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The Iowa Environmental Protection Commission and the 2010 Election

Now that the dust has settled from the 2010 election it is time to consider the impact that the election will have on the makeup of the Environmental Protection Commission. [...]

Deficit Commission Study makes no mention of ethanol subsidies

Everyone should take a look at the Deficit Commission’s recent online publication of a summary of its report. The graphs charting the federal deficit and the general recommendations made by the Commission are sobering. Some have noted that missing from the recommended budget cuts is any mention of ethanol subsidies. This may be due [...]

Update on the Monsanto GMO Sugar Beet Litigation

Center for Food Safety v. Vilsack, ___ F.Supp.2d ___(N.D. Cal August 13, 2010) No. C10-04038 JSW (2010 WL 3222482)
I wrote last month that Judge Jeffrey White of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California issued a ruling on August 13, 2010 vacating a USDA decision to allow Monsanto to continue to [...]

US Supreme Court weighs granting cert. in the Connecticut v. American Electric Power Co. case

Connecticut v. American Electric Power Co., et al., 582 F.3d 309 (2d Cir. 2009) (September 21, 2009). http://www.globalclimatelaw.com/uploads/file/05-5104-cv_opn(1).pdf

A case now awaiting a decision by the United States Supreme Court as to whether to grant certiorari will have a profound impact on numerous legal and political issues if the court decides to grant certiorari. At [...]