(AP) — The Virginia Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli’s demand for documents related to a former University of Virginia climate-change researcher’s work. The hearing is set for Thursday. Cuccinelli is seeking emails and ...

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(AP) Legislators representing districts that encircle a uranium deposit in Southside Virginia are asking their colleagues to abandon any effort in the 2012 session to end the state’s 30-year ban on mining the radioactive ore. They said in a letter ...

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The Court of Appeals says recreational users of the Chesapeake Bay lack standing to appeal the Virginia Marine Resources Commission (VMRC) permitting decision allowing two individuals to locate pound nets in the Chesapeake Bay and affirms the circuit court’s dismissal ...

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Plaintiff environmental groups lack standing to seek declaratory and injunctive relief for alleged violations of federal law arising from government purchasing contracts for fuel derived from Canadian oil sands recovered crude (COSRC) oil, and the Alexandria U.S. District Court dismisses ...

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A Charlottesville U.S. District Court says one of the plaintiffs, Historic Green Springs Inc., has standing to sue a county water authority on claims that wastewater discharge violated state and federal water quality laws, but dismisses the suit because plaintiffs ...

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Plaintiffs, 272 residents of the small community of Tallevast, Fla., mediated and ultimately settled their groundwater contamination cases against Lockheed Martin Corporation. Tallevast is located between the cities of Sarasota and Bradenton, Fla., in southern Manatee County, and is a ...

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Three weeks ago, Jeffrey A. Breit sat down in New Orleans to take the deposition of Richard Lynch, the man in charge of all drilling operations for global energy giant British Petroleum. Late last month, Breit battled BP in New ...

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In this case involving contamination of a public water supply in Parkersburg, W.Va., the 4th Circuit upholds the district court’s decision that individuals who consumed the water but have not become ill as a result, do not have standing to ...

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A Chesapeake developer planning a 658-acre mixed use development in southeast Virginia wins this phase of its challenge to the Army Corps of Engineers’ exercise of jurisdiction over certain wetlands in the development; the 4th Circuit vacates summary judgment for ...

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The 4th Circuit says two environmental groups have standing to prosecute a citizen suit alleging defendant Gaston Copper Recycling Corporation violated the Clean Water Act, even after the death of the member of one of the groups who established standing ...

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