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Supreme Court rejects Obama drive to cut power plant emissions
2015-06-29 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: The Supreme Court on Monday ruled against an Environmental Protection Agency regulation limiting mercury and other toxic emissions from power plants, undermining the Obama administration's drive to cut pollution from electricity generators. The case looked at the EPA's regulation of mercury and other emissions from power plants under the Clean Air Act, which Republicans have attacked as a "war on coal" and an example of presidential overreach. The EPA interpreted the law "unreasonably" when...
U.S. Supreme Court rejects BP, Anadarko over Deepwater Horizon spill penalties
2015-06-29 15:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected bids by BP Plc(BP.L) and Anadarko Petroleum Corp(APC.N) to avoid penalties under federal pollution law in connection with the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The high court left in place a June 2014 ruling by the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which said the companies were liable for civil penalties under the federal Clean Water Act. The April 20, 2010, Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion and Macondo oil well rupture killed...
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South Asians welcome US Supreme Court's decision on same-sex marriages
2015-06-28 06:00:09| Beverages - Topix.net
The Supreme Court ruling 5-4 on case between petitioners "Obergefell verses defendant Hodges" recognizes same-sex marriage as constitutional right under the Fourteenth Amendment. The case was authored by Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy and he was joined by Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan.
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The End of "Average Joe," Class Plaintiff? The Supreme...
2015-06-27 19:03:17| Food - Topix.net
You run a business. You sell actual products. You employ hundreds, or even thousands, of warm-blooded employees, all with names, families, and histories.
Supreme Courta s gay marriage ruling applauded by businesses, CEOs on Twitter
2015-06-27 12:53:17| Airlines - Topix.net
The Supreme Court's historic ruling Friday on gay marriage sparked a tidal wave of comments on social media with brands such as Southwest Airlines , Visa and YouTube jumping in on the discussion. YouTube tweeted a video compilation of people who had used the streaming service to publicly come out and added the caption, "The United States took a step in the right direction today," which garnered over 21,000 favorites and nearly 16,000 retweets.
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