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US push to lower wildfire risk across the West stumbles in places

Using chainsaws, heavy machinery and controlled burns, the Biden administration is trying to turn the tide on worsening wildfires in the U.S. West through a multi-billion dollar cleanup of forests choked with dead trees and undergrowth

The Independent UK

Biden saves Oak Flat Apache site for now

The Arizona mine project won't move forward until more discussions with Indigenous communities.

Salon

Wildfires where homes meet forest are costly. Now Idaho will pay for more of them

BOISE, Idaho — To stop a wildfire, an assortment of agencies must come together — federal, state, tribal and sometimes local firefighters. But when the smoke clears, they must determine who shoulders the costs of the blaze, which can easily total millions of dollars.

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Wild horses spent the harsh winter at California's Mono Lake. Now they're turning up dead

Several wild horse carcasses have been discovered this spring on the southwestern shores of Mono Lake, after California endured a cold and snowy winter.

Los Angeles Times

Legislation would ease impact of Endangered Species Act ruling - Roll Call

Congress is eyeing legislation that would prevent the enforcement of a 2015 ruling on the Endangered Species Act.

Roll Call

Pollution lawsuit could curb use of aerial fire retardant

A legal dispute in Montana could drastically curb the government’s use of aerial fire retardant to combat wildfires

The Independent UK

California wildfires grew worse. The Forest Service dropped more retardant. Did it help?

Greg Bolin has watched the colorful spray of fire retardant fall from airplanes over the canyon near his home. He has also had wildfires come close to his back door.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

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Robe & Gavel: Federal Judicial Vacancy Count released for April 1

Welcome to the April 10 edition of Robe & Gavel, Ballotpedia’s newsletter about the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and other judicial happenings around the U.S.

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Tribe warns US government against moving ahead with mine

Native American tribal members fighting plans for an enormous copper mine on land they consider sacred say they are increasingly worried U.S. officials will move forward on the project even as they await a federal appellate court ruling in the case

The Independent UK

Lawsuit jeopardizes use of crucial wildfire retardant, US Forest Service claims

LOS ANGELES — For most Californians, the sight of aircraft spewing neon pink liquid over flaming trees and brush has become a hallmark of aggressive wildfire suppression campaigns — if not a potent symbol of government's struggle to control increasingly destructive forest fires.

Los Angeles Times

Blast From the Past: Solicitor General Clement's Brief on Nationwide Injunctions and the APA

In Summers v. Earth Island Institute, decided in 2009, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari with four questions presented. Number four has acute relevance today: "Whether the court of appeals erred in affirming the nationwide injunction issued by the district court." The Court didn't reach that question, however, because of…

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