaxing a policy that protected the Rocky Mountains...
Native American group seeks to overturn US ruling on Rio’s Arizona copper mine
A Native American group has asked all members of a U.S. appeals court on Monday to overturn an earlier ruling that granted land...
Judge orders Alberta to produce massive trove of coal documents after four-year fight
The ruling comes in response to an attempt by Alberta's United Conservative government to block the release of the documents to a group...
