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70+ USS Ronald Reagan Crew Members, Half Suffering From Cancer, to Sue TEPCO For Fukushima
2013-12-27 20:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: After U.S. Navy sailors on the USS Ronald Reagan responded to the 2011 Fukushima disaster in Japan for four days, many returned to the U.S. with thyroid cancer, Leukemia, brain tumors and more. At least 71 sailors--many in their 20s--reported radiation sickness and will file a lawsuit against Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), which operates the Fukushima Daiichi energy plant. The men and women accuse TEPCO of downplaying the danger of nuclear radiation on the site. The water contaminated the...
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Advocates Sue EPA Over Lack of Action on Permit for Utah Coal Plant
2013-12-24 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Salt Lake Tribune: An advocacy group filed a lawsuit Monday against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for what it claims is inadequate oversight of pollution coming from a Uinta Basin coal-fired power plant. The nonprofit WildEarth Guardians says the EPA is long overdue in issuing or denying an operating permit to the Bonanza power plant in northeastern Utah, leaving room for pollution violations. WildEarth filed the lawsuit in federal court in Denver. Jeremy Nichols, WildEarth climate and energy director,...
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Orange County (Fla.) school board votes to sue county over proposed site for high school
2013-12-12 20:54:00| American School & University
School district is challenging county commission's rejection of proposed site in western part of the county. Schoolhouse Beat read more
Same-sex couples sue Burlington Northern - Railroads agree to benefits for Gay and Lesbian couples
2013-12-07 08:03:14| Railroads - Topix.net
The couples claimed that BNSF was violating the federal Equal Pay Act, and discriminating against them because of their sex.
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Same-Sex Couples Sue Railroad Over Denial Of Health Care Benefits
2013-12-05 03:43:33| Railroads - Topix.net
Two railroad workers are going to federal court in Seattle to force their employer to provide health care benefits to their same sex spouses.
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