Appellate Panel Rejects E.P.A. Emission Limits
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By ruling against limits on mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants, the panel agreed with those who said the law required tighter, more expensive controls.
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A federal appeals court yesterday threw out the Environmental Protection Agency's approach to limiting mercury emitted from power-plant smokestacks, saying the agency ignored laws and twisted logic when it imposed new standards that were favorable to plant owners.
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Environmental groups are still angry over an assertion made before the Supreme Court a month ago during arguments in a far-reaching clean air lawsuit.
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Justices tried to estimate the harm of not regulating greenhouse gases from new vehicles.
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By BRANDON LARRABEE  ATLANTA - New state restrictions on power plants' mercury emissions that go further than federal standards, but are still too weak in the eyes of some environmental groups, are expected to gain approval today from the Board of Natural Resources.
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European Union environment ministers rejected an appeal Monday to force Austria to lift a ban on two biotech crop products, which the European Commission says violates international trade rules.
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr.; Journal Staff Writer  The state Department of Environmental Protection issued a "superseding order" that overrules the town Conservation Commission's rejection of a plan by Weaver's Cove.
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The Court of Arbitration for Sport has rejected US sprinter Torri Edwards&#39;s appeal of her doping ban and upheld her two-year suspension from track and field.
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A federal judge in Sacramento upheld a California law regulating greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks, another in a string of legal defeats for the auto industry this year.
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The government's top environmental regulator Wednesday defended the Bush administration's proposal for new limits on smog against Democratic charges that it's too weak and Republican complaints that it went too far.
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Carmakers, dealers want to block rule to cut carbon dioxide emissions, saying only the feds can decide fuel economy. By Jeff Plungis / Detroit News Washington Bureau.
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Ignoring the recommendation of his staffers, EPA head Stephen Johnson denies California's request for a waiver that would have allowed the state to impose tougher emissions standards on automakers.
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Farms can't be sued over the pollution or odors they emit as long as they have entered into an agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency, a federal appeals court ruled.
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A US appeals court on Thursday turned down ABB&#39;s (ABBN.VX: Quote, Profile, Research) (ABB.N: Quote, Profile, Research) proposed $1.2 billion settlement of an asbestos lawsuit involving the Swiss engineering group&#39;s Combustion
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An appeals court ruled yesterday that New Jersey&#39;s environmental commissioner overstepped his authority by trying to block this year&#39;s planned bear hunt.
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A bipartisan commission that includes energy industry executives, environmentalists and academics will issue a report today that calls on the nation to adopt mandatory limits
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By John Murawski, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Jun. 7--State regulators on Wednesday rejected a bid by environmentalist groups to bar Duke Energy from building a coal-burning power plant west of Charlotte.   The N.C.