Energy
Illinois energy company exec imprisoned for cheating federal government
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Sentencing document says solar company fraud was driven by gambling and desire to live in $3 million home.
Contaminants
Illinois contractor charged with illegally removing asbestos.
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Indictment says he hired untrained worker to illegally strip asbestos pipe insulation from vacant buildings and demolished one building with asbestos still in it.
Green Gavel
Wildlife traffickers sentenced in Illinois
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Each are ordered to pay $2,500 in restitution for transporting six trophy mounts out of state.
Water
Grand jury indicts German shipping company in Great Lakes dumping case
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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.
Green Gavel
Court says protected area does not extend below parks
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Citizens have no legal right to vote to approve drilling for oil and gas under city-owned parks and cemeteries, ruling says.
Air
Minnesota conservation groups attack EPA-approved pollution control plan
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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.
Echo
Owner can sue for emotional damages over shot dog
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A state investigator wounded the dog when executing a search warrant at the wrong house.
Wildlife
Ohio court says bobcat can be a housecat
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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.
Echo
Indiana court upholds public right to walk — and sunbathe — on Lake Michigan shore
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The court determined Monday that citizens’ rights extend beyond the water to an administratively established boundary on the shore, regardless of beach ownership.
Energy
Judge throws out challenge to fracking on public land in Ohio
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Lawyer for conservation district argues that conservation includes natural resource management and not only preservation.