US EditionA forthcoming Supreme Court decision could limit agencies’ duty to consider environmental harms
- The North Carolina Supreme Court is considering a case that could impact environmental protections for neighbors of industrial livestock farms, focusing on provisions affecting groundwater monitoring and soil testing that were part of a civil rights settlement.
- Lawyers representing environmental justice groups allege that the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality's general permits disproportionately burden low-income residents living near the farms, violating civil rights standards.
- The North Carolina Supreme Court is reviewing a case that may allow the state to bypass certain environmental protections regarding industrial livestock farms, particularly supported by the N.C. Farm Bureau Federation.
- A forthcoming Supreme Court decision may limit how federal agencies assess environmental impacts under the National Environmental Protection Act, following challenges to a railroad project in Colorado.
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N.C. Farm Bureau Asks State Supreme Court to Strike Environmental Protections From Hog Farm Permits - Inside Climate News
Lawyers for the farm lobby said requirements for releasing information and monitoring pollutants had resulted from a “sue and settle” tactic, when Black residents living near the farms filed a civil rights complaint and the federal government forced a settlement.By Lisa SorgThe North Carolina Supreme Court seemed to side with the agriculture lobby Wednesday in a hearing for a case whose outcome could nullify key environmental, civil rights and p…
A forthcoming Supreme Court decision could limit agencies’ duty to consider environmental harms
A forthcoming Supreme Court decision is poised to weaken a bedrock law that requires federal agencies to study the potential environmental impacts of major projects. The case, Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, Colorado, concerns a proposed 88-mile railroad that would link an oil-producing region of Utah to tracks that reach refineries in the Gulf Coast. Environmental groups and a Colorado county argued that the federal Surfa…
“MSC FLAMINIA”: Supreme Court Clarifies Limitation of Liability for Charterers
A recent decision by the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom in the case of MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company SA v Conti 11 Container Schiffahrts-GmbH & Co KG MS “Msc Flaminia” has provided crucial clarification on the interpretation and application of the 1976 Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims, particularly in respect of the extent to which charterers are entitled to limit their liability against shipowners. Read more i…
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