Fairbanks Community Groups Notify of Intent To Sue EPA for Missing Its Fourth Dirty Air Deadline in as Many Years

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Fairbanks Community Groups Notify of Intent To Sue EPA for Missing Its Fourth Dirty Air Deadline in as Many Years

Fairbanks, AK —Today, Citizens for Clean Air, Alaska Community Action on Toxics, and the Sierra Club sent notice of intent to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for missing a fourth deadline in four years for addressing Fairbanks’s air pollution problem. The groups called on the agency to meet its obligations under the law […]

White House: Obama Unlikely to Sign ‘Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act’

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White House: Obama Unlikely to Sign ‘Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act’

WHITE HOUSE—Despite calls from victims’ families, the White House says President Barack Obama likely would not sign legislation that could allow countries like Saudi Arabia to be sued for any role officials may have played in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on U.S. soil. “The whole notion of sovereign immunity is at stake. And […]