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  • September 01, 2026

    Tribe Says Alaska Logging Plan Threatens Subsistence Hunts

    A U.S. government-authorized project that proposes to log thousands of acres of old-growth Alaskan forest would violate several conservation laws and interfere with Native American subsistence hunting, according to a tribal suit lodged in federal court.

  • September 01, 2026

    GM Can't Escape Fla. EV Charger Defect Class Action

    A Florida federal judge largely rejected GM's attempt to dismiss a proposed class action over its Ultium electric vehicle chargers, allowing a couple's deceptive trade practice claims to proceed on the theory that the automaker hid defects causing the chargers to repeatedly fail and overheat.

  • September 01, 2026

    High Court Case Looms Over State Climate Superfund Fights

    A federal judge has dealt a blow to the viability of state climate change Superfund laws, although experts say the ruling may ultimately be marginalized by a looming U.S. Supreme Court decision on the future of climate tort litigation against fossil fuel companies.

  • September 01, 2026

    Enviro Groups Sue Forest Service To Halt Logging Project

    Environmental groups led by the Center for Biological Diversity launched a legal challenge in Washington federal court Monday to the U.S. Forest Service's approval of a logging project in the Methow Valley, saying the project would diminish old-growth forests and imperil Northern spotted owls and bull trout.

  • September 01, 2026

    Colo. Panel Mulls Enviro Groups' Challenge To Emission Rule

    Environmental advocacy groups urged a Colorado appellate court to revive their challenge to a state agency's rule on emissions monitoring, arguing Tuesday that the rule allows most polluters to escape certain monitoring requirements by paying a fee, while the judges focused counsel on questions of statutory interpretation.

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