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Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Environment - "SCOTUS to Reconsider Wading Into Asian Carp Fight "
So reports Gabriel Nelson this afternoon for the NY Times. Some quotes from the fairly long story:
Now faced with DNA evidence suggesting that Asian carp have reached Lake Michigan, the Supreme Court is scheduled to revisit this week its January decision not to order the temporary closure of two Chicago-area locks that could prevent some of the invasive fish from swimming into the Great Lakes.The Supreme Court gave no explanation in January when it rejected Michigan's request to close the locks. Michigan decided to try its luck again last month, saying the need for the Supreme Court to intervene has become more urgent in light of new testing results that detected Asian carp DNA for the first time in Lake Michigan's Calumet Harbor.
The new request has been distributed to the justices for consideration at their private conference Friday. Orders made during a Friday conference are typically released the following Monday.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on March 17, 2010 02:38 PM
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