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EDF faces calls to drop legal action against activists
2013-02-24 15:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: More than 8,000 people in 24 hours have signed a petition calling on the energy company EDF to drop a 5m civil action against 21 activists who occupied one of its power plants last October. The campaigners, from the No Dash for Gas pressure group, occupied EDF's West Burton gas plant for a week. All pleaded guilty to charges of aggravated trespass in court on Wednesday and are awaiting sentencing in March and April but they are also facing a civil claim from EDF, which is seeking to recover...
Groups Urge EPA to Resume Legal Action in Fracking Water Contamination Case
2013-02-07 17:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: style="margin-top: 0px;"> Earthworks Conservation and citizen groups from Texas and around the country today sent a letter calling on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 Administrator Ron Curry to resume legal action against Range Resources for polluting the drinking water of homeowners near its operations in Weatherford, Texas. The letter also calls upon the EPA to require the company to immediately supply clean drinking water to homeowners whose wells were polluted during...
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Campaigners take legal action over EU biomass review
2013-01-31 12:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Environmental campaigners ClientEarth and BirdLife International are taking legal action against the European Commission over its failure to publish a review of greenhouse gas emissions from biomass. The groups have filed an application to the General Court in Luxembourg for the Commission to give access to the study, which could confirm doubts that biomass used for heat and power is free of emissions, ClientEarth told Reuters on Thursday. The Commission's review was initially expected to be...
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Sand in sugar: legal action against trader
2013-01-13 06:36:21| Sugar Industry News
The Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) will take legal action against the trader who imported 800,000 kilos of unrefined sugar mixed with sand, seized at a warehouse in Sedawatte on January 9.
Golf resort legal action begins
2013-01-09 07:21:01| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
A judicial review into the decision to grant planning approval for a 100m golf resort near the Giants Causeway begins on Wednesday.
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