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If you're waiting for bio-fuels, you'll be waiting a lot longer
Oh what big plans we had for advanced bio-fuels. In the federal Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, the nation was given the lofty production target of 500 million gallons of so-called cellulosic bio-fuels for 2012. By cellulosic, we mean...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Renewable Energy, Biofuels
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One year later, candlelight vigils for Trayvon Martin
It rained in Sanford, Fla., on Tuesday, just like it did exactly a year ago when Trayvon Martin died there. The shooting death of an unarmed black 17-year-old at the hands of a part-white, part-Peruvian neighborhood watch volunteer in a gated...
Tags: Jamie Foxx, Criminal Laws, Laws, George Zimmerman, Crime, Law and Justice
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Nevada, perhaps to match Texas, eyes 85 mph speed limit
Nevada State Sen. Don Gustavson knows how long and boring some of those drives across the Silver State can be. So he wants to speed things up a bit. On Monday, he introduced a bill that paves the way for Nevada to increase the maximum speed limit to...
Tags: WikiLeaks, Car Safety Tips and Advice, Politics, Parties and Movements, Highway Transportation
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UC expert questions BP management's role in gulf oil spill
An expert witness for those suing BP over the nation’s worst environmental disaster criticized the company’s investigation of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico as the civil trial entered its second day. UC Berkeley engineering professor...
Tags: Gulf of Mexico, Trials, Oil Spills, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill (2010), Government
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BP trial begins Monday with billions of dollars at stake
NEW ORLEANS -- Oil giant BP, barring a last-minute settlement, goes to trial here Monday, with billions of dollars on the line -- for the London-based company as well as the Gulf states that stand to reap a share of the potential $17 billion in fines....
Tags: Punishment, Justice System, Judges, Trials, Crime, Law and Justice
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Drilling company enters guilty plea in Gulf oil spill
Transocean Deepwater Inc., an oil drilling company, formally pleaded guilty on Thursday to a misdemeanor charge and will pay $400 million in criminal penalties, the latest action in the 2010 Gulf oil spill. U.S. District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo in New...
Tags: Trials, Court Preliminary, Eric Holder, Crime, Law and Justice, Michael Bloomberg
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Texas Gov. Rick Perry goes a huntin' for Californians
So Texas Gov. Rick Perry is trying to poach California companies? Perry has been on a whirlwind trip to the Golden State, pitching his own brand of woo, in person, to our sun-splashed but, apparently, anxious-to-bail business folks. (Although presumably...
Tags: New York Giants, Politics, Rick Perry, Regional Authority, San Francisco 49ers
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California accuses S&P of deception in $4-billion lawsuit
California has filed suit against Wall Street's biggest credit rating agency, Standard & Poor’s, charging the firm with violating the state's False Claims Act by using “magic numbers” and “guesses” to inflate ratings that...
Tags: Laws, Trials, Credit Ratings, Crime, Law and Justice, Bonds
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Justice Department, state officials to announce Standard & Poor's suit
WASHINGTON -- Justice Department officials and attorneys general from California and several other states were set Tuesday morning to announce a landmark civil suit against Standard & Poor's Corp. concerning the company's credit ratings of troubled...
Tags: Trials, Crime, Law and Justice, Credit Ratings, Eric Holder, Economy, Business and Finance
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BP says gulf states are seeking more than $34 billion in claims
Oil giant BP said it is confronting more than $34 billion in damage claims related to the Deepwater Horizon explosion in the Gulf of Mexico and the nation's biggest offshore oil spill. Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi and Florida presented their claims...
Tags: Gulf of Mexico, Federal Aviation Administration, Emergency Incidents, Mexico, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill (2010)
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California sues BP and Arco, alleges violations at gas stations
California Atty. Gen. Kamala D. Harris has filed a civil lawsuit against BP West Coast Products, BP Products North America Inc. and Atlantic Richfield Co., accusing them of violating state laws on hazardous materials and hazardous waste. The lawsuit...
Tags: Justice System, Laws, Herbalife Limited, Trials, Waste
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BP pleads guilty to manslaughter in 2010 gulf oil spill
A federal judge in New Orleans accepted an agreement for BP to plead guilty to manslaughter and other charges and pay a record fine in connection with the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, which ranks as one of the nation’s worst environmental...
Tags: Gulf of Mexico, Trials, Court Preliminary, Eric Holder, Crime, Law and Justice
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