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Allen finances lawsuit targeting coal leasing on federal lands
2014-11-27 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Seattle Times: Mercer Island billionaire and Seattle Seahawks owner Paul Allen has jumped into the battle over the future of coal leasing on federal lands. A federal lawsuit financed by the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, seeks to force the federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to conduct a review of the effect of leasing coal on the global climate. "The leasing of coal from federal lands undermines President Obama's climate policy goals,' Allen wrote in a column published in The Huffington Post. "We have...
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Conservationists sue over federal coal program
2014-11-26 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Conservation groups sued the government Tuesday to force officials to undertake their first broad review of the federal coal-leasing program in decades and consider how burning the fuel contributes to climate change. The lawsuit from Friends of the Earth and the Western Organization of Resource Councils is being paid for by the philanthropic foundation of Microsoft founder Paul Allen. It was filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. The plaintiffs in the case said there hasn't been a...
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Federal Circuit Review - November 2014
2014-11-26 00:16:24| Appliances - Topix.net
In IRIS CORP. v. JAPAN AIRLINES CORP. , Appeal No. 2010-1051, the Federal Circuit affirmed a decision to dismiss due to a conflict of laws.
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Federal action needed to tame airlines high-flying climate pollution
2014-11-23 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: Some 24 million Americans will cram into airplanes for Thanksgiving travel this year. Theyll face flight delays, bag fees and hassles with reclining seats. And most will fly home in inefficient planes that spew far too much climate-damaging carbon pollution. Greenhouse emissions from aviation are rising rapidly, even as scientists explain that were running out of time to avoid disastrous global warming effects, from dangerous temperature increases to food-supply disruptions. But the airline...
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AutoNation CEO appointed to Atlanta's Federal Reserve Bank Board of Directors
2014-11-22 10:55:38| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
Mike Jackson , CEO of Fort Lauderdale-based AutoNation , was appointed as the deputy chair of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta's board of directors this week. As part of the board of directors, Jackson will contribute to the creation of U.S. monetary policy by sharing economic issues in the Southeast with the Federal Reserve, in addition to overseeing the management of the bank's operations and recommending changes in the discount rate.
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