The B.C. Civil Liberties Association had intervened in the case, arguing government regulators shouldn't be allowed to block individuals from seeking compensation when their fundamental rights and freedoms have been violated. ; Lawyer Laura Track said the decision is disappointing because it denies Ernst the ability to use the charter to defend her right to freedom of expression. ; "The charter guarantees everyone the right to an appropriate and just remedy if their constitutional rights are violated, but a majority of the court has now said that in some circumstances, government actors may be immune from charter scrutiny," she told CBC News in an email.
When he was chosen to head Hillary Clinton’s ill-fated transition team in August 2016, the Colorado Independent observed that Salazar was “about as entrenched in the Colorado Democratic establishment as one can be — a former attorney general and U.S. Senator … whom President Barack Obama appointed as secretary of the Department of Interior.” When he was considering a gubernatorial run in March 2017, the Denver Post described him as having “a fortune’s worth of contacts in Democratic politics.” ...
The process of hydraulic fracturing or “hydrofracking” to tap underground pockets of natural gas carries with it an array of dangers, including explosions and fires, heavy equipment malfunctions, vehicular accidents and exposure to toxic chemicals. If you or a loved one suffered a serious injury or illness due to a fracking accident or exposure, you should contact a fracking injury lawyer. Kline & Specter, PC, with more than 50 attorneys, five of whom are also highly experienced doctors, has had success handling lawsuits involving fracking- ...
Protesters facing eviction from an anti-fracking camp are to remain after a judge gave their lawyer permission to prepare a legal case.
Gallagher, lawyer and author of the 2012 book Resource Rulers: Fortune and Folly on Canada's... said fracking is out of the question. "It leaves too much damage underneath to the aquifers....
Lawyers for environmental advocates have questioned whether the federal government expedited an agreement to provide funding to a gas company in a bid to hinder legal action challenging the...
Lawyers for two anti-fracking campaigners argue in high court that injunction obtained by Ineos curtails protester rights
George’s fortunes did not change overnight. Like the Shaners, he leased in the mid-2000s, before anyone in the region had even heard the word fracking. The going rate at the time was only $5 per acre, roughly the amount that wildcatters had been paying for decades for the right—which they almost never exercised—to probe for trapped pockets of underground methane. Given the region’s historic experience with vertical gas wells, which were low impact, few in number, and almost never put into production, a visit from the landman didn’t se ...
Albany · New York banned hydraulic fracturing Wednesday, after its top health official said he wouldn't let his family live where the technique was permitted. Acting State Health Commissioner Howard Zucker, quoting studies that showed potential risks to human health and the environment, capped a contentious six-year state review on whether to allow hydrofracking, which turned into a political firestorm. A lawyer who has represented the drilling industry said it is unlikely to challenge the sta...
Three men jailed for a fracking site protest have been freed after judges ruled their sentences were "excessive". ; Simon Blevins, Richard Roberts and Rich Loizou became the first UK anti-fracking protesters to be sent to prison, after climbing lorries at Cuadrilla's Lancashire site. ; Court of Appeal judges ruled they should not have been jailed and imposed conditional discharges.