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Democrats mounting Big Tobacco-style probe of oil companies, industry fights back

2016-04-12 23:07:22| Oil & Gas - Topix.net

Democratic officials' push against fossil fuel companies is entering a new phase as state attorneys general launch investigations that mirror the Justice Department's landmark case against "Big Tobacco," probing claims that oil companies misled the public about the risks of global warming -- a charge industry representatives adamantly reject. Massachusetts and the U.S. Virgin Islands are the latest to announce probes , specifically into whether ExxonMobil was up-front regarding what it knew about climate change.

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U.S. Working Group Fights Toxic Algae

2016-04-11 00:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Environment News Service: In-depth scientific research and broad-based communications are both needed to get control of harmful algal blooms and low-oxygen conditions called hypoxia in U.S. waters, advises a new report to Congress. From extended shellfish closures on the west coast in 2015, to a larger-than-predicted hypoxic zone in the Gulf of Mexico, to blue-green algae in Lake Erie, harmful algal blooms and hypoxia ruin resources across thousands of miles of U.S. coastal and inland waters. No part of the country...

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Brazilian photographer fights to protect remote tribe's rights

2016-04-05 23:26:36| IT Services - Topix.net

When Brazilian photographer Claudia Andujar started working with Yanomami people in the Amazon rainforest in the 1970s, most of them did not know what a camera was. Andujar spent most of that decade and more in northern Brazil photographing the Yanomami, one of Latin America's most remote indigenous tribes.

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Mattel fights Chinese cyberthieves

2016-04-03 07:21:35| Toys - Topix.net

The email seemed unremarkable: a routine request by Mattel Inc .' s chief executive for a new vendor payment to China.

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N.J. Town Fights States Eminent Domain Landfill Seizure

2016-03-28 16:49:00| Waste Age

A fight has playing out between the town of Kearny and the state of New Jersey over the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority's (NJSEA) apparent plan to seize the Keegan Landfill through eminent domain. read more

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