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Nvidia slapped with class-action lawsuit over GTX 970 memory issues
2015-02-24 17:47:00| Extremetech
Nvidia's GTX 970 issues aren't over -- the company has been hit with a class-action lawsuit over alleged deliberate miscommunication of the card's capabilities and features.
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Pope on Climate Change: Man Has 'Slapped Nature in Face'
2015-01-15 13:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Pope Francis said Thursday he is convinced that global warming is "mostly" man-made and that he hopes his upcoming encyclical on the environment will encourage negotiators at a climate change meeting in Paris to make "courageous" decisions to protect God's creation. Francis has spoken out frequently about the "culture of waste" that has imperiled the environment and he elaborated en route to the Philippines. While there, Francis will meet with survivors of the 2013 Typhoon Haiyan, which the government...
Plant slapped with violations and fines following 2013 explosion
2014-12-09 06:48:20| Waste Management - Topix.net
Eighteen months after a chemical plant exploded it was fined $194,000 by the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality for violations spanning six years. The agency found Williams Olefins violated codes and regulations 29 times.
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Exxon slapped with class action suit over Arkansas pipeline spill
2014-08-15 04:59:14| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
A judge ruled in favor of Arnez and Charletha Harper , who can now represent plaintiffs who own property that has pipeline easements or is physically crossed by the pipeline.
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Up To Speed: R.J. Reynolds slapped with $23.6B verdict over one smoker
2014-07-21 13:01:43| Appliances - Topix.net
A Florida jury awarded $23.6 billion in punitive damages against RJ Reynolds Tobacco in a case involving a single smoker, a man who died of lung cancer in the 1990s.
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