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From the Los Angeles Times
Justices OK dumping mine waste into Alaskan lake
The Supreme Court approves the draining of gold mine debris into a small lake. The Bush administration had labeled it 'fill' rather than pollution to make the dumping comply with the Clean Water Act.
By Jim Tankersley and David G. Savage
June 23, 2009

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The 6-3 ruling upheld a decision by the George W. Bush administration to label the planned drainage from Alaska's reopened Kensington mine as "fill" rather than pollution. The Clean Water Act forbids pollution of rivers, lakes and bays, but it also allows the Army Corps of Engineers to move dirt and gravel "fill" into waterways to divert the stream or build a dam.

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Environmentalists have suffered a series of setbacks at the Supreme Court this term.

In November, the court overturned a judge's order in Los Angeles that sought to protect whales from the Navy's high-powered sonar that is used during training exercises off the California coast. The 7-2 decision said the judge's order unduly interfered in the Navy's anti-submarine training.

This spring, the high court threw out a challenge to the timber clearing sales in the national forests on the grounds that environmentalists did not have standing to challenge the government in court.

The justices also protected the owners of aging power plants that might be forced to upgrade their facilities to protect wildlife. In a 6-3 ruling, the court agreed with the Bush administration that the Environmental Protection Agency could weigh costs of the upgrades in deciding whether a change was needed.

In another ruling, the court shielded some corporations from paying to clean up a contaminated site.

(more at the link)

--Los Angeles Times

With rulings like these, why would anyone trust another GOP-appointed judge?