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Green Gavel is an occasional series of stories about court decisions affecting the Great Lakes environment.
Judge also says that the gas and oil well operator has to write articles for three trade journals, explaining why an Ohio law does not provide an exemption for polluting the waterways of the United States.
Sentencing document says solar company fraud was driven by gambling and desire to live in $3 million home.
Indictment says he hired untrained worker to illegally strip asbestos pipe insulation from vacant buildings and demolished one building with asbestos still in it.
Each are ordered to pay $2,500 in restitution for transporting six trophy mounts out of state.
It faces felony charges for illegal disposal of oil-contaminated material in the Great Lakes and submission of falsified records as part of an alleged cover-up.
Citizens have no legal right to vote to approve drilling for oil and gas under city-owned parks and cemeteries, ruling says.
The EPA sets a new standard for haze plans after six conservation groups failed to petition for the review of a Minnesota plan affecting visibility in national parks and wildernesses.
A state investigator wounded the dog when executing a search warrant at the wrong house.
The state Court of Appeals says that the cat is not covered by the law sparked by the 2011 release of 56 dangerous wild animals, including lions, wolves, bears, tigers and a baboon.
The court determined Monday that citizens’ rights extend beyond the water to an administratively established boundary on the shore, regardless of beach ownership.