Volkswagen ‘Dieselgate’ plaintiffs – in the largest motor vehicle scandal in history – agreed to a $10 billion settlement on July 11th in which Volkswagen pleaded guilty to using a sophisticated software device on its diesel-fuel cars that allowed VW to falsify emissions tests. Approximately 550,000 VWs sold in the U.S. since 2008 with 2.0 liter … [Read more...]
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Trump Administration Strikes Down Rule Regulating Emissions Associated With Highway Traffic
At the end of May, the Department of Transportation announced it would be revoking a rule meant to reduce carbon emissions. At the end of his term, former President Barack Obama oversaw the introduction of a new regulation that would require transportation agencies around the country to take responsibility for the vast amounts of pollution being … [Read more...]
California Attorney General Claims Victory Against Unlawful Polluter
On May 23rd, the California Attorney General’s office reached a $3,318,700 settlement with Cox Communications California, LLC, preventing further litigation over allegations that the company illegally dumped hazardous materials and threw away sensitive customer-related documents without obscuring the information. In their initial complaint, … [Read more...]
US Customs Seizes Retired Man’s Assets for No Reason
In the United States, it is common practice for federal officers to confiscate assets from people who have not been charged with any crime and who have not been arrested. Thanks to this procedure, known as civil asset forfeiture, nearly $2 billion in assets are taken from Americans every year. Rustem Kazazi, a 64-year-old ex-Albanian police … [Read more...]
Facial Recognition use by Police: Invasion of Privacy or Crime-Solving Breakthrough?
Whether law-enforcement officials should green light facial recognition technology searches of approximately 117 million Americans with drivers licenses, both at U.S. airports and in police department investigations--or whether the sleuthing technique violates the right to privacy--is highly controversial at a time when 31 states already allow … [Read more...]
Chemical Safety Board Barely Survives Another Year
In February, it came to light that the Trump administration had plans to eliminate the Chemical Safety Board (CSB), but once again, Congress has resisted the call. Last month, the House Interior and Environment Appropriations Committee proposed $12 million to fund the Board – that’s $1 million more than the previous year. Then, earlier this month, … [Read more...]
Who Wants Cruel and Inhumane Hunting Tactics? The Current Administration
Inside Trump's Plan to Kill Sleeping Wolf Puppies The Trump administration announced last month that it has plans to roll back Obama-era regulations prohibiting certain inhumane hunting tactics on federal land reserves in Alaska. The tactics in question – known as predator-control tactics – involve the slaughtering of wolf and coyote pups as they … [Read more...]
Sessions Petitions Supreme Court to Narrow Nationwide Sanctuary Cities Injunction
While we await the Supreme Court’s imminent travel ban decision in Trump v Hawaii, due to be handed down before the Court’s term ends on June 30—a decision expected to uphold Trump’s executive privilege to enforce the ban--sanctuary city rulings have been a bright spot for immigrants and states righters protecting their undocumented immigrants … [Read more...]
California Regulators Fall Behind on Water Contamination
In California, regulators have not caught up with the rest of the country when it comes to oil drilling waste management. In most states, it’s illegal to dump waste water from drilling sites onto the open earth without any lining. But in California, that’s precisely what oil companies do: they dump gallons upon gallons of toxic substances into … [Read more...]
Pruitt Takes Shots at the Environment Amidst Scandal Accusations
It’s widely known that EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has been profligate with the agency’s resources and may have violated certain ethical standards along the way. A recent report suggests that Pruitt once made an assistant drive around DC looking for a particular type of lotion given out at the Ritz Carlton, and he has apparently made people do … [Read more...]
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