Weekly Cases Update Volume 43, Issue 5

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Volume 43, Issue 7

Schmeer v. County of Los Angeles
ELR 20049B240592(Cal. App. Ct. 2d Dist., )

A district court upheld a county ordinance prohibiting retail stores from providing plastic carryout bags and requiring them to charge customers 10 cents for each paper carryout bag provided.

Keywords:
General
Great Old Broads for Wilderness v. Kimbrell
ELR 2004511-16183(9th Cir., )

The Ninth Circuit upheld the U.S. Forest Service's record of decision determining the method for restoring a flood-damaged road in the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest in Nevada.

Keywords:
Humboldt National Forest, Nev., Toiyabe National Forest, Nev.
Patriot Mining Co. v. Sierra Club
ELR 2004411-AA-102, -104,(W. Va. Cir. Ct., )

A West Virginia court reversed a decision by the state environmental quality board in which it remanded a NPDES permit for a mining company to the state environmental agency for further review and analysis.

Keywords:
State programs, §402(b), NPDES permit program
In re Polar Bear Endangered Species Act Listing
ELR 2005011-5219(D.C. Cir., )

The D.C. Circuit affirmed a lower court decision upholding FWS' listing of the polar bear as threatened under the ESA, in part due to the effects of global climate change.

Keywords:
Wildlife

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