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MATS Will Remain in Effect While US EPA Reviews Emissions Program: Court
Dec 16, 2015The Mercury and Air Toxics Standards program that governs utility emissions will remain in effect while the US Environmental Protection Agency, under instruction from the US Supreme Court, continues to review the rules, an appeals court ...
Tags: MATS, coal-fired power
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The SEC Issued an Order Staying The Effective Date for Compliance with Portions
May 7, 2014Companies will not have to explicitly declare whether their products contain minerals that originated in mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo or its neighboring countries, according to the SEC. The SEC issued an order Friday staying ...
Tags: Conflict Minerals, SEC
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A Secretive U.S. Spy Court Has Ruled Again
Jan 6, 2014A secretive U.S. spy court has ruled again that the National Security Agency can keep collecting every American's telephone records every day, in the midst of dueling decisions in two other federal courts about whether the surveillance ...
Tags: US spy court, National Security Agency, surveillance program
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A Recent Ruling Vacated The 30-Minute Break Requirement for Shorthaul Drivers
Aug 12, 2013Good job, the American Trucking Associations (ATA) told the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today. A recent ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit vacated the 30-minute break ...
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Several Influential Environmental Groups Are Gearing up to Sue The Obama Administration
Jul 11, 2013Several influential environmental groups are gearing up to sue the Obama administration for refusing to regulate US coal mines as major emitters of methane, a greenhouse gas that many scientists say is fueling climate change. Ashley ...
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US Supreme Court Declined Monday to Hear an Appeal From Refiners and Other Groups
Jun 26, 2013The US Supreme Court declined Monday to hear an appeal from refiners and other groups to overturn a lower-court decision denying its challenge to the Environmental Protection Agency's partial approval of the ethanol/gasoline blend E15. ...
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T-Mobile USA Has Dropped a Pending Challenge to The U.S. Federal Communications
May 17, 2013T-Mobile USA has dropped a pending challenge to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's net neutrality rules. T-Mobile inherited the challenge when it merged with MetroPCS in a deal that closed earlier this month. MetroPCS and ...
Tags: T-Mobile, FCC, Net Neutrality Rules
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Tennessee,US FERC Pushed Back Against Environmentalists' Efforts to Get a Federal Court
Feb 1, 2013Tennessee Gas Pipeline and the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Wednesday pushed back against environmentalists' efforts to get a federal court to block construction of the Northeast Upgrade Project. "Riverkeepers have ...
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The Full US Court of Appeals Would Not Reconsider an August Decision
Jan 17, 2013The full US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday said it would not reconsider an August decision by a three-judge panel of the court that tossed out a key challenge to the Environmental Protection Agency's ...
Tags: gasoline, Columbia Circuit, American Fuel&Petrochemical
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A U.S.Appeals Court Has Upheld The U.S. Authority to Require Mobile Carriers
Jan 4, 2013IDG News Service-A U.S.appeals court has upheld the U.S.Federal Communications Commission's authority to require mobile carriers to enter into data roaming agreements with each other. The U.S.Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ...
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Election Leaves Obama in The White House and Maintains The Balance of Power in Congress
Nov 7, 2012Tuesday's election leaves President Barack Obama in the White House and maintains the balance of power in Congress.In many longstanding technology debates,policy experts see little movement forward,although lawmakers may look for ...
Tags: high-skill immigration, U.S.election, large tech companies
