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Sheldon Whitehouse: Sue Fossil Fuel Companies for Climate Fraud
2015-06-05 14:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: In a May 29 op-ed in The Washington Post, Whitehouse argued that the fossil fuel industrys efforts to discredit climate science and attack environmentalists may constitute deliberate deception of the kind the tobacco industry perpetrated in previous decades. In 2006, a federal judge found the tobacco industry guilty of fraud in a civil lawsuit brought under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO). Cigarette companies' efforts to hide the health effects of tobacco consumption...
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Environmentalists sue to protect fish amid California drought measures
2015-06-04 21:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: California environmental groups have sued state and federal water managers, claiming that their drought-management plan for projects below the crucial Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta is pushing some species of fish to the brink of extinction. The lawsuit marks the latest salvo in the battle over water in California as the state suffers through its fourth year of a devastating drought that has prompted strict conservation measures. "We bring this lawsuit in an effort to prevent the impending...
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Austria ready to sue over subsidized nuclear plants: minister
2015-05-28 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Austria will take legal action to block any subsidized nuclear power plants in an effort to discourage use of the technology in Europe and scare off investors, the country's environment minister, Andrae Rupprechter, said in a newspaper interview. Rupprechter's comments to business daily Wirtschaftsblatt reflect non-nuclear Austria's tough stance, as evidenced by its intent to take the European Commission to court over approval of Britain's plans for the Hinkley Point nuclear plant. Neighboring...
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Environmental Groups Sue Over Oil Train Rules Cite Amtrak Crash
2015-05-15 15:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: Environmental groups are suing the Obama administration over recently announced rules for transporting oil by rail, arguing they allow unsafe tankers to remain on the tracks for a decade. Earthjustice filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court's 9th Circuit Wednesday. It says new Department of Transportation rules fail to protect Americans from exploding trains. The groups tied what they see as shortcomings of the new rules to Tuesday's Amtrak passenger rail disaster in Philadelphia, which killed...
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U.S. green groups sue in challenge to oil train safety rules
2015-05-14 22:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Seven environmental groups filed a lawsuit on Thursday challenging safety rules issued earlier this month for trains carrying oil, arguing the regulations are too weak to protect the public. The groups, including the Sierra Club and Center for Biological Diversity, charge that the rules, issued on May 1, will allow industry to continue to use "unsafe tank cars" for up to 10 years and fail to set adequate speed limits for oil trains. "Were suing the administration because these rules wont protect...
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