The Alaska Supreme Court held that the Kenai Peninsula Borough Planning Commission could deny a gravel-pit permit when listed conditions could not adequately minimize noise and visual impacts.
A divided Commonwealth Court dismissed as moot an operator’s challenge to Environmental Hearing Board conditions because the unconventional gas-well permits expired during the appeal.
The First Department held that comparative claims about lower-emission gasoline were not deceptive and corporate sustainability messages were not tied closely enough to consumer sales.