Court Rejects Emission 'Trades'
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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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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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A U.S. federal judge tossed out a lawsuit by California's attorney general on Monday seeking hundreds of millions of dollars from six automakers for damaging the state with climate-changing greenhouse gases.
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A federal appeals court struck down the Bush administration approach to limiting mercury emissions by power plants Friday, ruling that the government failed to adequately consider the policy's effect on public health and the environment.
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GENEVA The top court of the World Trade Organization on Monday dismissed a US appeal of an April decision that Canada&#39;s Wheat Board met international rules, undermining the Bush administration&#39;s efforts to dismantle the Canadian agency.
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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 Senate yesterday rejected two additions to an energy bill that would have pumped billions of federal dollars into efforts to ramp up production of a coal-based fuel for cars and trucks, which proponents had called an important alternative to petroleum.
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The U.S. Supreme Court considered its first global warming case on Wednesday, in a matter that pits environmental groups against the U.S. agency meant to shield Americans from pollution.
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A U.S. appeals court ruled on Friday that Arch Coal Inc. (ACI.N) may proceed with its bid to buy the assets of rival Triton Coal Co. LLC, denying an emergency request by the Federal Trade Commission to block the deal, a spokesman for the agency said.
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The U.S. Supreme Court declined Tuesday to hear appeals in two cases concerning the right of the entertainment industry to subpoena file-traders and whether telecommunication companies have to share their networks with startup competitors.ADVERTISEMENTSBC Case Study: Crate & BarrelWhat sold them on improving their network? A system that could cut management costs from the get-go. Find out more.
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A U.S. appeals court on Friday  rejected the government's bid to force cigarette makers to pay  $280 billion in past profits, striking the toughest sanction  from the racketeering case and lifting tobacco stocks.
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Four years ago, a federal court ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to set limits on the release of mercury and other harmful emissions from cement factories.
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A federal appeals court struck down a Bush administration policy exempting power plants from certain environmental regulations. The court said the policy was unlawful.
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In upholding a lower court&#39;s ruling, the Supreme Court rejected arguments that the Do Not Call list violates telemarketers&#39; First Amendment rights.
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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 federal appeals court today 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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The Supreme Court on Monday put restrictions on companies that want to voluntarily clean up their polluted land and sue former owners to share the costs.