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Federal Restoration Of Gray Wolf Population Lawsuit Heard in California District Court

November 12, 2021 8:10 pmNovember 12, 2021 8:11 pm

A lawsuit by environmental groups seeking to restore federal protections for wolves both in California and across the nation, was heard in the Northern District Court of California court on Friday. After decades on the Endangered Species List, the gray...

Environmental Group Announces Plans To Sue Federal Government Over Orange County Oil Spill

November 2, 2021 11:32 am

The Center for Biological Diversity, an environmental non-profit group with over a thirty year history of legal action, announced that they would be suing the federal government over last month’s oil spill in Orange County. The spill, first detected on October...

Marybel Batjer, President of California Pubic Utilities Commission, CPUC.

CPUC President Marybel Batjer Resigns Only Two Years Into Appointment

September 29, 2021 3:52 pmApril 3, 2022 7:33 am

California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) President Marybel Batjer announced on Tuesday that she would be resigning her post more than 5 years before her term was set to expire. Batjer had been the President of CPUC since August 2019, following...

AG Becerra Intervenes In San Diego County Housing Development Case Over Wildfire Concerns

March 18, 2021 7:43 pm

On Wednesday, outgoing California Attorney General Xavier Becerra filed motions in the lawsuits over San Diego County’s approval over the 36 square mile Otay Ranch development site. The Otay Ranch development, which would add over 3,000 single family residential units,...

Lawsuit Filed Against California, CalGEM Over Fracking Environmental Reviews

February 25, 2021 3:17 pm

The state of California was sued this week by an environmental group for approving thousands of oil and gas drilling and fracking projects without the required environmental review. In the suit Center for Biological Diversity V. California Geologic Energy Management...

State Grants Temporary Endangered Species Protections For Joshua Trees

September 23, 2020 3:02 pm

On Tuesday, the California Fish and Game Commission decided in a unanimous vote to legally protect the Joshua tree for one year, with permanent protection under the California Endangered Species Act to be ruled on in one year after a...

New Amendments To Oil, Gas Well Bill Bring Controversy Before Assembly Vote

August 26, 2020 2:48 pm

With only days away from an Assembly floor vote, a bill designed to clean up abandoned oil and gas wells has had controversial new amendments added to it, with some claiming that oil and gas operators themselves won’t need to...