Judge orders US officials to weigh coal mine s climate costs
BILLINGS â A judge says U.S officials downplayed climate change impacts and other environmental costs from the expansion of a massive coal mine near the Montana-Wyoming border, in a case that could test how far the Biden administration is willing to go to unwind its predecessors decisions.
The lawsuit over Montana s Spring Creek mine hinges in part on an issue central to President Joe Biden s climate change agenda: Making decisions based on the full costs of fossil fuel extraction, including impacts on a warming planet that are being felt across society.
An international organization for survivors of sexual abuse by religious leaders condemned the Vatican s exoneration of former Wyoming Bishop Joseph Hart and called for further action by state authorities. We hope that, in light of this disappointing-yet-not-particulary surprising decision from the Vatican that prosecutors will now re-examine their case re-examine their previous decision, and proceed forward with the charges that were recommended, said Zach Hiner, executive director of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) said Tuesday.
Hart, 89, has repeatedly denied all allegations. His attorney, Tom Jubin of Cheyenne, has not only defended him, but has criticized current Bishop Steven Biegler of the Catholic Diocese of Cheyenne for his part in the investigation of the former bishop.
Vatican clears former Kansas City priest of sex abuse claims, infuriating victims Judy L. Thomas, The Kansas City Star
Jan. 26 The Vatican has exonerated former Kansas City priest and retired Wyoming Bishop Joseph Hart of seven accusations that he sexually abused minors and said five others could not be proven with moral certitude, the Diocese of Cheyenne announced Monday.
But the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith also issued a canonical rebuke to Hart for his flagrant lack of prudence as a priest and bishop for being alone with minors in his private residence and on various trips, which could have been potential occasions endangering the obligation to observe continence and that would give rise to scandal among the faithful, the diocese said in a news release.
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The offices for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cheyenne and the Cathedral of St. Mary on June 13, 2019, in Cheyenne. Prosecutors in Wyoming have again decided not to pursue sexual abuse charges against a retired Roman Catholic bishop accused of abusing boys over decades. They felt they couldn’t successfully prosecute Bishop Joseph Hart after reviewing a police investigation, Natrona County assistant district attorney Michael Schafer said on July 14.
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