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Emetic Justice
Polar-bear listing would hurt the poor, says industry |
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09 May 2008 |
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| Posted at 2:10 PM on 09 May 2008 If the U.S. Interior Department decides that polar bears are endangered, litigation will be immediate from a group arguing that bear protection will "result in higher energy prices across the board, which will disproportionately be borne by minorities." So says Roy Innis, chair of the Congress for Racial Equality -- a recipient of Exxon funding that has recently aligned itself with ac ... |
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| Topics: climate, endangered species, environmental justice, insanity, litigation, news, polar bears, politics (all these topics) |
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Hey, I'm a CO Too!
EPA needs to pay attention to carbon monoxide, says judge |
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08 May 2008 |
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| Posted at 3:58 PM on 08 May 2008 Carbon dioxide gets all the press, but the U.S. EPA is way behind on its legal obligation to update the nation's carbon monoxide regulations -- and it needs to get crackin', a federal judge ruled this week. Federal law requires a reassessment of carbon-monoxide standards every five years, but the EPA last took a look at the standards in 1994. While carbon monoxide is not considered to b ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, health, litigation, news, politics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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MTBE Cool
Big Oil will shell out for groundwater cleanup |
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08 May 2008 |
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| Posted at 8:07 AM on 08 May 2008 Some of the nation's largest oil companies will over the next 30 years have to pay to clean up groundwater befouled with gasoline additive MTBE. In settling a suit brought by 153 public water providers in 17 states, a dozen companies -- including BP, Shell, ConocoPhillips, and Chevron -- will also have to pay a total $423 million cash. If approved, the settlement will be "a step in the direction of ma ... |
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| Topics: Big Oil, energy, litigation, news, toxics, water pollution (all these topics) |
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This One's for Mom Earth
Sierra Club will sue over new coal plants |
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07 May 2008 |
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| Posted at 10:11 AM on 07 May 2008 The Sierra Club is planning lawsuits to halt construction of coal plants in seven states, arguing that the mercury-spewing plants violate the Clean Air Act. Noting that a federal appeals court ruled in February that the Bush administration's mercury regulations were too lax, the green group seeks to require the coal plants to get new state permits meeting tougher emissions standards. "We wan ... |
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| Topics: coal, energy, litigation, mercury, news, Sierra Club (all these topics) |
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Salmon shutdown
One of the West Coast's most iconic species feeling the heat |
Miles Grant |
03 May 2008 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: endangered species, habitat loss, habitat protection, litigation, politics, salmon (all these topics) |
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Word of Bronner
Dr. Bronner's says competitors aren't really organic |
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29 Apr 2008 |
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| Posted at 4:53 PM on 29 Apr 2008 Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps has filed a lawsuit accusing competitors in the personal-care industry of falsely advertising products as organic. The word "organic" is not federally regulated for personal-care products. Dr. Bronner's, the soap company known for its basic ingredients and rambling messages, voluntarily follows the USDA organic standard for food, which requires 95 percent org ... |
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| Topics: business, green living, green products, litigation, news (all these topics) |
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May of Reckoning
Polar-bear listing decision must be made by May 15, says judge |
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29 Apr 2008 |
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| Posted at 9:55 AM on 29 Apr 2008 The last time we checked in with the laggardly Interior Department, it was saying it needed until June 30 to decide whether to place polar bears on the endangered-species list. But the department had better find its Decider Pants soon, as a federal judge has sided with green groups to impose a new deadline of May 15. "Other than the general complexity of finalizing the rule, def ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change impacts, Department of Interior, endangered species, litigation, news, polar bears, politics, wildlife (all these topics) |
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The Gray Area
Gray wolves under attack, groups want them re-listed |
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28 Apr 2008 |
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| Posted at 1:03 PM on 28 Apr 2008 Saying that their concerns about trigger-happy hunters have been validated, 12 conservation and animal-rights groups have sued to get the gray wolf re-listed as an endangered species. The 1,500 wolves that roam through Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho were delisted on Mar. 28 and can now be shot at will; a total of 37 have been killed in the last month. Conservation groups filed suit Monday, saying th ... |
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| Topics: animal welfare, endangered species, Idaho, litigation, Montana, news, wildlife, Wyoming (all these topics) |
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By a Whisker
Northwest sea lions granted stay of execution |
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24 Apr 2008 |
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| Posted at 3:03 PM on 24 Apr 2008 Sea lions all set to gobble their last salmon supper at a Northwest dam have been granted a stay of execution by a U.S. appeals court. Judges granted an injunction, requested by the Humane Society, that a lower court had denied last week. It's only a partial victory for the Humane Society, however, as the court did OK the transfer of the whiskery rascals to zoos and aquariums; state officials planned to ... |
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| Topics: animal welfare, dams, endangered species, litigation, news, Oregon, Washington (all these topics) |
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Bushies not wild about wild salmon
On the Bush administration's deal for Columbia and Snake River salmon and steelhead |
Guest author |
23 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: habitat loss, habitat protection, litigation, politics, endangered species, salmon, dams (all these topics) |
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Lions' Humane
Judge denies Humane Society injunction, OKs sea-lion trapping |
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17 Apr 2008 |
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| Posted at 12:41 PM on 17 Apr 2008 Denying an injunction sought by the Humane Society, a federal judge has given the go-ahead to Oregon and Washington state officials to trap and kill salmon-gobbling sea lions near the Columbia River's Bonneville Dam. The animal-rights group sued after the National Marine Fisheries Service OK'd sea-lion culling last month. An official hearing on the Humane Society lawsuit could be held as ... |
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| Topics: animal welfare, dams, endangered species, litigation, National Marine Fisheries Service, news, Oregon, Washington (all these topics) |
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If loving the earth isn't enough, hating Chevron will do
Chevron runs ad attacking Goldman Prize winner |
Adam Browning |
15 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: Big Oil, grassroots activism, heroes, jackassery, litigation, oil (all these topics) |
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Cries on the Prize
Chevron throws hissy fit that anti-Chevron activists received award |
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15 Apr 2008 |
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| Posted at 10:48 AM on 15 Apr 2008 Chevron is throwing a hissy fit over the Goldman Environmental Prize awarded to two Ecuadorian activists who want the oil company to clean up pollution in the Amazon rain forest. Texaco, which was acquired by Chevron in 2001, dumped 18.5 billion gallons of petrochemical waste in the Amazon between 1972 and 1992. Lawyer Pablo Fajardo and community organizer Luis Yanza won the G ... |
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| Topics: Amazon, Big Oil, Ecuador, energy, grassroots activism, heroes, litigation, news, oil, rainforests, water pollution (all these topics) |
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Roll On, Columbia
Tribes and Bushies reach Northwest salmon settlement |
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08 Apr 2008 |
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| Posted at 5:19 PM on 08 Apr 2008 In exchange for four Native tribes dropping lawsuits, the Bush administration will spend $900 million over the next decade to help out Northwest salmon. The settlement reached Monday ends, for the time being, a decades-long legal battle over the best balance of tribal and commercial fishing rights, protection for salmon, and regional power demands in the Columbia River basin. The new plan doe ... |
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Haul From Grace
W.R. Grace will finally pay Montana asbestos victims |
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08 Apr 2008 |
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| Posted at 3:01 PM on 08 Apr 2008 W.R. Grace & Co. has agreed to pay some $3 billion in cash and equity to settle lawsuits filed on behalf of people injured or killed by asbestos in the company's products. Grace operated a vermiculite mine near Libby, Mont., from 1963 to 1990, infamously coating the town with asbestos fibers. The company went bankrupt in 2001 after more than 100,000 asbestos-related claims were filed agains ... |
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| Topics: business, litigation, mining, Montana, news, toxics (all these topics) |
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Johnson-Come-Lately
EPA sued over its procrastination |
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02 Apr 2008 |
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| Posted at 3:09 PM on 02 Apr 2008 Seventeen states and 11 green groups have sued the U.S. EPA for not yet having made a decision about whether it will regulate greenhouse gases. The lawsuit was filed Wednesday, exactly one year after the Supreme Court ruled that EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson should make that decision. sources: Associated Press, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, The Boston Globe From the Archives Don't ... |
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| Topics: climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, litigation, news, politics, regulation, US EPA (all these topics) |
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Twisted Mettle
Bush admin appeals ruling on mercury cap-and-trade plan |
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27 Mar 2008 |
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| Posted at 7:00 AM on 27 Mar 2008 The Bush administration has appealed a court ruling that struck down the U.S. EPA's controversial mercury cap-and-trade plan. The earlier ruling by a three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals found the EPA violated the Clean Air Act when it enacted the mercury rule in 2005. The cap-and-trade system allowed dirtier power plants to buy the right to pollute from cleaner ones; 17 sta ... |
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| Topics: litigation, news, toxics, United States, US EPA (all these topics) |
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Law & Order: Species Victims Unit
Green group files lawsuit to protect 681 species |
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25 Mar 2008 |
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| Posted at 6:00 AM on 25 Mar 2008 Environmentalists filed suit last week against the U.S. Interior Department, seeking to force the agency to review and issue findings on the status of 681 species vulnerable to extinction. WildEarth Guardians, which filed the suit, contends that the Bush administration has deliberately stalled Endangered Species Act listing decisions to appease developers and other interests; ... |
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| Topics: biodiversity, Department of Interior, endangered species, litigation, news, United States (all these topics) |
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Nay, Cap'n
Ship pilot charged in San Francisco oil spill |
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17 Mar 2008 |
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| Posted at 4:58 PM on 17 Mar 2008 The pilot of the ship that spilled more than 50,000 gallons of oil into the San Francisco Bay in November has been charged with criminal negligence, harming federally protected birds, and violating the Clean Water Act. If found guilty, Capt. John Cota could face up to 18 months in jail and more than $100,000 in fines. source: Associated Press see also, in Grist: Group urges Congress to ban bunker fuel in ... |
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| Topics: endangered species, energy, litigation, news, oil, politics, San Francisco, water pollution (all these topics) |
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The audacity of ho
What does Spitzer's exit mean for environmentalism, and how is that funny? |
David Roberts |
12 Mar 2008 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: litigation, New York, politics, shenanigans, state politics (all these topics) |
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The Cost of Doltish Business
Company agrees to pay record $250 million in Superfund cleanup costs |
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12 Mar 2008 |
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| Posted at 7:26 AM on 12 Mar 2008 W.R. Grace & Co. agreed to pay $250 million to reimburse the U.S. EPA for ongoing cleanup of the asbestos-ridden mining town of Libby, Mont. A mine owned by Grace that operated from 1963 until 1990 contaminated much of the town with asbestos-tainted vermiculite. Over 200 area residents have died from related cancers, and over 1,200 more show signs of lung abnorm ... |
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| Topics: business, litigation, news, toxics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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White and NRDC
Inquiry made into delayed polar bear decision, green groups sue |
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10 Mar 2008 |
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| Posted at 10:02 AM on 10 Mar 2008 Let's check in on the latest polar bear shenanigans, shall we? Two months after deadline, the Interior Department still has made no decision on whether Ursus maritimus should be listed as a threatened species. Spurred by a critical letter from environmental groups, the agency's inspector general has begun preliminary inquiries into why the decision is taking so long. Greenpeace, the C ... |
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| Topics: Department of Interior, endangered species, Greenpeace, litigation, news, NRDC, politics, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Sand Boxed
Canadian federal court ruling could halt planned oil-sands project |
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06 Mar 2008 |
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| Posted at 11:02 AM on 06 Mar 2008 A Canadian federal court has ruled in favor of environmental groups that sued in opposition to a massive planned oil-sands mine in Alberta. The 120-square-mile strip mine had recently been approved by a joint federal-provincial panel that found the project's estimated annual greenhouse-gas emissions of 3.7 million tons to be insignificant. Yet no justification was given for the finding ... |
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| Topics: Canada, climate, litigation, news, oil, oil sands (all these topics) |
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Unfortunate Sonar
Appeals court rules against Navy in sonar case |
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03 Mar 2008 |
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| Posted at 7:39 AM on 03 Mar 2008 A federal appeals court on Friday upheld many restrictions on the Navy's use of mid-frequency sonar off the coast of Southern California, reinforcing a lower court ruling from last month. President Bush had tried to exempt the Navy from the relevant environmental laws in January, but the appeals court agreed with an earlier ruling that questioned the constitutionality of Bush's attempted exemption, ... |
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| Topics: litigation, news, oceans, United States, wildlife (all these topics) |
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The Roads to Know Where?
California sues Forest Service over road building, drilling plans |
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29 Feb 2008 |
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| Posted at 8:17 AM on 29 Feb 2008 California sued the U.S. Forest Service this week, claiming that it violated federal environmental laws and ignored state policies prohibiting road building in roadless areas of national forests. At stake are over 500,000 acres in four national forests in the state that the Bush administration plans to open up to road building, as well as 52,000 acres slated for oil drilli ... |
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| Topics: California, litigation, national forests, news, politics, US Forest Service (all these topics) |
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