UK Home Secretary Charles Clarke has ordered a review of the British government's decision last year to downgrade cannabis from a regulatory B class to a C class, the same as anabolic steriods and...
In Friday's environmental law news, the Indonesia Supreme Court has ruled that the detention of five Newmont Mining Co. executives last year was legal. The officials had been held in jail without charge for over 30 days...
In Tuesday's environmental law news, the US Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board official website] has announced it has upheld a petition by railroad company CSX Co. that contends a Washington DC City Council prohibition...
In Monday's environmental law news, the UK has announced it will go ahead in late April or early May with its original plan for limiting CO2 output under the European Union's emissions trading scheme in keeping with Kyoto Protocol ...
Coincidentally on the thirty-fifth anniversary of the entering into force on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty , Iran said Saturday that it was unwilling to put a permanent end to enriching uranium and warned that further US-led...
American women delegates joined their counterparts from around the world meeting at the United Nations Friday to reaffirm a blueprint aimed at supporting global equality for women. The reaffirmation of the goals of the 1995 Beijing...
A soldier from the Indiana National Guard will be court-martialed for the murder of an Iraqi police officer, the US Army said Friday. Corporal Dustin Berg is accused of killing Hussein Kamel Hadi Dawood Al-Dubeidi near Baghdad...
In response to a Freedom of Information lawsuit by the American Civil Liberties Union over prisoner abuse in Iraq, the US Army released 1200 pages of documents on Friday. The documents cover 13...
In Thursday's environmental law news, a task force charged with reducing air pollution to 2001 levels at the Port of Los Angeles is expected to approve a preliminary plan today. The task force was commissioned by LA...
In Wednesday's environmental law news, the South African government has approved a plan to construct the first windfarm in the country. The Director-General for Environmental Affairs and Tourism has approved the windfarm for the Darling district of...
