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State to air Santa Cruz Port dispute: Union complaint over dredge crew accepted
Contra Costa TimesMarch 29, 2012

The Public Employment Relations Board, which oversees public sector labor disputes, decided last week to hear a complaint lodged by the Operating Engineers Local 3 over the Port's decision last summer to replace the crew during contentious labor ...more »

Sino-Forest Granted CCAA Order
Sacramento BeeMarch 30, 2012

... among other things: actions taken by note holders, other lenders, other creditors, shareholders, regulators, governmental agencies and other stakeholders to enforce their rights; actions taken or required by any court in the insolvency proceedings ...more »

Environmental Law News and Stories

Alternative Energy
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Proposed Clean Energy Standard Could Wake up US Energy Policy
World Resources InstituteMarch 1, 2012

For too long, the United States has lacked a clear, national energy policy. Today, Senator Bingaman took a step in that direction by introducing the Clean Energy Standard Act of 2012 (CESA), which would create certainty for clean energy investments, ...more »

Nanotechnology Law
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China Corporate Espionage Boom Knocks Wind Out of US Companies
BusinessWeekMarch 15, 2012

AMSC has presented to law enforcement officials in Austria and China computer logs and messages that show Sinovel courting one of the US company's employees and paying him to aid in the code heist. “It's a red-hot smoking gun example,” said John Kerry, ...more »

Dumping & Disposing
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DEP: Runoff into Spring Creek tributary ruled OK
Centre Daily TimesMarch 24, 2012

According to a permit issued by the state Department of Environmental Protection, recently posted on the bulletin board in the Bellefonte library, the trickle could contain trace amounts of trimethylbenzene, benzopyrene, benzofluoranthene, ...more »

Natural Resources
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Shell Files Pre-emptive Lawsuit Over Alaska Drilling
New York TimesMarch 4, 2012

David M. Uhlmann, who was the head of the Justice Department's environmental crimes section from 2000 to 2007 and is now a professor at the University of Michigan Law School, said that Shell was, understandably, trying to accelerate the judicial review ...more »

Park & Historic Preservation Law
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CPA
Fall River Herald News (blog)March 19, 2012

Actually, what I'm talking about is the Community Preservation Act. I witnessed a rather detailed presentation about the CPA that was given before the City Council Committee on Finance last Tuesday. It seems like an interesting enough program, ...more »

Floodplain
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What They're Saying: Natural Gas “Offering a Beacon of Hope” for America's Future
NorthcentralPa.comMarch 2, 2012

UGI Utilities Inc. announced Wednesday that the price it pays to buy natural gas is going down, so by law, the Reading-based utility is passing the savings on to its customers. … With that decrease, UGI said the average monthly bill for customers will ...more »

Pest Control Law
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Larry Treleven Presented with FMC Legislative Day Award
PCT MagazineMarch 1, 2012

Treleven, vice president and co-owner of Sprague Pest Solutions, was recognized for his 40 years of involvement with legislative issues impacting the pest control industry. WASHINGTON, DC — Larry Treleven, vice president and co-owner of Sprague Pest ...more »

Forest Preservation
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Spartacus' Katrina Law: Mira Evolved From Slave Girl to Flying Squirrel Monkey
Seattle Post IntelligencerMarch 2, 2012

Law: She's not suddenly this ninja badass. Everything that she's done so far has been out of panic and self-preservation. She's been taking hits to the face and getting knocked down and getting the crap beat out of her, but she keeps getting up.more »

PM warns governors to act on haze
The NationMarch 5, 2012

The Pollution Control Department (PCD) reported the atmospheric levels of fine-particle dust, or PM 10, were unsafe in all nine provinces. The smog situation in the North has prompted the Natural Resources and Environment Ministry and the Interior ...more »

Hazardous Waste
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Ohio earthquakes linked to natural gas drilling
Los Angeles TimesMarch 10, 2012

"This stuff is hazardous, toxic waste, and it should be regulated as hazardous waste under federal law." In addition to tougher disposal rules, the changes include prohibiting new wells from being drilled in some types of rock formations and requiring ...more »

Public Utilities
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Should utilities invest in solar tech manufacturing?
GigaOmMarch 13, 2012

The chief points of debate among PG&E, the commission and critics of the proposal are whether the investment would meet state regulations and whether there are clear benefits to taxpayers. State law allows utilities to charge ratepayers for R&D ...more »

Minerals & Mining
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Govt officers 'persuaded' to look the other way in illegal mining
AsiaOneMarch 3, 2012

By Jaspal Singh PENGKALAN HULU, Malaysia - For more than three months, right under the noses of the district-level authorities, blatant violations of the law were being committed by an illegal mine operator. From mining sand without valid permit, ...more »

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