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Posts Tagged ‘lawsuit’
Conservation, Health, Nature, Pollution, Wildlife & Flora, Aug 10th, 2010,
This summer has been pretty crazy for the south, dealing with the oil spill clean up, the seafood industry, and threatening storms in the area. Sounds like a great way to spend a summer vacation, right? Fortunately, the end to the whole fiasco is drawing nearer (hopefully), but before I go into that, let’s check out some other things that have happened recently, first. To start with, Texas filed a lawsuit against BP, claiming the oil giant put profits before environmental safety. Surprisingly, this doesn’t have so much to do with the oil spill as it does with a refinery,…
Tags: blue crab, BP, drill, food chain, Gulf Coast Oil Spill, indicator species, lawsuit, oil change, relief well, Texas, updates
Conservation, Health, Nature, Pollution, Wildlife & Flora, Jul 3rd, 2010,
A few nights ago, I was watching Larry King on CNN. During that particular episode, he was interviewing some of the Sea Shepherd crew and former game-show host and animal rights activist, Bob Barker (who also has a Sea Shepherd vessel named after him). Of course, they talked about the crew and Whale Wars, but they also discussed an ongoing disaster of our time: the Gulf Coast Oil Spill. I had fallen out of the news loop on that lately, so I was pretty shocked when they showed footage of the fires being set at night in the Gulf. Apparently,…
Tags: BP, burning animals alive, controlled burns, endangered sea turtles, Gulf Coast Oil Spill, Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle, lawsuit, moving sea turtle eggs, updates, volunteers declined
Green living, Jun 3rd, 2010,
I have a bit of good news for those of you that like to accessorize: over 40 major retailers and apparel makers agreed to limit the use of lead in handbags and other fashion accessories. Exposure to lead has been linked to numerous health problems, such as heart attacks, high infertility rates, and increased risk for stroke. This agreement comes after a lawsuit was filed against companies last year by the Center for Environmental Health. The group found high levels of lead in vinyl and faux leather handbags, purses and wallets. Many well-known retailers agreed to set new industry standards…
Tags: apparel makers, Center for Environmental Health, fashion accessories, handbags, Kmart, lawsuit, lead, Macy's, purses, retailers, settlement, Target, Victoria's Secret, wallets
Nature, Wildlife & Flora, Feb 18th, 2010,
A legal victory occurred this week for Alaska’s Tongass National Forest. US District Judge, John Bates, dismissed a lawsuit filed by a group of Southeast Alaska civic and business leaders. This group challenged a 2008 management plan for the forest that was developed by the Bush administration. The plan would leave 3.4 million acres of the 17 million acre forest open to logging and other development. Approximately 2.4 million acres of remote and roadless back country would have been included in the 3.4 million acres. According to the Southeast Conference and the Alaska Forest Association, the plan did not meet…
Tags: Alaska, largest US national forest, lawsuit, protected land, Tongass National Forest, victory
