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NRDC states the purpose of its work is "safeguard the earth—its people, its plants and animals, and the natural systems on which all life depends," and to "ensure the rights of all people to the air, the water and the wild, and to prevent special interests from undermining public interests."
Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., 568 U.S. 78 (2013), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Natural Resources Defense Council and Santa Monica Baykeeper challenged the Los Angeles County Flood Control District (District) for violating the terms of its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit as shown in ...
Winter v. Natural Resources Defense Council: Biophony: navy sonar harming whales and other marine mammals: Supreme Court of the United States: 2008 Winters v. United States: Water: rights of American Indians: Supreme Court of the United States: 1908 Wisconsin v. Illinois: Water: supply from the Great Lakes: Supreme Court of the United States ...
The Resnicks' water rights have not affected Los Angeles' water supply throughout the wildfire crisis. In a severe drought, Los Angeles County or the city might request to draw water from the Kern ...
The water shortage was compounded by the fact that planes couldn't perform water drops from the air because of the high-speed Santa Ana winds. "That was the reason that the devastation was so bad ...
Natural Resources Defense Council, an environmentalist advocacy group, challenged the legality of the EPA's new definition. [3] NRDC won the case in a federal court, but the Supreme Court overturned that decision and ruled in favor of Chevron on the grounds that the courts should broadly defer to EPA and other independent regulatory agencies.
And in a joint statement, U.S. Sens. Diane Feinstein and Alex Padilla took issue with the six states’ proposal because it “fails to recognize California’s senior legal water rights.”
A variety of federal, state, and local laws govern water rights. One issue unique to America is the law of water with respect to American Indians. Tribal water rights are a special case because they fall under neither the riparian system nor the appropriation system but are outlined in the Winters v. United States decision. Indian water rights ...