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Chevron CEO Blasts California Environmental Laws Governor Touts
2015-12-09 13:39:15| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
As Governor Jerry Brown is in Paris urging other political leaders to follow his lead in curbing global warming, the chief executive of California's largest oil company said the state's policies "unambiguously raise energy costs and do nothing about greenhouse-gas emissions." Chevron Corp. Chief Executive Officer John Watson said environmentalists have misdirected their energies toward California and other industrialized economies instead of targeting the largest polluters in the developing world.
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Nissan charged with violating labor laws at Mississippi plant
2015-12-06 07:45:03| Automakers - Topix.net
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant drives a Nissan XD pickup from behind a curtain during the local unveiling at the company's Canton, Miss., manufacturing plant, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015, Joining Gov. Bryant, in the passenger seat, is Jose Munoz, Nissan executive vice president and chairman of the Americas. Nissan is accused of illegally stifling workers' right to wear pro-union or anti-union clothing when it created a uniform policy in 2014 for its manufacturing plants.
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Should movement to ease criminal laws extend to white-collar offenders? Coalition splits on answer
2015-12-01 13:02:42| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
A bill that would make it more difficult to prosecute alleged white-collar offenders has exposed a rift in a coalition pushing for less punitive criminal laws. The conservative Koch brothers had joined with the U.S. Justice Department to support criminal justice reform, but they are parting ways over the House bill, the New York Times reports.
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Waste Disposal Laws Overhaul Proposed by Maine Legislator
2015-11-30 14:58:00| Waste Age
MPBN.net Lawmakers are gearing up to take a second look at how Maine can do a better job at managing its waste and increasing its recycling rate. read more
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Ahead of climate summit, French use emergency laws to put activists under house arrest
2015-11-28 15:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: France has put 24 green activists under house arrest ahead of the United Nations climate talks, using emergency laws put in place following the Paris shootings, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said on Saturday. Cazeneuve said the activists were suspected of planning violent protests at the talks which kick off on Sunday, a day ahead of the opening ceremony, and run until Dec. 11. The conference, also dubbed COP21, is seeking to agree a deal that signals a break with a rising reliance on...
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