Turan Petroleum, Inc. has filed a civil complaint in federal court against Turan’s former management and certain persons and entities affiliated with them alleging that they engaged in a fraudulent scheme to obtain millions of shares of Turan stock for free. As further alleged in the complaint, Turan’s former management and their co-conspirators received millions [...]
A conservation group is suing to stop energy exploration in a national wildlife refuge next to the Great Sand Dunes National Park in south-central Colorado.
The lawsuit filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court by the San Luis Valley Ecosystem Council claims that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service violated federal law by failing to conduct an [...]
A conservation group is suing to stop energy exploration in a national wildlife refuge next to the Great Sand Dunes National Park in south-central Colorado.
The lawsuit filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court by the San Luis Valley Ecosystem Council claims that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service violated federal law by failing to conduct an [...]
The United States government and the state of Illinois today reached a Clean Air Act (CAA) settlement with oil producers Rex Energy Operating Corp. and PennTex Resources Illinois, Inc. which will result in reduced emissions from the companies’ facilities in Illinois. The settlement is the result of an exposure investigation which was initiated in response [...]
The Army Corps of Engineers has reinstated a permit that will allow construction of the Rock Creek Mine near Nome.
The permit was issued Aug. 21. The corps suspended the permit Dec. 6 in response to a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court by Trustees for Alaska and the Western Mining Action Project.
The plaintiffs took issue [...]
Groups in Alaska have sued the U.S. Interior Department to block an offshore oil and gas lease sale that residents say threatens Arctic marine wildlife and the traditional Inupiat Eskimo way of life.
The North Slope Borough and the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission, in a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Anchorage on Tuesday, claim [...]
The state of Montana is ready to settle a nearly 25-year lawsuit against Atlantic Richfield Co. over environmental damage caused by mining and smelting in Butte and Anaconda.
The Montana Department of Justice and the Atlantic Richfield Co. have reached a confidential agreement to settle the final three outstanding natural resource damage claims, according to court [...]
Three oil drilling companies accused of bribing Nigerian officials for fast customs clearance will pay the U.S. government $26 million in the largest criminal settlement of foreign corruption charges, the Justice Department said Tuesday.
The companies are subsidiaries of British-based Vetco International Limited, and at least one of them settled similar bribery charges in 2004.
A Justice [...]
TXU Corp. Chief Executive Officer C. John Wilder wasn’t counting on hunger strikes and opposition from big-city mayors when he proposed spending $10 billion to build coal-fueled power plants in Texas.
The energy company has invested time and money in building corporate goodwill in Texas, where it is the largest power producer. Wilder, 48, is United [...]
Three East Coast companies representing investors who loaned nearly $20 million to help develop the Bull Mountain coal mine near Roundup have filed suit claiming mine owners defaulted on the loan.
The suit names Bull Mountain Coal Properties Inc. and five companies affiliated with Airlie Opportunity Fund Cayman LTD, of Greenwich, Conn.
The action was filed Friday [...]
