ChevronTexaco Sued Over Calif. Refinery
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Residents of a northern California town have sued ChevronTexaco Corp  over a refinery shutdown that they claim spewed dangerous gases into the air and caused health problems.
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A lawsuit filed against California's San Bernardino County regarding the region's suburban sprawl may represent a new legal tactic to fight global warming.
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FRESNO, Calif. -- Automobile manufacturers sued Tuesday to block California regulators from adopting the world&#39;s toughest vehicle-emissions standards, arguing in a lawsuit that the standards are the federal government&#39;s responsibility.
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ChevronTexaco, ordered to pay more than $41 million to more than 75 Sunburst residents who filed a pollution-liability suit, will file a motion for a new trial in the next month, a company spokesman said.
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A former Halliburton Corp worker sued  the oilfield services company this week to recover overtime  wages he said were illegally withheld from the company's  workers in Iraq.
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California on Wednesday sued six   of the world's largest automakers, including General Motors   Corp. and Toyota Motor Corp., over global warming, charging   that greenhouse gases from their vehicles have caused billions   of dollars in damages.
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WASHINGTON  - Authorities near Philadelphia battled to contain an oil slick after a Cyprus-flagged tanker on its way to a Citgo refinery spilled 30,000 gallons (114,000 liters) of crude into a nearby river, the US Coast Guard said.
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California filed a lawsuit yesterday accusing the brokerage house Edward D. Jones &amp; Co. of accepting $300 million in improper payments to push its clients toward certain mutual funds.
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US oil giant Exxon Mobil is seeking arbitration over a stand-off with Venezuela about seized oil assets.
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California's attorney general on Wednesday sued the six largest U.S. and Japanese automakers, including GM, Ford and Toyota, for damages related to greenhouse gas emissions.
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A US oil trader launches a civil lawsuit against BP, alleging it manipulated oil prices in the US in 2003 and 2004.
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The state of California sued brokerage Edward D. Jones & Co. on Monday over improper marketing of mutual funds, and criticized a &#36;75 million settlement deal between the company and other regulators.
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NEW YORK, Jan. 2 -- California, joined by 15 other states led by New York, sued the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday over its refusal to allow the state to set its own, tougher vehicle-emissions standards to control greenhouse gases and combat global warming.
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A California Army National Guard soldier sued the military in federal court Tuesday over a program that could keep up to 20,000 Army personnel beyond their time of service.
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By John Geluardi, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  Jun. 9--The public had its first chance this week to comment on Chevron's plans to install a hydrogen plant for refining poor-quality crude oil.
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EDINBURG - A South Texas woman has sued drug maker Merck &amp; Co., alleging that she had to have heart surgery after using the arthritis drug Vioxx.
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Jessica Simpson has been sued by a California cosmetics company that claims it is still owed nearly &#36;200,000 for products it supplied for the "Dessert" beauty line the singer endorses.