You may or may not applaud the ruling by the U.S. Appeal Court in San Francisco to uphold a decision by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to grant a permit to a subsidary of NovaGold Resources to proceed with its Rock Creek Project in Alaska.   In essence the Court denied an application for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction by environmental groups against the project on the basis that the Corp violated the Clean Water Act and the National Environmental Act in granting permits for the Rock Creek Project. 

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