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UK renewable energy industry warns of legal action over subsidies

2015-06-01 18:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: The UK renewable energy industry has warned the governments new climate secretary that she will face a legal challenge if she oversees the wilful destruction of the industry by retrospectively curtailing subsidies. Later this week, the Department of Energy and Climate Change will announce that the existing subsidy scheme for onshore wind power will be closed a year earlier than it was due to, according to a source close to the process. Such a move would be a major blow to the industry and...

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Keystone Pipeline Wins Two Legal Battles in South Dakota

2015-05-29 14:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Rapid City Journal: he developers of the Keystone XL pipeline on Tuesday won two legal battles before the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission. As a result, a tribal environmental group has lost its bid to present testimony on climate change at a pipeline-permit hearing this summer, and TransCanada, the pipeline developer, will not face severe penalties requested by pipeline opponents. The Intertribal COUP organization planned to offer three scientists to testify about tar-sands development and climate change....

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Legal Briefing: Court Delivers Pregnancy Discrimination Ruling

2015-05-29 09:41:13| Trucking - Topix.net

Peggy Young, a part-time driver for UPS, became pregnant and was advised not to lift more than 20 pounds. Because UPS required drivers to lift up to 70 pounds, Young was told she could not work and stayed home without pay most of her pregnancy.

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