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InBev, Justice Department seek delay in courtroom beer fight

2013-02-21 04:15:10| Beverages - Topix.net

The U.S. Justice Department and Anheuser-Busch InBev , which have been embroiled in a court fight over whether AB InBev can expand its stake in Mexican brewer Grupo Modelo, asked a court on Wednesday for a short delay as the two sides hold settlement talks.

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Justice Department deal reduces BP's Deepwater Horizon fine by $3.4bn

2013-02-20 20:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: BP has shaved $3.4bn off the maximum fine for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil disaster. A court order, handed down by a judge in New Orleans, means BP will no longer be liable for a maximum of $21bn in fines at next week's civil trial after a judge ruled the oil company would not have to pay for 810,000 barrels of oil collected at the source of the broken well. The oil company had been facing up to $21bn in fines in the civil case, based on the amount of oil that gushed into the Gulf following...

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Guiding Principles of Equity & Social Justice (PDF)

2013-02-12 20:59:56| PortlandOnline

Learn about the principles that guide PHB's policy development, organizational priorities, and operational and financial decisions

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A Time for Leadership on Climate Justice

2013-02-11 17:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

World Resources Institute: I spent the recent U.N. climate negotiations in Doha trying to reconcile two injustices. The first is captured by Nicholas Sterns brutal arithmetic. This is the simple, unavoidable fact that bold greenhouse gas emissions reductions will be needed from all countries to hold global temperature increase to 2°C above pre-industrial levels, thus preventing climate changes most dangerous impacts. Developing nations, many of which are battling crippling poverty and inequality at home, are being told...

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