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Court to hear arguments on Christie's removal state from greenhouse gas program
2013-12-25 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
North Jersey: An appellate panel will soon grapple with whether Governor Christie illegally removed New Jersey from a multistate program designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Oral arguments are expected to be heard before a three-judge panel in Trenton on Jan. 8, nearly 20 months after two environmental groups sued Christie. They claim the governor violated state law by not seeking any public comment before pulling New Jersey out of the program in 2011. The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, or RGGI,...
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Court rejects BP bid to require proof of Gulf oil spill losses
2013-12-25 11:53:06| Energy - Topix.net
BP Plc has failed to persuade a federal judge to require businesses seeking to recover money over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill to provide proof that their economic losses were caused by the disaster.
Court rejects BP bid to require proof of Gulf oil spill losses
2013-12-25 01:44:46| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
BP Plc has failed to persuade a federal judge to require businesses seeking to recover money over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill to provide proof that their economic losses were caused by the disaster.
Organic Farmers vs. Monsanto: Final Appeal to U.S. Supreme Court to Protect Crops from GMO Contamination
2013-12-24 18:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Last week, the Public Patent Foundation filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in the landmark case, Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association (OSGATA) et al v. Monsanto, in the hopes that the highest court in the land would hear and reinstate the case of 73 American organic and conventional family farmers, seed businesses and public advocacy groups that seek protection for America`s farmers from Monsanto`s frivolous patent infringement lawsuits, and their promiscuous genetically engineered pollen...
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Chevron appeals to top Ecuador court in pollution case
2013-12-24 00:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: U.S. energy company Chevron Corp appealed on Monday to Ecuador's highest court, asking it to cancel a $9.5 billion fine for polluting the Amazon rainforest in a long-running case. Last month Ecuador's National Court of Justice upheld a 2011 verdict by a lower court that Chevron was responsible for pollution in the area caused by U.S. oil firm Texaco, whose assets were bought by Chevron in 2001. Chevron says that 2011 ruling was obtained by fraud and it is pursuing a case in New York against...
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