4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

A federal court today ruled the U.S. Forest Service improperly granted permits for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline to cross under national forest lands,…

Federal regulators gave the Atlantic Coast Pipeline the green light to restart construction Monday.The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission halted…

Environmental advocates asked a federal court Tuesday to review a federal permit for the 600-mile Atlantic Coast Pipeline.Appalachian Mountain Advocates,…

The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Thursday halted some construction of the natural gas Mountain Valley Pipeline in West Virginia.The three-judge panel…

A federal appeals court panel has upheld a ruling that coal operators in West Virginia have to follow legal water pollution limits.The Charleston…

Oral arguments are set in federal court for October in former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship's appeal of his conviction related to the deadliest U.S.…

A spokesman for the U.S. Bureau of Prisons says former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship has reported to a California prison to begin his one-year…

Ex-Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship, is scheduled to report to prison Thursday after being convicted of conspiring to willfully violate mine safety…

Attorneys for former coal executive Don Blankenship want to delay his entry into prison this week.In an emergency motion in the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of…

A former coal company executive is asking an appeals court if he can remain free while appealing a case that dealt him a prison sentence.Ex-Massey Energy…