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Israel Prime Minister pushes Leviathan gas field deal in Supreme Court
2016-02-15 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has requested the Supreme Court allow the country to proceed with development of the offshore Leviathan gas field in the Mediterranean Sea.
Will US supreme court judge death save climate plan?
2016-02-14 21:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: The death of a 79-year-old Texan judge could have radically changed the mood music around US president Barack Obamas beleaguered plan to make states slash greenhouse gas emissions. Antonin Scalia was one of five members of the Supreme Court of the United States to last week vote to stay implementation of the Clean Power Plan, which mandates emission cuts from power plants. With the death of Scalia -- a distinguished justice appointed by Ronald Reagan -- theres now a 4-4 ideological split...
US supreme court: the key issues affected by death of Justice Scalia
2016-02-14 19:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The death of Antonin Scalia on Saturday, at the age of 79, created an opening on the US supreme court. Paying tribute to Scalia, President Obama said he would nominate a successor. In the Senate and on the campaign trail, however, Republicans said they would not cooperate, even to the extent of scheduling a nomination hearing in the upper house they control, at any point in the presidents final year in office. We could be in for a year or more with only eight justices on the supreme court,...
Obama Administration's "Clean Power Plan" dealt a setback by the Supreme Court
2016-02-14 15:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Triple Pundit: The Obama administrations Clean Power Plan suffered a setback on Tuesday when the Supreme Court granted a stay to the program. In a 5-4 decision, the court sided in favor of petitioning states, utilities and coal companies that claimed that the federal government was overreaching its powers when it attempted to establish a national plan to move away from fossil-fuel based power. Requests for the Supreme Court to impose the stay were submitted in January after an appeals court ruled that the plan...
US Supreme Court temporarily halts EPA guidelines for carbon emissions
2016-02-13 18:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Gosport Times: A Supreme Court ruling this week could make it harder for the U.S.to honor commitments it made at climate talks in Paris. Coal-producing West Virginia is one of 29 states and state agencies challenging Obama's plan. The Supreme Court hits the brakes on the heart of President Obama's push to fight global warming. The Court's recent decisions had hinted that the Clean Power Plan might meet with disfavor among the justices. "We continue to believe that the Clean Power Plan could negatively impact...
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