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Vietnamese blogger who filmed chemical spill protests released from prison

Corp Watch

PVC plants operated by Formosa in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and in Point Comfort, Texas, have also been subject to numerous protests over pollution and elevated cancer rates. Several workers have also been injured and others killed in explosions at the Point Comfort plant in 2005 and at a PVC plant in Illiopolis , Illinois in 2004.

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November 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

The court said the plaintiff had not alleged an injury connected to any particular action or law and that her allegations instead suggested disagreements with the defendants’ policy positions, which made her claims nonjusticiable political questions. Army Corps of Engineers had violated the Clean Water Act.

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Opposition to CAFOs Mounts Across the Nation

Circle of Blue

It’s now being raised as a political issue. Court of Appeals issued a ruling that lends legal muscle to a five-year old petition that Food & Water Watch and 36 allies filed to compel the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to update CAFO permitting regulations. Water worries. As a legal issue. As a legislative issue.”.