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3 hrs ago | Boston Herald

EPA out of control

The Competitive Enterprise Institute, a conservative advocacy group, has sued the Environmental Protection Agency seeking an explanation of why it has been denied waivers of fees for provision of documents while environmental groups almost always got waivers.

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Related Topix: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Law, Opinion

7 hrs ago | The Legal Intelligencer

Environmental Law: Federal Standard Applies to Protective Orders for Trade Secrets

The Commonwealth Court has adopted the federal standard for requests for protective orders covering trade secrets, which requires a party seeking discovery to show it has a compelling need to obtain the information that outweighs the potential harm of disclosure.

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Related Topix: Law

11 hrs ago | JD Supra

OSHA Opens Worksites to Allow Union Representatives to Participate in ...

In a new letter of interpretation publically released on April 5, 2013 , the Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced for the first time that during an OSHA inspection of non-union worksites, employees can be represented by Until now, OSHA's policy has been to allow union representatives to be the "employee representative" but only ... (more)

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Related Topix: OSHA, Law

15 hrs ago | GroundReport.com

Are We Poisoning Our Waters System With Prescription Drugs, DEET, EPA, And Cocaine?

Chemicals are being discarded into our water systems throughout the country as well as reported by NBC News.Com, reporting that Minnesota's many lakes, remote and isolated urban areas contain a wide range of chemicals which included DEET, EPA, prescription drugs and also cocaine.

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Related Topix: Law, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environment, Science

19 hrs ago | Tulsa World

Chesapeake Energy's new CEO Doug Lawler in line to get $18 million in first year

Thousands of residents whose homes were damaged or destroyed in the tornado have a break in the weather Friday to continue removing debris from their propertiers.

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Related Topix: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Law

Yesterday | KTOO-TV Juneau

Public comment on EPA's Pebble report nearing close

The public comment period is scheduled to end next week on a federal study of large mining impacts in the Bristol Bay region.

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Related Topix: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Law

Fri May 24, 2013

TheDenverChannel

Xcel to pay $150,000 over OSHA probe

Xcel Energy has agreed to pay $150,000 to settle federal safety citations stemming from a fire that killed five maintenance workers near Georgetown.

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Related Topix: OSHA, Law

NutraIngredients-USA

Algal DHA, and where animal and human nutrition meet: What's the...

Given the choice, most consumers say they prefer to get their nutrition from eating 'real' food - not popping pills - and ideally, foods 'naturally' rich in the desired nutrients.

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Related Topix: Supplement, DHA, Medicine, Nutrition, Life, Food, EPA, Law, Drink, Milk

Charleston Daily Mail

W.Va. joins fight to EPA greenhouse gas rules

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- West Virginia's governor and attorney general are joining two other states that are seeking to challenge federal environmental rules on greenhouse gas emissions.

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Related Topix: Global Warming, Law, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Charleston, WV, US Governors, Earl Ray Tomblin

CNN

Poll: Most still opposed to forced spending cuts

The ABC News/Washington Post survey's Friday release comes as four federal agencies shut down for the day due to the forced spending cuts, known inside the Beltway as the sequester.

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Related Topix: US News, Law, US Politics

KRMG-AM Tulsa

PCS Nitrogen to cut emissions from Geismar plant

The decision came as part of a settlement in a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality.

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Related Topix: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Law

Big News Network.com

Cooper Industries reimburses EPA for hazardous material cleanup

Our eNewspaper network was founded in 2002 to provide stand-alone digital news sites tailored for the most searched-for locations for news.

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Related Topix: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Law

Fox News

Study backs farmer in pollution battle with EPA

West Virginian Poultry Farmer Lois Alt filed a lawsuit against the EPA, alleging that she was threatened thousands of dollars in fines if she did not comply with environmental regulations based on inflated estimates of pollutants.

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Related Topix: Law, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, West Virginia, Environment, Science, Virginia, Virginia Government, West Virginia Government

Patch.com

EPA Adds Attleboro Site to Superfund LIst

Federal officials have decided to spend the money needed to clean an Attleboro property contaminated with chemicals through decades of pollution by a previously existing chrome-plating plant.

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Related Topix: Law, Attleboro, MA, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environment, Science

Thu May 23, 2013

Business Journal

DEP and EPA settle frackwater radium issue with firm

Within the span of a few days in early May, Paul Hart signed a lot of documents that would change the way his oil and gas wastewater treatment plants would function in the future.

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Related Topix: Law, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Seattle Times

WSU squares off against golf course opponents

Opponents of a 7,305-yard golf course at Washington State University contend the school is mining a declining aquifer that provides water to the region for an amenity.

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Related Topix: Washington State University, Science, Ecology, Law

El Paso Times

Bipartisan bill on chemical safety produced by senators

The U.S. law on chemical safety is 37 years old, riddled with exceptions and widely considered ineffective - so much so that the government hasn't even tried to restrict an unsafe chemical since courts overturned its asbestos ban in 1991.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Frank Lautenberg, Robert Menendez, US House of Representatives, David Vitter, Republican, Law, Mary Landrieu

Cleveland.com

Strongsville business, Grafton woman plead guilty to Rocky River fish kill charges

Kennedy Mint will pay more than $30,000 in restitution to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources and Cleveland Metroparks after pleading guilty to charges related to last year's fish kill in the Rocky River.

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Related Topix: Strongsville, OH, Law

Patch.com

Strongsville Business to Pay $1 for Every Fish Killed in Rocky River

A Strongsville company and the owner's wife have pleaded guilty for their roles in the dumping of a drum of liquid cyanide into a storm drain that flowed into the Rocky River, killing more than 30,000 fish in April 2012.

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Related Topix: Strongsville, OH, Law

WZVN-TV Fort Myers

Man could be charged for jumping on manatee and calf

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Office of Law Enforcement is leading a joint investigation with FWC regarding a video of a man jumping onto a manatee and her calf in Cocoa Beach.

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Related Topix: Prison, Cocoa Beach, FL, Law