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Anti-abortion Activists Celebrate Supreme Court Victory
2014-07-01 18:00:34| Chemicals - Topix.net
Washington, DC - infoZine - Scripps Howard Foundation Wire - "I believe," a single voice yelled to the crowd.
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US Supreme Court refuses challenge to California climate rule
2014-07-01 14:41:23| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a challenge to California's landmark low-carbon fuel standard, in a blow to out-of-state ethanol and gasoline producers that say the rule unfairly discriminates against their products. A coalition of fuel makers, led by the Rocky Mountain Farmers Union, a grower of corn and soybeans for ethanol in western states, brought a lawsuit to overturn a 2009 rule mandating cuts in carbon emissions. The California regulation calculates emissions throughout...
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EU states avoid green energy overhaul after court backs Swedish scheme
2014-07-01 13:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Sweden's renewable energy support scheme is compatible with European Union law, the EU's top court said on Tuesday, in a ruling that means member states will avoid a radical overhaul of their renewable energy laws. The EU's Court of Justice (ECJ) said the ruling meant EU member states can continue to limit renewables support schemes to within their national borders. The ruling was unexpected as it went against the opinion of the court's top legal official in January, which had argued that Sweden...
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Germany sees no obstacles to green energy law after EU court ruling
2014-07-01 11:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: German Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel believes a ruling by the European Union's top court on Tuesday has removed any lingering EU obstacles to Berlin's renewable energy law. "The European Court of Justice has send a clear signal on the continued support of renewable energy in Europe," Gabriel said in a statement after the court ruled that Sweden's scheme for supporting renewable energy was compatible with EU law. "I am assuming now that there are no more state-aid related obstacles to the German...
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Anti-fracking win in N.Y. court may deal blow to industry
2014-07-01 01:16:52| Energy - Topix.net
New York's cities and towns can block hydraulic fracturing within their borders, the state's highest court ruled, dealing a blow to an industry awaiting Gov. Andrew Cuomo's decision on whether to file a 6-year-old statewide moratorium.
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