Central Natural Resources

• Western Union Initiates Range of Resources to Support Victims of Natural Disasters in Thailand and Central America.

Foundation grants totalling $134,000, employee and Agent gift match, and consumer giving opportunities to aid those in need ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- In r...

• Business Wire
• November 14, 2011

• North American Natural Resources, Inc.; Midland Cogeneration Venture Limited Partnership; Michigan Power Limited Partnership; Central Wayne Energy Recovery Limited Partnership, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. John G. Strand, Chairman, John C. Shea and David A. Svanda, Commissioners of the Michigan Public Service Commission, Defendants-Appellants., 252 F.3d 808 (6th Cir. 2001)

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan at Lansing, Nos. 98-00021; 98-00022; 98-00023; 98-00024, Gordon J. Q...

• Federal Circuits

• Bolster Cardiovascular Care

BRISTOL, Va. July 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Wellmont CVA Heart Institute and Alpha Natural Resources (NYSE: ANR) are taking superior cardiovascular care for Central Appalachia to greater heights with a new center for interventional cardiology at Bristol Regional Medical Center. Development of the Alpha Natural Resources Center for Interventional Cardiology, made possible by a significant financial gift from the company to Wellmont Foundation, will lead to major facility upgrades for the hospital's cardiovascular program. These updates will provide additional space for interventional cardiologists to perform their award-winning care and additional room for families to gather as their loved ones undergo procedures.

• U.S. Newswire
• July 07, 2011

• Losing the Resources Game ; Distracted America Is Missing Opportunity's Knock

While Washington sleeps, China is winning the great new game in Central Asia, locking up its rich natural resources. S. interest in Central Asia is focused on three issues: First, keeping the Manas air base in Kyrgyzstan open to supply U.S. and NATO forces fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan; second, promoting democracy on Kyrgyzstan to make it a poster example for the region; and third, lecturing the other Central Asian nations on promoting democracy - a policy that has had a spectacular lack of success, except in making American armchair intellectuals feel good.

• The Washington Times
• July 23, 2010

• Global Warming Hits Madison!

We had trouble getting Monona and Waubesa back in the range last summer," says Ken Johnson, water leader for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources' South Central Region. "We have had the dams wide open, and those lakes haven't responded. We believe it's groundwater flowing into the lakes. If you look at the last 10 years, there has been a disproportionate amount of flooding. We are not prepared for this. Mark Borchardt, a researcher at the Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, has been part of an ongoing study that has found viruses in some Madison wells. "Madison's water comes from a confined aquifer," he says. "Most of it is supposed to be protected by an impermeable layer, but the sanitary quality isn't as high as hydrogeologists thought." "We are growing varieties now tha...

• Isthmus; Madison, Wis.
• January 26, 2010

• Peter D. Peterson, Et Al., Plaintiffs, v. United States Department of the Interior, Et Al., Defendants. (Four Cases) Dunnigan Water District, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. United States of America; Donald P. Hodel, in His Capacity as Secretary of the Department of the Interior; C. Dale Duvall, in His Capacity as Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation of the United States of America, Defendants-Appellees, and Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., Defendant/Intervenor-Appellee. Central Valley Project Water Association; Sacramento River Water Contractors Association, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Department of the Interior; Donald P. Hodel, Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior; United States Bureau of Reclamation, Defendants-Appellees, and Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., Defendant/Intervenor-Appellee. Westside Water District, a Public Entity; Kanawha Water District, a Public Entity, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. United States of America; Donald P. Hodel, in His Capacity as ..., 899 F.2d 799 (9th Cir. 1990)

Thomas W. Birmingham, Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard and Ronald A. Zumbrun, Robin L. Rivett, Pacific Legal Foundation, Sacramento, Cal., for p...

• Federal Circuits

• Ag School Partners with Food Bank to Boost Choices

Those who rely on local food pantries might see more lean beef, fresh sweet corn and healthier meal options in the coming year. The College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources at the University of Missouri has teamed up with the Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri to boost donations of healthy food. The program, Collaborating for a Healthy Future, was expected to be announced at noon today during CAFNR's Homecoming reunion.

• Columbia Daily Tribune
• October 15, 2011

• South-Central Timber Development, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert Leresche, Commissioner of the Department of Natural Resources of the State of Alaska; Et Al., Defendants-Appellants, Kenai Lumber Company, Inc., Intervenor Defendant. South-Central Timber Development, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert Leresche, Commissioner of the Department of Natural Resources of the State of Alaska; Et Al., Defendants, Kenai Lumber Company, Inc., Intervenor Defendant-Appellant., 693 F.2d 890 (9th Cir. 1982)

LeRoy E. DeVeaux, Wanamaker, DeVeaux & Crabtree, Anchorage, Alaska, for South-Central. Shelly J. Higgins, Asst. Atty. Gen., Anchorage, Alaska, for L...

• Federal Circuits

• People / Stone: U.S. Should Nationalize Oil

The Gulf of Mexico oil spill shows that the United States should follow the example of South American socialists in nationalizing its energy industry, filmmaker Oliver Stone said Tuesday. The Academy Award-winning director of "Born on the Fourth of July" and "JFK" said that America's country's natural wealth was too important to be left in private hands, telling journalists in central London that oil and other natural resources "belong to the people.

• The Commercial Appeal (2007-Current)
• July 21, 2010

• Portland Audubon Society; Headwaters; Lane County Audubon Society; Oregon Natural Resources Council; the Wilderness Society; Sierra Club; Siskiyou Audobon Society; Central Oregon Audubon Society; Salem Audubon Society; Kalmiopsis Audubon Society; Umpqua Valley Audubon Society; Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Donald Hodel, in His Official Capacity as Secretary, United States Department of Interior, Defendant, and Northwest Forest Resources Council, Defendant-Intervenor-Appellant, and Huffman and Wright Logging Company; Freres Lumber Company, Inc.; Lone Rock Timber Company, Inc.; Scott Timber Company; Clear Lumber Manufacturing Corp.; Yoncalla Timber Products, Inc.; and Cornett Lumber Company, Inc., Defendants-Intervenors-Appellants. Portland Audubon Society; Headwaters; Lane County Audubon Society; Oregon Natural Resources Council; the Wilderness Society; Sierra Club; Siskiyou Audubon Society; Central Oregon Audubon Society; Salem Audubon Society; ..., 866 F.2d 302 (9th Cir. 1989)

Victor M. Sher, Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, Inc., Seattle, Wash., Michael Axline, Western Natural Resources Law Clinic, Eugene, Or., for plaintiff...

• Federal Circuits