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EPA won't reconsider greenhouse gases stance
Cuccinelli RICHMOND, Va. (Legal Newsline) - Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli's challenge to the federal government's conclusion that greenhouse gases are dangerous to humans has failed on the regulatory front. -
Critics of EPA's Jackson say she bows to both extremes
Jackson WASHINGTON (Legal Newslin) - Soon after President Barack Obama tapped Lisa Jackson to take the reins at the federal Environmental Protection Agency, the agency announced it would be re-reviewing the commonly used farming pesticide atrazine and its potential health effects. -
Fourth Circuit: Lawsuits not the way to regulate air quality
Cooper RICHMOND, Va. (Legal Newsline) - A federal appeals court has overturned North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper's victory in a public nuisance pollution lawsuit against Tennessee Valley Authority, calling his initial victory "a flawed ruling." -
Thirteen states want to intervene in EPA suit
Cuomo NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced on Thursday that, as part of a 13-state coalition, he has filed a motion in a federal appeals court in favor of a new environmental regulation limiting greenhouse gases. -
EPA, pesticide maker at odds over study
Jackson WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The federal Environmental Protection Agency says a new review of atrazine, a commonly used agricultural pesticide, is rooted in a statutory mandate and prompted by new evidence about the effects of the pesticide to humans and animals. -
Mass. AG cleans up with contaminated property settlement
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (Legal Newsline) -- Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley announced on Wednesday that a settlement has been reached with a corporation over the cleanup of chemically contaminated property. -
Suthers settlement steered at superfund site
Suthers DENVER (Legal Newsline) - Colorado Attorney General John Suthers has reached two settlements with entities that allegedly contributed waste materials to the Lowry Landfill Superfund Site, his office announced on Monday. -
Two AGs want EPA to reopen greenhouse gas hearings
Cuccinelli WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - State attorneys general Ken Cuccinelli and Troy King say the federal government did not take recent findings into account when it issued its first pronouncement on the dangers of greenhouse gases. -
Group says EPA's greenhouse finding could cost jobs
Steven Law WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ought to reconsider its finding that greenhouse gas emissions pose a public health danger, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce said Monday. -
Exelon to pay $1 million over radioactive leaks
Lisa Madigan (D) CHICAGO (Legal Newsline)-An energy company will pay more than $1.1 million to resolve lawsuits filed by Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan over radioactive leaks from three of the company's plants. -
Texas AG sues over EPA's greenhouse finding
Greg Abbott (R) AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline)-The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency relied on flawed data to issue its endangerment finding that greenhouse gases pose a public health risk, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott said Wednesday. -
Locke calls for creation of a NOAA Climate Service
Gary Locke WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is planning to create a Climate Service to respond to the many requests NOAA receives from businesses and communities, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke said Monday. -
Neb. court upholds decision against insurance companies in cleanup case
LINCOLN, Neb. (Legal Newsline)-The Nebraska Supreme Court on Friday upheld a decision ordering two insurance companies to pay about $550,000 of the cost of cleaning up industrial contamination. -
Legislation seeks to block EPA greenhouse regulations
U.S. Capitol building WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency could be blocked by Congress from developing its own greenhouse gas regulations, under legislation announced Tuesday. -
Group threatens to sue over pesticide regulations
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline)-One of the nation's leading environmental groups on Tuesday threatened to sue the federal government for not regulating hundreds of pesticides. -
States want to have their say in challenge of Clean Air Act
Coakley WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Sixteen states and New York City are hoping to intervene in the challenge of an Environmental Protection Agency ruling that determined carbon dioxide is a pollutant. -
Glass maker settles with feds, 10 states
Coakley BOSTON (Legal Newsline) - A settlement has been reached by Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley and nine other states with a glass manufacturer alleged to be operating without the proper permits or pollution controls. -
Mass. Super Fund site to be cleaned up following agreement‏
Martha Coakley (D) BOSTON (Legal Newsline) - Forty-nine parties have agreed to a settlement with Attorney General Martha Coakley and several government agencies to clean up the Tewksbury, Mass., Sutton Brook Disposal Area Superfund Site. -
ASARCO provides states $1.8 billion for environmental cleanup
Brian Schweitzer (D-Mont.) TUCSON, Ariz. (Legal Newsline)- ASARCO LLC's emergence from federal bankruptcy protection has meant $1.79 billion will go to 19 states for environmental cleanup, officials said Thursday. -
ASARCO sets aside millions for environmental cleanup
Greg Abbott (R-Texas) AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline)- ASARCO LLC has placed $52 million into a custodial trust fund to help bankroll environmental cleanup at the company's now-closed smelter in El Paso, the state attorney general's office said Thursday.