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U.S. court revives asbestos fraud case against BASF
2014-09-05 14:19:01| Jewelry - Topix.net
BASF, the world's largest chemicals maker by sales, said it was considering appealing the revival of a U.S. fraud case against it by representatives of alleged asbestos victims. A U.S. appeals court ruled this week that BASF and its former law firm had a case to answer in a class action alleging they conspired to prevent thousands of asbestos-injury victims from obtaining justice by destroying or hiding evidence.
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Full house likely as Nebraska top court hears Keystone XL case
2014-09-05 13:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Backers and opponents of the Keystone XL pipeline are expected to pack a courtrooom in Lincoln on Friday when the Nebraska Supreme Court hears arguments about whether the state's governor was wrong to approve a route for the controversial project. At issue is a 2012 law that gave Governor Dave Heineman the authority to approve a route for TransCanada Corp's proposed Canada-to-Texas project, which would carry tar sands crude oil from Alberta to Texas. Siting issues are typically settled by the...
The case of the disappearing crude-oil tank cars
2014-09-05 11:48:40| Railroads - Topix.net
The case of the disappearing crude-oil tank cars The case of the disappearing tank cars Check out this story on DemocratandChronicle.com: http://on.rocne.ws/1o1f0Hn Trains carrying crude oil pass regularly through the Rochester area these days. But which of two routes through Monroe County is CSX Transportation using? Readers helped us answer that question, and in the process, revealed some of a mystery about our oil-train traffic.
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Nevada Fracking Case to Be Decided Next Week
2014-09-05 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: A federal judge plans to decide next week whether to block the release of oil and gas leases in Nevada that critics say will be used for hydraulic fracturing and cause more environmental harm than the Bureau of Land Management admits. Lawyers for the Reese River Basin Citizens Against Fracking urged U.S. District Judge Miranda Du on Wednesday to issue an emergency order to prevent the BLM from formally issuing the leases later this month in an area stretching across about 270 square miles of central...
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'Worst Case' BP Ruling on Spill Means Billions More in Fines
2014-09-04 23:28:28| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
BP Plc faces billions more in potential penalties after a judge found it acted with gross negligence in the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, dealing a blow to the company's efforts to expand its drilling program as costs rise and production slips. In a turning point after four years of legal wrangling over responsibility, U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier's ruling laid the bulk of the blame on BP for the explosion, which killed 11 men and caused the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history.
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