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Court Upholds Guidelines to Protect Fish
2014-03-14 01:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: An appeals court on Thursday sided with environmentalists over growers and upheld federal guidelines that limit water diversions in order to protect delta smelt. The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that a lower court should not have overturned recommendations that the state reduce exports of water to the south from the north. The reduced exports leave more water in the Sacramento Delta for the finger-size delta smelt and have been blamed for exacerbating the effects of...
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Group seeks court order on USDA over genetically modified alfalfa
2014-03-14 00:25:59| Chemicals - Topix.net
A public interest group is asking a court to force the U.S. Department of Agriculture to turn over documents explaining its approval of a genetically altered alfalfa even as the department acknowledged the crop's potential to do environmental damage.
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FISA court reverses order to destroy NSA phone data
2014-03-13 12:30:54| InfoWorld: Top News
The U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court has temporarily reversed its earlier order that call records collected by the National Security Agency should be destroyed after the current five-year limit. The court modified its stand after a District Court in California on Monday ordered the government to retain phone records it collects in bulk from telecommunications carriers, as the metadata could be required as evidence in two civil lawsuits that challenge the NSA's phone records program under section 215 of the Patriot Act.
Legal Lode: Federal Appeals Court Sustains Dismissal of Hauler Charge
2014-03-12 20:35:00| Waste Age
A county waste management program that includes flow control to public facilities is a quintessential exercise of local police power, which courts are loathe to overturn by substituting their judgment for that of local elected officials, according to a ruling by a federal appeals court. read more
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Chicago court freezes U.S. assets of Mt. Gox CEO, companies
2014-03-12 12:37:39| InfoWorld: Top News
A U.S. district court judge on Tuesday froze the U.S. assets of Mark Karpeles, CEO of failed Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox, and two associated companies, allowing lawyers to begin demanding documents from the three parties to investigate what they allege is a huge fraud.
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