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Flexsteel settles Indiana pollution lawsuit, will pay $6.25 million
2013-12-24 19:04:40| Furniture - Topix.net
Flexsteel Industries has reached an agreement to settle a lawsuit alleging the company polluted groundwater at the location of several residences in Elkhart, Ind.
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Chinas pollution problems threaten Australia's coal exports
2013-12-24 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Eco-Business: Coal mining companies in Australia have been enjoying the good life in recent years, making millions of dollars from feeding the seemingly insatiable energy appetites of Asia's tiger economies -- particularly that of China. But a new report by the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment (SSEE) at Oxford in the UK warns that Australia's coal mining party could be coming to an end. It says coal demand in China looks likely to fall in the years ahead due to concerns about climate change...
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Chevron appeals to top Ecuador court in pollution case
2013-12-24 00:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: U.S. energy company Chevron Corp appealed on Monday to Ecuador's highest court, asking it to cancel a $9.5 billion fine for polluting the Amazon rainforest in a long-running case. Last month Ecuador's National Court of Justice upheld a 2011 verdict by a lower court that Chevron was responsible for pollution in the area caused by U.S. oil firm Texaco, whose assets were bought by Chevron in 2001. Chevron says that 2011 ruling was obtained by fraud and it is pursuing a case in New York against...
Indigenous groups win right to pursue Chevron assets in Canada in Amazon pollution case
2013-12-20 00:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Indigenous plaintiffs in a long-running legal dispute against Chevron won the right to pursue the oil giant's assets in Canada as part of a $9.5 billion judgement by an Ecuadorean court over damages in the Amazon, reports Amazon Watch. On Tuesday Ontario's Court of Appeal ruled that 47 Ecuadorean plaintiffs can proceed with an effort to seize Chevron's Canadian assets. The decision reversed an earlier ruling that the oil company didn't have any assets in Canada. In the ruling, the three judge...
Greeks Burning More Wood and Garbage Amid Financial Collapse Leads to More Pollution, Health Risks
2013-12-19 23:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: Air pollution is usually not the first consequence that comes to mind when thinking about an economic crisis, but new research out of economically downtrodden Greece has found that as the price of heating oil increases, Greek residents are switching to burning cheaper material such as wood and waste materials to warm their homes, which is having an effect on the environment and possibly public health. A team of researchers led by University of Southern California's Constantinos Sioutas found that...
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