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Toyota SUV adverts banned in UK on environmental grounds

Corp Watch

billion in 2014 to the U.S. T accusing the companies of violating consumer protection laws and engaging in fraud by concealing the use of substandard metal components in vehicles. Toyota workers urged to reject union Grace Macaluso | Windsor Star | February 19, 2014 The head of a U.S. It paid out a fine of $1.2

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Alaska’s Atmospheric Public Trust: A Right Without a Remedy?

Vermont Law

Arctic Law & Policy Institute, explains why. _. Certain states, including Alaska, wrote individualized versions the public trust into their constitutions, laws, and court decisions. The resulting variations can draw additional resources into the public trust ambit. State law determines the scope of the public trust doctrine.

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The Farm Bill’s Uncertain Future

Vermont Law

The Farm Bill authorizes a variety of conservation programs that assist with natural resource management and environmental concerns on working and retired agricultural lands, which was an area of contention during the 2018 negotiations. Vermont Journal of Environmental Law. proposed House and Senate bills. smaller programs.

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An Open Letter to President Obama

Vermont Law

March 7, 2014. Theodore Roosevelt’s preservation of America’s greatest natural resources was a first step. There are political consequences. She submitted this comment to President Obama on March 7, 2014. This letter does not reflect the views of Vermont Law School or VJEL. I am only myself. It is up to you.

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Lake Erie’s Failed Algae Strategy Hurts Poor Communities the Most

Circle of Blue

Their collective trauma dates back to August 2, 2014, when she and half a million other Toledoans woke to alarming news: the water coming out of their taps was toxic. After the 2014 Toledo water crisis, the binational International Joint Commission tried to put a price tag on the event. And political power with it.

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Fracking Scores with Two Colorado Supreme Court Opinions

The Energy Law Blog

Texas, however, has enacted a state law expressly preempting local authority over a number of drilling activities. In March 2016, the Louisiana First Circuit recognized the preemptive authority of state law to regulate and permit fracking. In 2014, St. Colorado Oil and Gas Association , 2016 CO 29, P.

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Blurred Lines: The Importance of Delineation Between Legislative and Non-legislative Rules Under the APA

Vermont Law

. : Not all agency rules have the force of law. In March of 2014, the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers issued an “interpretive rule” regarding section 404 of the Clean Water Act, circumventing a notice and comment period. Agricultural Conservation Flexibility Act of 2014.”. section 533 of the APA. 1344(f)(1)(A)).