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Fourteen other states joined California in the lawsuit, including New Jersey and Washington, and it seems to be on solid ground. Though the White House had initially taken the position that the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide was not a pollutant and therefore not covered by the Clean Air Act, the U.S. Supreme Court eviscerated that argument in a case taken against the EPA by Massachusetts back in April. That the EPA still hasn't ruled on California's waiver shows that "the administration is just trying to run out the clock on global warming," said Philip Clapp, president...
California's lawsuit wasn't a surprise - the state had actually planned on suing the EPA two weeks earlier, but had delayed the move because of California's wildfires, which themselves pumped up to 8 million metric tons of CO2 into the atmosphere. But the ultimate outcome of the lawsuit, and California's attempt to craft far-reaching emission standards, is less predictable. U.S. automakers are waging their own court battles against the regulations, and in September, a U.S. federal judge threw out a California state lawsuit that tried to hold auto manufacturers liable for the damages caused by carbon...
...course, the two worlds can meet. Afghan Shah Muhammad Rais claimed that his betrayal as a domestic tyrant in the global best-seller The Bookseller of Kabul, by Norwegian journalist Asne Seierstad, exposed him to dishonor. So Rais did a very Western thing, launching a lawsuit against Seierstad for defamation in Norway. Then he went one better: Rais now has a deal with a Norwegian publisher for a book of his own. A spot on Oprah has to be next...
...filed the suit last week in Suffolk Superior Court, also naming Los Angeles-based architecture firm Gehry Partners and the construction company that built the complex in the lawsuit...
...ricochet effect of what we’re proposing is going to have on neighborhoods and the businesses in the community.” Cambridge residents are frequently at the center of the city’s heated land debates. Last month, residents in Shady Hill Square filed a lawsuit to halt a development project that would place a 5,000 square-foot mansion in the middle of a 90-year-old green space. The city issued a stop work order after a tense standoff occurred between construction crews and Shady Hill residents. Council incumbent Brian P. Murphy...