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Powerful Industry’s Torrent of Manure Overwhelms State Regulators

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Powerful Industry’s Torrent of Manure Overwhelms State Regulators Cause of Michigan’s worst water pollution is too much waste spread on too little land. The legislature shall provide for the protection of the air, water and other natural resources of the state from pollution, impairment and destruction.”. Photographs by J.

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Lisa Baiton: Big Oil’s Climate Misinformation Maestro

Enviromental Defense

We need governments to regulate industry. Take action: Tweet at the Minister of Natural Resources Canada, Jonathan Wilkinson, to tell him not to buy CAPP’s greenwashing and take urgent action on climate change by limiting emissions from Canada’s biggest source of pollution – the fossil fuel industry.

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Check Your Privilege: Can In-House Lawyers Claim Privilege in the Netherlands?

Arnold Porter

of the Dutch Legal Profession Regulations.]]. N: Akzo Nobel Chemicals Ltd and Akcros Chemicals Ltd v European Commission (Case 550/07 P) European Court of Justice (Grand Chamber) Judgment {2010} ECLI:EU:C:2010:512.]] N:Article 5.12 In this case, no professional charter had been signed by Shell's foreign in-house lawyers.

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Is Agrochemical Contamination Killing Nebraska’s Children?

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This map shows nitrate concentrations in drinking water between 2016 and 2018 for federally regulated water systems. Fertilizer runoff from farm fields is not federally regulated, so the EPA’s announcement on January 26 that it would step up enforcement of polluting facilities has little resonance for nitrate contamination.

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Fracking in Michigan: How Drilling for Natural Gas Could Impact the Great Lakes

Vermont Law

Summary: A brief look at the fracking industry in Northern Michigan, the laws and regulations, and how fracking is impacting the Grand Traverse Bay Watershed and the Great Lakes. since the late 1980s throughout the northern lower peninsula’s Atrim shale and Collingwood/Utica shale, which contain vast sources of natural gas.

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OSHA Awards Damages for Retaliatory Discharge of Jones Act Seaman in Violation of Seaman’s Protection Act

The Energy Law Blog

The obvious intent of the SPA is to guaranty “that, when seamen provide information of dangerous situations to the Coast Guard, they will be free from the “debilitating threat of employment reprisals for publicly asserting company violations” of maritime statutes or regulations.” Riverboat Services of Indiana, Inc., 451 F.3d

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Brazil: Volkswagen will pay more than R$10 million in labor lawsuits

Corp Watch

USA: Police break up three-month protest outside VW dealership using Covid-19 regulations James Baggot | Car Dealer Magazine | February 15, 2021 Two protesters who set up camp outside a VW dealership in London have been moved on by police using Covid-19 restrictions.

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