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Sinclair Oil Agrees to Improved Refinery Pollution Controls (Popularity:  )
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Sinclair Oil Corp. will pay a $2.45 million civil penalty and spend more than $72 million for new and upgraded pollution controls to reduce air pollution from the company's three refineries, the Justice Department and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. The settlement resolves alleged violations of the Clean Air Act at the company's facilities in Casper and Sinclair, Wyo., and in Tulsa, Okla. "The emissions reductions required by this ...
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Hundreds of Hurricane Victims Sue Manufacturers of Allegedly Toxic FEMA Mobile Homes and Trailers, According to The Buzbee Law Firm (Popularity: )
Mobile home and travel trailer manufacturers allegedly exposed displaced victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita to harmful levels of formaldehyde, according to a lawsuit filed by more than 500 Louisianans who have resided in the federally provided housing units. Filed late Tuesday in New Orleans federal court, the lawsuit alleges that the manufacturers violated federal and Louisiana laws by producing hurricane relief housing units that emit formaldehyde "at a dangerously ...
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Central City, Colorado, Voted for Expanded Gaming (Popularity: )
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Century Casinos, Inc. (Nasdaq: CNTY; Vienna Stock Exchange) announced today that the new gaming law has been approved in Central City, Colorado, USA, on January 20, 2009, joining Cripple Creek and Black Hawk.By a vote of approx. 90% yes votes residents of the former mining community agreed to raise the maximum bet in casinos from $5 to $100, add roulette and craps, and allow casinos to operate 24 hours a ...
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Kucinich to Speak for Full Hour on House Floor on Iraq Oil Law (Popularity: )
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At approximately 11:00 a.m. tomorrow, Congressman Dennis Kucinich will invoke a rarely used procedure to offer a privileged motion claiming one hour of time to speak on the floor of the House of Representatives about current legislative plans to privatize Iraq's oil. This will be the first time in Congress that there has been a full discussion of the covert efforts to accomplish privatization of Iraq's oil through the supplemental ...
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Perenco Calls on Ecuador Not to Sell Seized Oil and to Resume Negotiations (Popularity: )
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Perenco Ecuador Limited ("Perenco Ecuador") today called on the Government of Ecuador to cease efforts to sell oil seized from Blocks 7 and 21 in defiance of orders by international arbitration tribunals, and instead to seek a negotiated solution to the dispute concerning the applicability of Law 42 to Blocks 7 and 21.Perenco Ecuador is the Operator of Blocks 7 and 21 in Ecuador. On February 19, 2009, the Republic ...
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Hornbeck Offshore Announces Dismissal of Securities Class Action (Popularity: )
Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. (NYSE: HOS) announced today that the class action lawsuit previously filed against the Company and certain of its senior executives, relating to disclosures under the securities laws, has been voluntarily dismissed by the lead plaintiffs without any payment by the Company or its insurers. An order granting the dismissal of the case has been entered by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of ...
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Prominent Energy Attorney Jose L. Valera Joins Thompson & Knight in Houston (Popularity: )
The global law firm of Thompson & Knight LLP is pleased to announce Jose L. Valera has joined the Firm's Houston office, where he will continue his practice in domestic and international energy industry transactions. A native of Peru, Mr. Valera has more than 25 years of legal experience representing oil, gas, and electric energy companies throughout the United States, Central America, South America, Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean."Jose's experience ...
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Russia's Highest Commercial Court Rejects Appeal by Moscow Oil Refinery in Favor of Tamir Sapir's Joy-Lud (Popularity: )
On January 22, 2008, the High Arbitrazh Court of the Russian Federation, Russia's highest commercial court rejected for the second time challenges to the 2005 landmark $28 million judgment won by New York businessman and real estate entrepreneur Tamir Sapir's Joy-Lud Distributors International, Inc. against OJSC Moscow Oil Refinery (MOR), announced Tamir Sapir, CEO Joy-Lud Distributors International, Inc. The 2005 judgment was initially decided by international arbitration in Stockholm and ...
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In Communities Across America, Huge Crowds Protest Gun Violence (Popularity: )
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Advocates for laws making it harder for dangerous individuals to get firearms demanded action at events in more than 25 cities and towns from District Heights, Maryland to Seattle, Washington and from Dallas, Texas to the Twin Cities of Minnesota, on a national day of protest organized by the Reverend Jesse Jackson's Operation Rainbow/PUSH and the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. The National Day of Protest marked the 44th ...
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Watson and GlaxoSmithKline Settle Lawsuit Over Wellbutrin Xl(R) (Popularity: )
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Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE: WPI), a leading specialty pharmaceutical company, announced today that it has reached a settlement with GlaxoSmithKline on outstanding patent litigation related to Wellbutrin XL(R) (bupropion hydrochloride) extended-release tablets 150mg. In December 2005, Andrx Corporation filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida against GlaxoSmithKline alleging that Glaxo's Wellbutrin XL(R) 150mg product infringed Andrx's U.S. Patent 6,905,708 (the '708 ...
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