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Ninth Circuit Holds That California's "Marine Vessel Rules" Are Preempted By Federal Clean Air Act

On February 27, 2008, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that California's "Marine Vessel Rules," limiting emissions from the auxiliary diesel engines of ocean-going vessels within 24 miles of California's coast, are preempted by the federal Clean Air Act. See Pacific Merchant...

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Nanotechnology - Business Opportunities And Regulatory Challenges

Nanotechnology - engineering particles that are too small for the eye to see in order to create matter that has different properties than those at the conventional scale - has come of age. There are reportedly over 300 consumer products world-wide that contain some nanomaterials. See Woodrow Wilson...

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