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Loophole in 1970 Clean Air Act may prevent criminal prosecution of VW
2015-10-01 19:01:31| Extremetech
The EPA may not have the ability to bring criminal charges against VW, thanks to a loophole in the 1970 Clean Air Act.
NY pols, reform group sue over LLC donation loophole
2015-07-14 20:18:41| Apparel - Topix.net
State Sen. Liz Krueger and other plaintiffs in the suit argue that companies can create as many limited liability corporations, or LLCs, as needed to donate however much they want to election campaigns. A government reform organization and a bipartisan group of current and former state lawmakers are suing the New York state Board of Elections in hopes of closing a legal loophole that allows businesses to give virtually unlimited amounts of campaign donations.
Loophole In Gov. Brown's Oil Spill Emergency Order Weakens Environmental Protections
2015-06-03 06:38:00| oilandgasonline Home Page
The Center for Biological Diversity today called on Gov. Jerry Brown to rescind an order suspending key environmental rules that should be governing cleanup of the devastating Santa Barbara oil spill.
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Loophole In Gov. Brown's Oil Spill Emergency Order Weakens Environmental Protections
2015-06-03 06:38:00| pollutiononline Home Page
The Center for Biological Diversity today called on Gov. Jerry Brown to rescind an order suspending key environmental rules that should be governing cleanup of the devastating Santa Barbara oil spill.
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Food from Fukushima could be hitting Britain's shelves through legal safety loophole
2015-04-13 23:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Food produced around the Fukushima nuclear disaster site could be making its way on to British shelves because of loopholes in safety rules, The Independent can reveal. Products contaminated by radiation, including tea, noodles and chocolate bars, have already been exported from Japan under the cover of false labelling by fraudsters. Experts warned that Britains food regulations were not strong enough to prevent these kinds of contaminated products which are fraudulently marked as coming...
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