Last month, I wrote about the “Environmental Justice for All Act,” a bill that proposes a finding that vulnerable populations are disproportionately burdened by environmental hazards. New Jersey is
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Claims for Common Law Waste
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Posted in Court Cases, Environment
The recent decision in Bitler Investment Venture II v. Marathon Petroleum, No. 12-3722 (7th Cir. Jan. 27, 2014)(Posner, J.), offered an opportunity to consider claims for common law…
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Dept of Energy Liable for $150 Million Because It Has Not Built a Nuclear Waste Facility
By David Mandelbaum on
Posted in Energy
The Department of Energy owes nuclear power plant operators about $150 million because it has not fulfilled its contractual obligation to have a place for nuclear waste to go, says the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Yankee Atomic Electric v. US on May 18.
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