je.st
news
Tag: approves
Judge Approves $4 Billion in Fines for BP in Gulf Disaster Deal
2013-02-01 16:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: After a ruling earlier this week by a federal judge in New Orleans, BP now holds the record for the largest criminal penalty in U.S. history. The penalty, totaling $4 billion, is strictly related to the criminal conduct of the company that led to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion and oil leak into the Gulf of Mexico. As part of the deal, BP agreed to plead guilty to a total of 14 counts of criminal conduct, which includes charges of felony manslaughter. However, as CNN.com points out,...
TCEQ approves penalties, work plans for Exide Technologies' Frisco plant
2013-01-31 07:04:54| Waste Management - Topix.net
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality unanimously approved the agreed order for Exide Technologies at its meeting in Austin this morning.
Tags: work
plans
technologies
plant
FERC Approves Settlement on NERC 2012 Performance Audit
2013-01-30 17:59:00| Transmission & Distribution World
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has approved a settlement between its Office of Enforcement and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation to resolve all issues related to the findings and recommendations in Enforcements 2012 performance audit of the electric reliability organization.
Tags: performance
audit
settlement
approves
US court approves BP's plea over $4.5bn criminal penalties
2013-01-30 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
The US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana has approved BP's plea to resolve all federal criminal charges against the company, in relation to the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico which killed 11 people.
Tags: court
criminal
penalties
approves
Senate Approves Kerry for Secretary of State
2013-01-30 00:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: The Senate approved one of its own to become President Obama`s second Secretary of State in a near-unanimous vote today. Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) sailed through the chamber in a 94-to-3 vote, with Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) and Texas Sens. Ted Cruz (R) and John Cornyn (R) casting the only no votes. In nearly three decades in the U.S. Senate, John Kerry has distinguished himself as a champion for action against climate change, an advocate for the international cooperation we need to protect...
Tags: state
secretary
senate
kerry
Sites : [365] [366] [367] [368] [369] [370] [371] [372] [373] [374] [375] [376] [377] [378] [379] [380] [381] [382] [383] next »