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Judge considers unsealing court file in CIA sex scandal case
2016-04-05 23:31:42| Biotech - Topix.net
David Petraeus speaks in New York. The U.S. judge who oversaw the now-abandoned lawsuit against the federal government over leaks in the investig... Energy officials say a natural gas well blowout last year that crippled a major energy supply for Southern California could lead to blackouts this summer.
U.S. judge approves BP settlement for 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill
2016-04-05 05:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Judge Carl Barbier granted final approval on Monday to BP Plc's civil settlement over its 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill after it reached a deal in July 2015 to pay up to $18.7 billion in penalties to the U.S. government and five states. "Today's action holds BP accountable with the largest environmental penalty of all time while launching one of the most extensive environmental restoration efforts ever undertaken," U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch said in a statement. The company at the...
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Judge orders U.S. to address climate threat to wolverines
2016-04-05 05:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A wolverine walks across the snow in this U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service A federal judge on Monday rejected a decision by U.S. wildlife managers to deny wolverines Endangered Species Act protection, ruling the government erred in discounting the threat posed by climate change to the weasel-like predator of the Northern Rockies. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2013 proposed an endangered species listing for the estimated 300 wolverines believed to still inhabit the Lower 48 states, most...
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Judge Approves Multi-Billion BP Oil Spill Settlement
2016-04-05 02:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: A federal judge in New Orleans today set his stamp of approval on an $18.7 billion civil settlement in the deadly 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. Fire boat response crews battle the blazing remnants of the offshore oil rig Deepwater Horizon April 21, 2010. U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier approved the agreement reached with the U.S. government and five Gulf states: Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas -- resolving years of litigation over the worst offshore...
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Too big to fight: In Pa. pipeline wars, landowners lose before judge rules on eminent domain
2016-04-01 12:43:32| Energy - Topix.net
These are passionately fought legal cases that pit rural landowners against huge corporations tasked with revolutionizing America's energy future and maximizing profits amid an industry downturn. While the fracking boom changed the country's dependence on foreign oil, it's the pipeline development that is reversing the U.S. from an energy importer to exporter.
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