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U.S. appeals court partially upholds ozone pollution rule

2013-07-23 16:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: A federal appeals court on Tuesday partially upheld U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regulations issued by former President George W. Bush's administration that set standards for ozone pollution. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit sent a portion of the regulations back to the agency for further consideration but left the entirety of the rule in place while the revisions are carried out. Ozone pollution forms when air pollutants react with sunlight and has been...

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Eolas' 'Interactive Web' patents invalid, appeals court affirms

2013-07-23 06:50:50| CNET News.com

The patents were used to extract hundreds of millions from tech companies online video streaming and search results suggestions. [Read more]

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Chile indigenous group appeals Pascua-Lama ruling: lawyer

2013-07-22 21:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: A group of indigenous Chileans asked the Supreme Court to revoke the environmental license of Barrick Gold Corp's Pascua-Lama gold mine because it seeks a total re-evaluation of the project, a lawyer representing the group told Reuters on Monday. The Copiapo Court of Appeals last week ordered a freeze on construction of the project, which straddles the Chile-Argentine border high in the Andes, until the company builds infrastructure to prevent water pollution. However, it did not terminate the...

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Court of Appeals upholds Georgia-Pacific class action lawsuit

2013-07-17 13:38:51| Paper - Topix.net

The state's Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court ruling granting class action status to a lawsuit filed against the Georgia-Pacific Corporation by a group of Effingham County residents.

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