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Chevron Fights Amazon Pollution Verdict in U.S. Court
2013-10-16 00:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: Two years after they were awarded 18 billion dollars by an Ecuadorian court for environmental damage caused by Chevron in the Amazonian rainforest, a group of indigenous villagers and their U.S. lawyer went on trial Tuesday in New York, accused by the oil company of bribery and racketeering. Chevron was found liable in 2011 for an ecological catastrophe caused by pollution released in the 1970s and 1980s by Texaco, which Chevron acquired in 2001 and for which they agreed to assume legal obligations....
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NC court reverses car dealer age bias ruling
2013-10-15 22:27:03| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
A former North Carolina car dealership manager will get another chance to prove he was fired because of his age.
Appeals court reverses car dealer age bias ruling
2013-10-15 22:27:01| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
A former North Carolina car dealership manager will get another chance to prove he was fired because of his age.
Supreme Court to hear challenge to EPA powers on greenhouse gases
2013-10-15 22:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to hear a utility industry challenge to the Obama administration's ability to impose environmental regulations to limit greenhouse gases from stationary sources such as power plants, factories and refineries. In a partial victory for industry, the justices agreed to decide whether the Environmental Protection Agency went too far when it extended its regulatory power over greenhouse gases beyond cars and trucks. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, one of six groups that...
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Supreme Court to Hear Greenhouse Gas Cases
2013-10-15 20:39:55| ENR.com: Headline News
The court will focus only on whether EPA's vehicle-emissions rule also lets the agency regulate powerplant, refinery emissions.
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