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• April 08, 2026

  Fla. Panel Told New Proposals Don't Protect Natural Springs

  A nonprofit urged a Florida state appellate panel Wednesday to overturn an administrative judge's decision siding with an agency's proposed rules for protecting natural springs, arguing the permitting measures are essentially the same as existing ones and do nothing to prevent overconsumption. 

• April 08, 2026

  Alaska Says Refuge Land Swap Allows Community Access

  Alaska has asked a federal judge to deny a summary judgment bid by three tribal communities and an environmental group to vacate a U.S. Department of the Interior decision that traded federally protected wilderness to allow for a road through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge.

• April 08, 2026

  Enviro Groups Sue To Stop Fla. Project, Save Panthers

  Conservation groups sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Wednesday for signing off on a 10,000-acre residential and commercial development project in Southwest Florida that the groups say will destroy the rapidly shrinking habitat of the endangered Florida panther.

• April 08, 2026

  Judge To OK Aleon Ch. 11's Plan After Release Changes

  A Texas bankruptcy judge on Wednesday said he would confirm bankrupt recycler Aleon Metals LLC's Chapter 11 plan once its releases are narrowed, having concluded that the releases were consensual.

• April 08, 2026

  Judge Says 9th Circ. OK'd 'Annihilation' Of Sacred Lands

  The Ninth Circuit on Wednesday issued an amended opinion in its ruling to allow a 2,500-acre land exchange within Arizona's Tonto National Forest, which includes a partial dissent from U.S. Circuit Judge Johnnie B. Rawlinson, who said the decision will "completely annihilate sacred Native lands."

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