Zimbabwe lawyers prepare to challenge constitutional changes
Lawyers in Zimbabwe prepared Friday to challenge government-proposed changes to the constitution that will block white farmers from challenging land grabs in court and prohibit people deemed anti-government from traveling abroad. The Zimbabwean government last month published proposed...
States brief ~ Iowa Supreme Court refuses to address ruling that dissolved civil union
Leading Friday's states brief, the Iowa Supreme Court today refused to address the ruling of a lower court that dissolved a Vermont civil union . The Supreme Court did not judge the merits of the legal claim...
International brief ~ US signals agreement to ICC jurisdiction on Darfur
In Thursday's international brief, a US administration official said Wednesday night that the US would accept a pending French resolution, delayed from Wednesday , authorizing the International Criminal Court to investigate and try possible human rights...
House Judiciary Committee chairman James Sensenbrenner has risen in the US House of Representatives to begin an extraordinary Sunday night pre-Easter recess debate on S. 686, a bill passed earlier this afternoon by the Senate ...
Environmental brief ~ South Africa greenlights first windfarm
In Wednesday's environmental law news, the South African government has approved a plan to construct the first windfarm in the country. The Director-General for Environmental Affairs and Tourism has approved the windfarm for the Darling district of...
Waterkeeper Alliance, Inc., et al. v. EPA, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, Circuit Judge Katzmann, February 28, 2005 [ruling that the regulations which took effect in February 2003 were not adequate to ensure that large farms...
The US 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned EPA regulations designed to deal with water pollution from manure pollution on major farms. The court ruled Monday that the regulations , which took effect...
Environmental brief ~ California to enforce vehicle idling ban
In Monday's environmental law news, California state officials have decided to begin to enforce the state's vehicle idling ban . The measure bans trucks from idling for over 5 minutes and busses for over 10, with some exceptions. Tickets...
Environmental brief ~ Tyson foods settles suit over air pollution from chicken farms
In Thursday's environmental law news, Tyson Foods has settled a lawsuit brought by the Sierra Club and three Kentuckians over the air pollution from 80 chicken houses. The company agreed Wednesday to fund a study of the...
The Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday that it will offer large "factory-style" farms an exemption from Clean Air Act fines if, in return, the farms monitor air quality and submit those figures to the government....
