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Court Rebuffs Miners: Withdrawal Law Constitutional
Posted on 25 Mar 2013 by William Perry Pendley

By William Perry Pendley DENVER - An Arizona federal district court on March 20 rejected arguments by a 117-year-old nonprofit, non-partisan mining trade association with thousands of members that had argued that a federal law, which was used to lock... Read More

Tags: Grand Canyon , Mountain States Legal Foundation , General Mineral Law , Arizona , William Perry Pendley , Interior Secretary Salazar , Northwest Mining Association , uranium , oil , energy law , mining , NWMA , gas , "Arizona Strip , " U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management

Troutman Sanders: DOI and DOE Release 'Roadmap' for Solar Energy Development
Posted on 1 Aug 2012 by Troutman Sanders

On July 27, 2012, the Department of the Interior ("DOI") Bureau of Land Management ("BLM") and the Department of Energy ("DOE") announced the availability of the Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement ("PEIS"... Read More

Tags: solar energy , DOI , Colorado , Bureau of Land Management , California , Nevada , Arizona , Ken Salazar , Department of the Interior , New Mexico , PEIS , Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement , Utah , DOE , BLM , Troutman Sanders , Department of Energy , energy

Free Download: Miners Sue Salazar, Alleging Illegal Million-Acre Land Lockup
Posted on 8 Mar 2012 by William Perry Pendley

By William Perry Pendley DENVER - A 117-year-old nonprofit, non-partisan mining trade association with thousands of members on March 6 filed a lawsuit in Arizona federal district court against the Obama Administration for its lock-up of a million acres... Read More

Tags: Mountain States Legal Foundation , General Mineral Law , Bureau of Land Management , Arizona , Ken Salazar , William Perry Pendley , U.S. Department of the Interior , Obama administration , Northwest Mining Association , uranium , mining , U.S. Forest Service , NWMA , National Environmental Policy Act , Federal Land Policy and Management Act , National Forest Management Act , energy

Troutman Sanders: Obama Administration Chooses 7 Electric Transmission Projects for Accelerated Permitting and Construction
Posted on 19 Oct 2011 by Troutman Sanders

On October 5, 2011, the Obama Administration announced that it would "accelerate" permitting and construction of seven proposed electric transmission lines. These projects will serve as pilot demonstrations of streamlined processes and increased... Read More

Tags: Colorado , Wyoming , Minnesota , Nevada , Arizona , New Jersey , Pennsylvania , Obama administration , New Mexico , power , Idaho , Renewable Energy , Utah , Oregon , Wisconsin , Rapid Response Team for Transmission , electric transmission lines , energy