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Oil Trade Group Sues Over Polar Bear Critical Habitat
Posted on 4 Mar 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - (AP) An Alaska petroleum industry trade group has sued the federal government over its designation of 187,157 square miles as polar bear critical habitat, claiming it covers too much territory and could cost tens of millions or more... Read More

Tags: Alaska Oil and Gas Association , Endangered species , petroleum industry , Alaska , Center for Biological Diversity , habitat , oil trade group , Litigation , lawsuit , polar bears

Native Groups Sue Over Polar Bear Critical Habitat
Posted on 16 May 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - (AP) Alaska Native groups challenged the federal government's designation of critical habitat for threatened polar bears on the state's oil-rich North Slope in a lawsuit filed Friday. The Arctic Slope Regional Corp., North... Read More

Tags: Interior Department , Endangered species , Fish and Wildlife Service , Inupiat Community of the Arctic Slope , Alaska , North Slope , Center for Biological Diversity , habitat , North Slope Borough , Litigation , polar bears , Arctic Slope Regional Corp.

Law Center Prepares Lawsuit Over Mich. Oil Spill
Posted on 3 Aug 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

MARSHALL, Mich. - (AP) A public interest law firm prepared Monday to sue the owners of a pipeline that ruptured in southern Michigan and dumped hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil into a Kalamazoo River tributary, while residents voiced concerns to... Read More

Tags: Battle Creek , pipeline , Consumers Energy , Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment , flood plain , Enbridge Inc. , NTSB , oil spill , Great Lakes Law Center , Environmental Protection Agency , habitat , Patrick Daniel , cleanup , Marengo Township , National Transportation Safety Board , Litigation , Michigan , Kalamazoo River , lawsuit , wildlife , benzene , Clean Water Act , EPA