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Hearing Questions EPA Stance on Fracking
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The House Subcommittee on Energy and Environment held a hearing earlier this week to review federal hydraulic fracturing research activities. The hear…
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TSCA “Reform” Bill Moves To Senate Floor
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Over the past several years, Congress has wrestled with chemical safety and possible ways to modernize TSCA. Chemical business leaders, public officia…
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EPA Releases Draft BPA Report
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Last week, the EPA released a draft analysis of chemicals that may substitute for bisphenol A’s use in thermal paper — that’s the material often used…
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House Subcommitee Chair Questions EPA Approach on Fracking
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We have posted before about the tremendous economic promise of fracking technology, and the attempts of the plaintiffs bar to exploit this promise. An…
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EPA Issues New Proposed HPV Chemical Rules
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued two proposed rules last week that would require manufacturers and importers of dozens of high producti…
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Medical Monitoring Claim Rejected in Rail Spill
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The Sixth Circuit recently rejected the medical monitoring claims of a putative class of residents of a small Ohio town who alleged exposure to chemic…
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New Theory Emerges in Climate Change Litigation
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Just as many eyes are focused on the climate change/global warming cases pending in the appellate courts, a group of activist environmentalists have e…
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Showdown Over Regulation of Greenhouse Gas Looming in Congress
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We have posted before about a number of issues related to greenhouse gas regulation and climate change litigation. Now comes word that a potential sho…
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Legislation Proposed to Curb EPA Greenhouse Gas Authority
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As we have noted in previous posts, one of the many important questions lurking in the climate change/global warning cases currently being litigated i…
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