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Nebraska Supreme Court Holds the Key to Keystone XL's Future
2014-09-05 16:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: Nebraskan landowners who have fought the Keystone XL pipeline to a standstill there urged the state's Supreme Court on Friday to reaffirm that the legislature acted unconstitutionally when it allowed rubberstamp approval of the pipeline's proposed route across the region's fragile sandhills and vulnerable aquifers. Otherwise, said David Domina, the landowners' lawyer, the Canadian pipeline company TransCanada and its political allies would be free to run untrammeled over private landholders and...
U.S. court revives asbestos fraud case against BASF
2014-09-05 14:19:01| Jewelry - Topix.net
BASF, the world's largest chemicals maker by sales, said it was considering appealing the revival of a U.S. fraud case against it by representatives of alleged asbestos victims. A U.S. appeals court ruled this week that BASF and its former law firm had a case to answer in a class action alleging they conspired to prevent thousands of asbestos-injury victims from obtaining justice by destroying or hiding evidence.
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Full house likely as Nebraska top court hears Keystone XL case
2014-09-05 13:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Backers and opponents of the Keystone XL pipeline are expected to pack a courtrooom in Lincoln on Friday when the Nebraska Supreme Court hears arguments about whether the state's governor was wrong to approve a route for the controversial project. At issue is a 2012 law that gave Governor Dave Heineman the authority to approve a route for TransCanada Corp's proposed Canada-to-Texas project, which would carry tar sands crude oil from Alberta to Texas. Siting issues are typically settled by the...
Mutation of breast cancer gene can be patented, says Federal Court
2014-09-05 06:26:24| Biotech - Topix.net
Cancer patients and doctors are devastated at a decision by the full bench of the Federal Court this morning that private companies have the right to control human genes. They fear the decision in the so-called "breast cancer gene" case, which found a company could patent a mutation in the gene BRCA1, will stifle research and lead to far higher costs for patients in need of potentially life-saving tests.
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Court rules against Ohio utility in coal dispute
2014-09-04 14:49:37| Energy - Topix.net
The Ohio Supreme Court has sided with state utility regulators in a dispute with American Electric Power over how much the company can charge customers for coal. The Columbus Dispatch reports that the court, in a unanimous ruling Wednesday, rejected AEP's contention that it should have been able to keep $71.6 million that it received related to a coal contract in 2009.
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