Courthouse News
Conservationists see holes in Justice Dept’s climate change strategy
The 90-page plan calls for prioritizing law enforcement actions that will “achieve [greenhouse gas] emission reductions and relief that mitigate the impact of past violations, and hold violators accountable for committing environmental crimes.”
Giuliani, Graham subpoenaed in Georgia election interference probe
The investigation is focusing on a January 2021 phone call Donald Trump made to the Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger asking him to "find" enough votes needed to overturn Joe Biden's victory in the Peach State.
Plants can ‘sense’ oxygen levels at higher elevations, new study finds
About a quarter of earth’s land surface is mountainous, and those regions contain at least 30% of our plant species diversity. As climate change makes the earth hotter, plants and animals that live and grow in the mountains have been forced to move higher and higher.
Exploration of sunken slave ship reveals charred timbers, other artifacts
The last ship to bring slaves to the United States from Africa in 1860 was set ablaze near the mouth of the Mobile River following the illegal voyage, and a recent archaeological assessment of the sunken vessel revealed the charred timber and other parts that remain.
Retailers on edge over new supply-chain woes amid port labor talks
The start of contract talks this week between terminal operators at West Coast ports and the powerful longshore union has retailers fretting that a standoff at the negotiation table will lead to new disruptions in getting merchandise on the shelves.
Federal judge strikes down mask mandate for travelers; Daines praises decision
A federal judge in Florida vacated the government’s traveler mask mandate on Monday, opening the door for millions of air passengers to fly without face coverings for the first time in the pandemic era.
Montana coal mine expansion deemed illegal by Ninth Circuit
The panel found the Trump administration's rationale for allowing a coal mine expansion — that additional emissions would be a drop in the global bucket — lacking.
Canada to cap child care costs at $10 a day while U.S. let child tax credit expire
Canada and the province of Ontario have cemented an agreement where Ontario will receive $10.2 billion in federal funding to cut childcare costs to $10 a day by 2026. In contrast, the U.S. Congress let the expanded child tax credit expire this past December.
Rosendale joins small GOP faction to sue CDC over flight mask mandate; claims ‘financial harm’
A group of 17 Republican lawmakers, many of them vocal anti-maskers, sued the Centers for Disease Control and its director Monday, claiming its commercial travel mask mandate causes them financial harm because they must purchase a mask every time they use commercial airlines.
EPA sued over pollution harming fish, whales in Washington state
An endangered species advocacy group filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against the Environmental Protection Agency for approving water quality standards in Washington state that it says are allowing pollution to seep into the state’s waters and harm endangered species of fish and whales.