Tag: Legal proceedings
US Chamber, oil industry sue Vermont over law requiring companies to pay for climate change damage
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and a top oil and gas industry trade group are suing Vermont over its new law requiring that...
A drop in groundwater could mean big trouble for a tiny snail as Nevada lithium project presses on
RENO, Nev. -- Opponents of the nation's largest lithium mine under construction want U.S. officials to investigate whether the project in Nevada already...
FDA proposes new testing rules to ensure cosmetics are asbestos-free
WASHINGTON -- Cosmetic companies would have to take extra steps to ensure that any products containing talc are free of asbestos under a...
After fighting virus, storms and Republicans, departing North Carolina Gov. Cooper focuses on wins
RALEIGH, N.C. -- RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper is leaving his job after eight years in which the southern...
American Airlines settles lawsuit filed by 3 Black men who were ordered off a flight
American Airlines said Thursday it has settled a federal race discrimination lawsuit filed by three Black men who were ordered to deboard a...
After victory over Florida in water war, Georgia will let farmers drill new irrigation wells
ATLANTA -- Jason Cox, who grows peanuts and cotton in southwest Georgia, says farming would be economically impossible without water to irrigate his...