Courthouse News

Ninth Circuit upholds revocation of Chinese telecom permit in US
Citing national security concerns, the panel ruled that China Unicom's ownership by the Chinese government, along with board members' CCP affiliations, leave it vulnerable to Beijing's influence.

Montana judge asked to block federal trout-swapping plan
A conservation group told a Montana judge that the Forest Service's plan to swap nonnative rainbow trout with Yellowstone cutthroat trout by poisoning the waterways blatantly overlooks the impact on the wilderness.

Feds grant rare Southwest flower endangered status
The swale paintbrush grows only in one small area of southwest New Mexico, though historically it grew throughout Chihuahua and Durango, Mexico.

Markets rocket upward on Trump win, interest rate cuts
Wall Street, already setting record after record this year, notched another huge week in the wake of Trump’s electoral win.

2024 ‘virtually certain’ to claim new record for hottest year
Copernicus, the EU's climate monitor, says 2024 will mark the first time the planet averages 1.5 degrees Celsius warmer than before the Industrial Revolution — a key threshold for climate change.

Conservationists seek ban on ‘cyanide bombs’ in national forests
The coalition, made up of over 60 conservation groups, urged the U.S. Forest Service to enact a similar ban that agencies like the Bureau of Land Management have done for public lands.

Judge nixes Army Corps dredge-and-fill permit for Denver dam
The opinion comes as construction of the Gross Dam project is already underway and slated for completion in 2027.

Environmental settlement to close two Washington fish hatchery programs
The settlement prevents two conservation groups from suing the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife for hatchery-related environmental law violations through 2027.

Court orders USFWS to rethink protections for Montana fish
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife has one year to revise its 2020 finding that deemed protection of Arctic grayling not warranted.

Earth saw its hottest day on record two days in a row
Earth saw a record-high average daily temperature of 62.87 degrees Fahrenheit on Monday, the EU climate monitor said, breaking the previous record of 62.76 degrees Fahrenheit set just the day before.
