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Our view: Cancer lawsuit plaintiffs deserve day in court
2014-09-08 02:21:29| Chemicals - Topix.net
It's been a long, frustrating wait for Joanne Branham and 32 other plaintiffs in the McCullom Lake cancer lawsuits. Branham and two of her former neighbors filed the first lawsuits more than eight years ago alleging that decades of air and groundwater pollution from the Rohm & Haas chemical production plant in Ringwood caused a cluster of brain and pituitary tumors a mile south in McCullom Lake and a neighboring McHenry subdivision.
Court approves $5.7 million settlement for South Paris Superfund site cleanup
2014-09-06 00:57:10| Food - Topix.net
The owner of a former tannery in South Paris has settled a lawsuit with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and will reimburse the agency $5.7 million for cleaning up the site. Terms of the settlement between ConAgra Grocery Products Company LLC and the EPA were released on July 30 but did not become official until Friday, when the comment period elapsed and the terms were approved by U.S. District Court.
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Nebraska Supreme Court to Hear Arguments in Keystone XL Lawsuit
2014-09-06 00:55:44| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
The Nebraska Supreme Court will hear arguments in a lawsuit filed by landowners who want to overturn the approved route of the Keystone XL oil pipeline. The lawsuit challenges a law passed in 2012 that allowed pipeline developer TransCanada to gain approval through the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality and Republican Gov. Dave Heineman, who supports the project.
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Nebraska supreme court examines governor's role in blessing Keystone XL
2014-09-05 21:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Nebraskas supreme court heard arguments on Friday about whether Governor Dave Heineman acted properly when he blessed a route for the Keystone XL oil pipeline, and the courts decision could weigh on the controversial project. A lawyer for landowners who may be in the pipelines path hoped to persuade the seven-member panel that Heineman overreached and that a decision on the route should be left to an independent state agency. The 30-minute hearing played out in the courts somber wood-paneled...
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Nebraska Supreme Court to Hear Arguments in Keystone XL Lawsuit
2014-09-05 20:40:41| Energy - Topix.net
The Nebraska Supreme Court will hear arguments in a lawsuit filed by landowners who want to overturn the approved route of the Keystone XL oil pipeline. The lawsuit challenges a law passed in 2012 that allowed pipeline developer TransCanada to gain approval through the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality and Republican Gov. Dave Heineman, who supports the project.
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