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Despite court ruling, EPA raises biofuel estimate
2013-01-31 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Days after a federal appeals court said the Obama administration is setting overly optimistic production quotas for the struggling biofuels industry, the government issued new standards Thursday that raise production estimates for 2013. New standards announced by the Environmental Protection Agency require production of 14 million gallons of so-called cellulosic biofuels made from grasses and woody material. That's up from an 8.7 million-gallon requirement in 2012 - when actual production was...
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Legal Alert: Pulp and Circumstance - Pennsylvania Supreme Court ...
2013-01-31 01:43:00| Paper - Topix.net
On January 22, 2013, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that the gain on the sale of out-of-state timberlands constituted business income under the state's amended definition of business income.
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Dutch court holds Shell subsidiary partially responsible for Nigeria spills
2013-01-31 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
The District Court of The Hague has ruled that Netherlands-based Royal Dutch Shell's Nigerian subsidiary is responsible for oil spills in the Niger Delta from 2004 to 2007 and must pay compensation.
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Argentine court upholds freeze on Chevron assets
2013-01-30 21:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: An Argentine appeals court has upheld a freeze on up to $19 billion worth of assets held by U.S. oil major Chevron Corp in Argentina as part of an environmental lawsuit by Ecuadorean villagers, one of the plaintiffs' lawyers said on Wednesday. An Ecuadorean court last year ordered Chevron to pay the enormous sum for contamination of watersheds over nearly 30 years that the plaintiffs say sickened indigenous tribes people and farmers in the Ecuadorean Amazon. Chevron, which vowed to fight the...
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Federal Appeals Court Invalidates NLRB Recess Appointments
2013-01-30 19:51:27| ENR.com: Headline News
Courts decision raises uncertainty about validity of Boards rulings since recess appointments were made.
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