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Canada: Wind turbines have reduced property values, court says
2013-04-24 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Toronto Star: An Ontario court says that landowners near a proposed wind farm have suffered diminished property values. A lawyer for the landowners says the decision will clear the way for more actions against both wind developers and those who lease their land for wind turbines. But a spokesman for the wind power company says the evidence that the court heard was speculative, and the proceedings never reached the point where core issues were addressed. The ruling by Madam Justice S.E. Healey dismissed...
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Court Backs E.P.A. Veto of Mining Permit
2013-04-24 01:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The Environmental Protection Agency has the authority to revoke a mining permit to protect streams and wildlife, a federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday. The decision was a victory for the agency, which in 2011 retroactively vetoed a permit granted by the Bush administration in 2007 to allow a subsidiary of Arch Coal of St. Louis to dump tons of mining waste into several West Virginia rivers and streams. The veto was declared illegal in a 2012 decision by Judge Amy Berman Jackson of Federal District...
Court Orders EPA to Impose Power Plant Water Pollution Rule
2013-04-24 00:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency must meet a court-ordered deadline to issue regulations that clean up power plant water pollution, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled today. The decision turns back an attempt by the utility industry to avoid the financial and operational burdens of the regulations. On Friday, the EPA proposed a series of regulatory options for controlling pollution from power plants, such as mercury, arsenic, lead, and selenium, released into...
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Supreme Court justices tackle Texas-Oklahoma water fight
2013-04-23 21:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Supreme Court justices on Tuesday wrestled with the sensitive issue of whether a thirsty Texas water district has the right to access water across the Oklahoma state line. The case arose under the Red River Compact, an agreement between Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas and Oklahoma that apportioned water within the Red River basin. The compact was approved by Congress in 1980. The Tarrant Regional Water District, which provides water in the fast-growing Dallas-Forth Worth area, would like to access...
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US: Court agrees to Anheuser Busch InBev's Modelo deal concessions
2013-04-23 13:01:08| Beverages - Topix.net
The anti-trust lawsuit filed over Anheuser-Busch InBev 's US$20.1bn buy-out of Grupo Modelo has been fully laid to rest after a court allowed the settlement between the companies and the US Department of Justice .
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