SACRAMENTO, California, October 5, 2022 (ENS) – With the signing of 997 bills into law, California Governor Gavin Newsom just wrapped up the 2022 legislative session. In addition to guaranteeing […]
DOVER, Ohio, October 4, 2022 (ENS) – The Dover Chemical Corporation will implement and fund natural resource restoration and protection projects to resolve state and federal allegations of natural resource […]
BUTTE, Montana, October 3, 2022 (ENS) – The Atlantic Richfield Company, ARCO, has agreed to spend $131 million complete its cleanup of the Anaconda Smelter Superfund Site in Deer Lodge […]
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, September 21, 2022 (ENS) – Conditions in Puerto Rico remain life-threatening after Hurricane Fiona devastated the island on Sunday, knocking out power across the island. Homes, […]
JACKSON, Mississippi, September 2, 2022 (ENS) – For many Americans, Labor Day weekend is about having some carefree fun before the responsibilities of autumn close in, but the residents of […]
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, August 13, 2022 (ENS) – Through the Puerto Rico Coral Reef Program, the Puerto Rico Department of Environment & Natural Resources is working with nonprofit organization […]
FRANKFORT, Kentucky, August 11, 2022 (ENS) – Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear, a Democrat, focused his weekly Team Kentucky update on the continuing efforts in Eastern Kentucky following historic flooding, noting […]
SACRAMENTO, California, August 10, 2022 (ENS) – The California Legislature has passed the Plastic Pollution Producer Responsibility Act, the nation’s most comprehensive policy to curb the sale, distribution and import […]
WASHINGTON, DC, July 13, 2022 (ENS) – Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland today announced the establishment of the Lost Trail Conservation Area in northwest Montana as the 568th and […]
ROANOKE, Virginia, July 13, 2022 (ENS) – Responders are racing to Buchanan County in southwestern Virginia to conduct water rescues and search for at least 44 people reported missing. As […]
BOISE, Idaho, July 1, 2022 (ENS) – A U.S. District Court in Idaho has approved a settlement agreement filed by Advocates for the West on behalf of two conservation groups […]
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 27, 2022 (ENS) – Rhode Island lawmakers last week passed a bill requiring that within 10 years 100 percent of electricity sold in the state come […]
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, May 17, 2022 (ENS) – The U.S. Steel Corporation, a major steelmaker, will pay a $1.5 million penalty and make extensive improvements at its steel production facility in […]
ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, April 26, 2022 (ENS) – The State of Maryland has requested that the Evergreen Shipping Agency pay $100 million as a “Responsibility Fund” against the damages to the […]
PORTLAND, Oregon, April 22, 2022 (ENS) – A Pacific Northwest environmental extremist, arsonist and former fugitive pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court for his role in two arson conspiracies targeting […]
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, April 19, 2022 (ENS) – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, DEM, is distributing 1,000 free, four-to-six foot trees at sites around the state in late […]
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, April 15, 2022 (ENS) – A Louisiana man was sentenced Tuesday to three years in prison, three years of supervised release and a $1,000 fine for possession […]
MIDLAND, Texas, March 13, 2022 (ENS) – A federal grand jury in Midland has returned an indictment charging the oilfield company Aghorn Operating Inc. and an executive of the company […]
HOUSTON, Texas, March 11, 2022 (ENS) – Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP has agreed to a legal settlement with the federal government that will eliminate thousands of tons of air […]
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, March 11, 2022 (ENS) – A $100,000 grant to help protect wild rice, one of Michigan’s most culturally and ecologically important native plants, has been awarded to […]
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