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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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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BRUSSELS, Feb 10 (IPS) - Environmental groups are criticising European  Commission proposals for the bloc's policy on climate change  post-2012, saying they fail to establish legally binding targets  for curbing greenhouse gas emissions.
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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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WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court ruled Monday that Philip Morris Cos. Inc. cannot move a lawsuit by cigarette smokers into federal court.
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A divided federal appeals court  panel on Wednesday expressed skepticism about whether the  government had the authority to force cigarette makers to cough  up billions of dollars in past profits as part of its  racketeering case against the industry.
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By JOHN BRENNAN Mountain View Telegraph  The biomass power plant proposed for Torrance County suffered a "serious setback" Tuesday when the state Environment Department denied an air quality permit for the project.
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By H. JOSEF HEBERT  WASHINGTON - A dozen states would be blocked from imposing new requirements on automakers to reduce greenhouse gas emissions under a draft energy bill being prepared for a vote later this month.
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Report says agency set limits to line up with the administration's free-market approaches to power plant pollution.
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., Sept. 22 /U.S. Newswire/ -- A California Court of Appeal yesterday overruled a lower court decision that had blocked a consumer rights organization from proceeding with a lawsuit against cell phone giant Nextel for unfair billing practices.
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The Energy Department on Friday proposed to let states decide whether to increase the required efficiency of residential furnaces much beyond what's now on the market, rejecting calls for significantly tougher national standards.
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The United States rejects the European Union's all-encompassing target on reduction of carbon emissions, President Bush's environmental adviser said Tuesday.
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A divided U.S. federal appeals court  panel on Wednesday expressed skepticism about whether the  government had the power to force cigarette makers to pay  billions of dollars in past profits as part of its racketeering  case against the industry.
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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 appeals court denied a petition from music webcaster associations for an emergency stay of new royalty rates.
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By JOHN ARNOLD Journal Staff Writer  Santa Fe National Forest acting supervisor Martin Chavez has rejected an appeal by environmentalists who are fighting a controversial forest-thinning project near Las Vegas, N.M.
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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.