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Lab Official Pleads Guilty Faking Water Quality Tests for Coal Companies
2014-10-10 20:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: A West Virginia lab technician pleaded guilty yesterday to a charge of faking water sample quality tests so that coal mining companies could be guaranteed clean reports to submit to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), reports the Charleston Gazette. John W. Shelton worked for Appalachian Laboratories Inc. (AL), a company certified by DEP to conduct such tests as part of the Clean Water Act. The company conducts tests...
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Symantec to split in two companies
2014-10-10 05:18:04| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Software maker Symantec becomes the latest tech company to announce that it will split its operations into two.
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Railroad Companies Allege Federal Law Governing Petroleum Transport Preempts SB 861
2014-10-10 04:45:28| Railroads - Topix.net
Railroad transportation of raw petroleum, often referred to as "crude-by-rail," has received increasing media attention in recent months, due to health and environmental concerns. California took a stab at legislating rail transport through Senate Bill 861 , which the State Legislature passed in June 2014 and the Governor subsequently signed into law.
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Tech companies take action against US government spying
2014-10-09 20:34:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) During a roundtable of technology executives organised by Sen. Ron Wyden (D., Ore.), Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt made it clear that he feels the government can only blame itself for the new efforts initiated by Google and Apple to bar police from suspects' smartphones, reported The Wall Street Journal and Cnet. The roundtable was organised to discuss the economic impact of future risks of US government surveillance on technology firms.
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AF&PA member companies win six 2014 PPI awards
2014-10-09 20:22:46| Paper - Topix.net
American Forest & Paper Association member companies took home six 2014 Pulp and Paper International Awards on Wednesday, October 8th in Boston. The four winning AF&PA member companies were Domtar, International Paper, Sappi Fine Paper North America and Wausau Paper.
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