Judge L. T. Senter, Jr. of the US District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi on Friday rejected for the time being a proposed settlement reached between the State Farm insurance company and Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood on behalf of hundreds of Mississippi policy holders whose claims were denied after Hurricane Katrina . [...]

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The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has unanimously approved a regulation that will prohibit utilities from buying electricity produced by power plants whose emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) exceed the state's standards. The rule , which the four-member commission discussed and voted on Thursday, forbids California utilities from making "new long-term commitments" – including new [...]

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A federal judge in Nebraska ruled Friday that the state cannot enforce a 25-year old ban on corporate farming while it appeals a US Eighth Circuit Court of Appeal decision ruling the ban unconstitutional. As anticipated , Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning appealed the ruling to the US Supreme Court earlier this month. In December, [...]

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