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Alaskas High Court first supreme court in the nation to hear climate change case

2013-10-05 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

APM: Alaskas high court became the first state supreme court in the country yesterday to hear an appeal in one of more than a dozen climate change lawsuits. The lawsuits pit young people against their states. The plaintiffs claim the state has an obligation to protect the atmosphere from excessive carbon emissions. Nelson Kanuk is a freshman at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and the main plaintiff inAlaskas case. His familys home in the 600-person village of Kipnuk became uninhabitable...

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NLRB, Construction-Related Cases on Supreme Court Docket

2013-10-02 21:46:49| ENR.com: Headline News

Court will hear several cases that have construction implications.

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U.S. Supreme Court takes no action on climate change cases

2013-10-02 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: The U.S. Supreme Court took no action on Tuesday on petitions that could have it undertake a potentially wide-ranging legal review of the Obama administration's first wave of regulations aimed at battling climate change. The rules, which apply to a cross-section of polluters from vehicles to industrial facilities, are aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Scientists say these are the prime contributor to climate change. Petitions to review the rules were not mentioned in a list of new cases...

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Supreme Court To Decide Whether Severance Payments Are Subject To FICA Taxes

2013-10-02 05:00:25| Railroads - Topix.net

In September 2012, the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit created a stir when it concluded that severance pay pursuant to an involuntary layoff was not subject to FICA employment taxes.

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