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Supreme Court invalidates Obama administration mercury air pollution rule
2015-06-29 16:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled the Obama administration should have considered compliance cost when it decided to limit emissions of mercury and other hazardous air pollutants mainly from coal-fired power plants, a setback for the government that leaves the legal status of the regulation in limbo. The court ruled in a 5-4 decision, with its five conservative justices in the majority, against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The rule stays in effect for the time being, with...
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Supreme Court Blocks Obama Limits on Power Plants
2015-06-29 16:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The Supreme Court on Monday blocked one of the Obama administrations most ambitious environmental initiatives, one meant to limit emissions of mercury and other toxic pollutants from coal-fired power plants. Justice Antonin Scalia wrote the majority opinion in the 5-to-4 decision, joined by the courts more conservative members. Industry groups and some 20 states challenged the Environmental Protection Agencys decision to regulate the emissions, saying the agency had failed to take into account...
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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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Supreme court rules in favor of same sex marriage
2015-06-27 07:44:37| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Pam Roes of the Black Hills Center for Equality, said the news was a little overwhelming. "So pumped so excited unbelievably relieved tears of joy all morning it's been amazing."
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