Justices won’t review agribusinesses’ challenge to protections for threatened Delta smelt
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–January 12, 2015 – The Supreme Court today let stand a federal plan to protect California’s vital Delta ecosystem. The Court refused to hear an appeal brought by agribusinesses trying to undermine protections for the Delta smelt under the Endangered Species Act.
Specifically, the businesses were trying to overturn a federal appeals court decision that had upheld the protections (known as a biological opinion or…
