Environmental

Federal Court Allows Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation Suit against U.S. over Oil Spill to Proceed

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the order in Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation v. United States (D.D.C.):

22-dct-order.pdf

Dakota Access Pipeline Case to be Argued Today in D.C.

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the court calendar.

Here are the tribe-side briefs.

Fourth Case (at least?) Filed Involving Human Remains at Jamul

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the complaint in Rosales v. United States (E.D. Cal.):

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Swinomish Tribe Prevails in Ninth Circuit on Railroad Trespass Appeal

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in Swinomish Indian Tribal Community v. BNSF Railway Co.

Briefs here.

News Profile of the Wet’suwet’en and Gitxsan Pipeline Battle

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is “‘We Have to Stand Together’: A Tale of Two Nations.”

House Resources Subcommittee Hearing: “Destroying Sacred Sites and Erasing Tribal Culture: The Trump Administration’s Construction of the Border Wall”

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

Witness List

Panel I

The Honorable Ned Norris, Jr. (testimony)

Chairman The Tohono O’odham Nation 

Sells, AZ 

Ms. Sarah Krakoff (testimony)

Moses Lasky Professor of Law

University of Colorado Law School

Boulder, CO 

Ms. Shannon Keller O’Loughlin (testimony)

Executive Director 

Association on American Indian Affairs 

Rockville, MD 

Mr. Steve Hodapp (testimony)

Retired Independent Contractor & Environmental Specialist

Lexington, VA 

Panel II

Dr. Anna Maria Ortiz (testimony)

Director, Natural Resources and Environment

U.S. Government Accountability Office

Washington, D.C.

Mr. Scott Cameron (testimony)

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management, and Budget

U.S. Department of the Interior

Washington, D.C.

California COA Decides CEQA Appeal Involving Tribal Cultural Resources

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in Save the Agoura Cornell Knoll v. City of Agoura Hills:

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News Profile of the Wet’suwet’en Crisis

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

From Tyee, here.

Bears Ears Update: “Interior moves to speed energy development on formerly protected Utah land”

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.

Seventh Circuit Says EPA Gave Menominee Tribe “Runaround” on Back 40 Mine, Finds No Federal Agency Action to Review

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Menominee Tribe v. EPA:

majority-opinion-hamilton-concurrence.pdf

menominee-brief.pdf

epa-brief.pdf

aquila-resources-brief.pdf

menominee-reply.pdf

Lower court materials here.