ENVIRONMENTAL LEGAL BLOGS

US Senate climate bill to be unveiled April 26

15 Apr 2010 22:04:19 GMT

Source: Reuters

* Backers hope for Senate vote in June or July

* Measure could affect states' climate control activities (Adds reaction from American Petroleum Institute)

By Richard Cowan

WASHINGTON, April 15 (Reuters) - A long-awaited compromise bill to reduce U.S. emissions of carbon dioxide and other gases blamed for global warming will be unveiled by a group of senators on April 26, sources said on Thursday.

 

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I guess just having taken over almost 20% of the US economy wasn't enough...

Europe Cuts 70% of Flights; Relief May Come April 22 (Update2) - Bloomberg.com

April 17 (Bloomberg) -- European airlines canceled more than 70 percent of their flights today as most of the continent’s northern and central nations remained closed to air traffic, and Accuweather predicted little change until April 22.

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Laws, Life, and Legal Matters - Court Cases and Legal Information at Leagle.com - All Federal and State Appeals Court Cases in One Search

we reject OASIS's claim that by certifying a member product to use its seal, it speaks with an educational purpose or contributes to an ongoing public debate about organic standards. It is not necessary for OASIS to certify individual products and authorize members to use its "OASIS Organic" seal on products in order for OASIS to express its general opinion about what constitutes an "organic" personal care product. Because that goal will otherwise be achieved by the articulation of the standard, we conclude that the challenged speech is not in furtherance of OASIS's exercise of free speech in connection with a public issue. (See Roberts v. Los Angeles County Bar Assn. (2003) 105 Cal.App.4th 604, 615 [although plaintiff's "action was an attack on the process of [judicial candidate] evaluations, that process was inextricably intertwined with and part and parcel of the evaluations," which were undisputedly protected speech].)

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California appellate court this past Tuesday rejected claim that suit to prevent companies from using private non-profit certification of products as "organic" violates non-profit's free-speech rights

ELF member gets 5 years for attempted firebombing - SignOnSanDiego.com

He pleaded guilty in January to conspiring with another member of the environmental extremist movement Earth Liberation Front to burn down the multimillion-dollar condos with a juice bottle containing gasoline in 2006. The timer attached to the bomb failed.

via www.signonsandiego.com