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Judge rebuffs Obama administration on mining rule

AP News 106 days ago

Federal judge denies Obama administration attempt to withdraw Bush-era mining rule A federal judge on Wednesday rebuffed the Obama administration's attempt to reverse a last-minute Bush-era rule that allows surface mine waste to be dumped near streams. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar wanted ...

Court ends Bush-era road-building in forests

Reuters US Online Report Domestic News 113 days ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bush administration acted illegally when it opened millions of acres (hectares) of U.S. national forests to road-building and logging, a federal appeals court ruled on Wednesday. The U.S. Appeals Court for the Ninth Circuit effectively reinstated a 2001 ...

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