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Will US supreme court judge death save climate plan?
2016-02-14 21:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: The death of a 79-year-old Texan judge could have radically changed the mood music around US president Barack Obamas beleaguered plan to make states slash greenhouse gas emissions. Antonin Scalia was one of five members of the Supreme Court of the United States to last week vote to stay implementation of the Clean Power Plan, which mandates emission cuts from power plants. With the death of Scalia -- a distinguished justice appointed by Ronald Reagan -- theres now a 4-4 ideological split...
US supreme court: the key issues affected by death of Justice Scalia
2016-02-14 19:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The death of Antonin Scalia on Saturday, at the age of 79, created an opening on the US supreme court. Paying tribute to Scalia, President Obama said he would nominate a successor. In the Senate and on the campaign trail, however, Republicans said they would not cooperate, even to the extent of scheduling a nomination hearing in the upper house they control, at any point in the presidents final year in office. We could be in for a year or more with only eight justices on the supreme court,...
Scalia's death could change court on abortion, race, climate
2016-02-14 03:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Politico: Justice Antonin Scalia's death could change the course of history on the contentious social and legal issues pending before the Supreme Court this term, especially in closely divided cases where he was expected to serve as a lynchpin of a conservative majority. In cases where the eight remaining justices are evenly divided, appeals court rulings would be left to stand, but no precedent would be set for future cases. The justices could also hold cases and leave stays of lower court rulings in place,...
Electrician Falls to Death at Ohio Factory
2016-02-11 18:42:00| Electrical Construction & Maintenance
A General Motors skilled trades worker was killed last week in a fall at the General Motors Defiance, Ohio Casting Operations facility. read more
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Air pollution raises risk of death 'for decades after exposure'
2016-02-09 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Air pollution raises the risk of death for many decades after exposure, according to the longest-running study to date. The analysis of 368,000 British people over 38 years also showed that those living in the most polluted places have a 14% higher risk of dying than those in the least polluted areas. Those exposed to particulate air pollution were more likely to die from respiratory problems, like pneumonia, emphysema and bronchitis, and also from cardiovascular problems, like heart attacks....
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