http://cumulativeimpacts.org/cumulativeimpacts.rss.xml.php <a href="http://www.mkeriverkeeper.org/content/cumulative-groundwater-impacts">Cumulative Groundwater Impacts</a>. Milwaukee RIVERKEEPER, June 5th, 2013 On June 5th the Joint Finance Committee passed Motion #375 limiting citizens&rsquo; ability to challenge permits for high capacity wells when the DNR fails to consider the cumulative impacts of existing wells in the area. 2013-06-15 09:46:27 <a href="http://www.offshore-publication.com/index.php/renewables/1108-planning-consent-for-wind-farm-refused-304972">Scottish government refuses planning consent for major wind farm</a>. Paul Williams, Offshore Technology International, June 7, 2013. UK Energy Minister Fergus Ewing has today refused planning consent for a proposed wind farm at Dunbeath Estate, Caithness, Scotland. The Energy Minister found that the impact of the proposed wind farm on the landscape character and lack of safeguarding for nearby wild land was too high. 2013-06-15 09:39:19 <a href="http://renews.biz/43379/51mw-dunbeath-shown-red-card/">51MW Dunbeath shown red card</a>. renews. June 6th, 2013 The Scottish government has rejected Falck Renewables&rsquo; proposed 51MW Dunbeath wind farm in the far north of Scotland. Energy minister Fergus Ewing said landscape and wild land impacts from the project near Wick would be &ldquo;too high.&rdquo; 2013-06-15 09:33:18 <a href="http://www.postcrescent.com/viewart/20130609/APC010401/306090332/Path-may-ease-big-water-wells">Path may ease for big water wells</a>. Appleton Post Crescent. June 9, 2013. The language would block anyone from challenging high-capacity well applications and permits by arguing the state Department of Natural Resources didn't consider the cumulative impact of the well and surrounding wells on the environment.  2013-06-15 09:31:55 <a href="http://www.postcrescent.com/viewart/20130609/APC010401/306090332/Path-may-ease-big-water-wells">Path may ease for big water wells</a>. Appleton Post Crescent. June 9, 2013. The language would block anyone from challenging high-capacity well applications and permits by arguing the state Department of Natural Resources didn't consider the cumulative impact of the well and surrounding wells on the environment.  2013-06-15 09:31:55 <a href="http://www.steelguru.com/raw_material_news/Green_light_given_despite_failure_to_address_guidelines_TASMANIA/312551.html">Green light given despite failure to address guidelines &ndash; TASMANIA</a>. Steel Guru, May 18, 2013. The Australian reported that TASMANIA has approved an iron ore strip mine in the Tarkine region despite failing to meet a requirement to assess its impact as part of broader plans for three neighboring mines. The state's Environmental Protection Agency announced Venture Mineral's plan to extract 2 million tonnes of haematite from the site west of Tullah could be managed in an environmentally acceptable manner. However it confirmed it had failed to address a guideline that it assess the cumulative environmental impact of the project with two others proposed for the same 15 kilometers stretch of the Tarkine. 2013-06-06 20:56:54 <a href="http://www.mondaq.com/canada/x/237492/Mining/Damages+Claim+For+Treaty+Infringement+From+Cumulative+Impacts+Allowed+To+Proceed">Damages Claim For Treaty Infringement From Cumulative Impacts Allowed To Proceed</a>. <a title="View this authors profile" href="http://www.mondaq.com/content/author.asp?article_id=237492&author_id=849970">Bridget Gilbride</a>, Mondaq, May 5 2013. In <em>Lameman v. Alberta</em>, <a href="http://www.albertacourts.ab.ca/jdb_new/public/ca/2003-NewTemplate/ca/Civil/2013/2013abca0148.pdf" target="_blank">2013 ABCA 148</a>, the Alberta Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal by the Crown in Right of Alberta ("Alberta") and the Attorney General of Canada ("Canada") from a decision of the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench refusing to strike portions of the Statement of Claim of the Beaver Lake Cree Nation ("BLCN"). By affirming the lower court's decision, the Court of Appeal allowed the BLCN's claim for damages for treaty infringement to proceed. The basis for the BLCN's claim is that the cumulative impacts of past Crown authorizations for resource development in their traditional territory unjustifiably infringes their rights to hunt, trap, and fish under Treaty 6. 2013-06-06 20:44:39 <a href="http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/fears-palmers-mine-could-pollute-water-20130507-2j5ah.html">Fears Palmer's mine could pollute water</a>. Bridie Jabour, Brisbane Times, May 8, 2013. Clive Palmer's Galilee Basin mine project has not properly examined the extent it could pollute groundwater in the region, environmentalists say. Mining company Waratah First, headed up by billionaire Palmer, conceded in its latest environmental submission the cumulative impacts on groundwater from other mines in the basin would be high. 2013-06-06 20:39:17 <a href="http://www.winonadailynews.com/news/local/article_e856445c-b3a1-11e2-a031-001a4bcf887a.html">Residents to appeal no-EIS decision for sand mine</a>. Mary Juhl, Winona Daily News, May 3, 2013. A group of Winona County residents plan to appeal the Winona County Board of Commissioners&rsquo; decision not to require an extensive review of a Saratoga Township frac sand mine. The petitioners claim that the board did not fully consider possible cumulative environmental effects of proposed area mines, and did not sufficiently respond to public comments and state agency recommendations. 2013-06-06 20:35:39 <a href="http://www.winonadailynews.com/news/article_863f8ab6-a254-11e2-99a6-0019bb2963f4.html">Buffalo County: Public hearing on frac sand regulation changes draws dozens for and against</a>. David Brommerich, Winona Dailey News, April 11, 2013. A public hearing on proposed changes to Buffalo County, Minnesota's frac sand mining ordinance drew about 75 sand mining supporters and opponents of the industry. Opponents of fracking raised concerns about the cumulative impacts of truck traffic and mines located near each other on safety, health and the environment. 2013-04-30 13:45:33