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U.S. Kiobel Decision Bucks 30 Years of Precedent
2013-04-18 03:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: The U.S. Supreme Court has dismissed a lawsuit against the Royal Dutch Shell Petroleum Company brought by alleged human rights victims. The ruling, which was handed down Wednesday, is seen as a serious setback for the Ogoni community in the Niger Delta, who alleged gross human rights abuses during the mid-1990s by the military government in power at the time."What we have here are allegations of horrific acts of violence, including torture, facilitated by large multinational corporations in Nigeria,...
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Environmentalists appeal decision in fracking suit
2013-04-17 22:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: A coalition of environmental and landowner groups is appealing a district judge's decision that individual ingredients used in hydraulic fracturing can be protected under Wyoming's trade secrets law. The Casper Star-Tribune reported (http://bit.ly/174zBna ) Wednesday the group, which includes the Powder River Basin Resource Council and the Wyoming Outdoor Council, appealed the decision by Natrona County District Judge Catherine Wilking to the Wyoming Supreme Court. Hydraulic fracturing, or...
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White River Township dune driveway (or road) decision could set state precedent
2013-04-16 21:16:41| Waste Management - Topix.net
Members of the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality listen to a man voice his displeasure about an application to build a 1,200-foot-long driveway across the White River Township Barrier Dune Sanctuary.
CPC: Proposed COOL Rule Will Not Comply to WTO Panel Decision
2013-04-15 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
CANADA - The Canadian Pork Council submitted comments on the proposed rule to amend Country of Origin Labelling regulations with the USDA on behalf of Canada’s 7000 hog producers. The CPC believes that the rule will not remove discrimination found by the WTO panel but instead, will only serve to make it worse by increasing the level of discrimination against imported livestock.
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In its coal decision, NV Energy bows to economic reality
2013-04-14 21:49:46| Electronics - Topix.net
A Union Pacific train unloads its coal Friday, Dec. 10, 1999 at Nevada Power Company's Reid Gardner power station near Moapa.
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