Toxics
Utah Man Jailed 20 Years for Environmental, Firearms Crimes
WASHINGTON, DC, October 14, 2009 (ENS) – A criminal case that began in 2004 when a man dumped toxic chemicals down the drain in West Bountiful, Utah ended today […]
Toxics
Land Use/Forests
Conservationists Campaign to Save Alaska’s Bristol Bay From Giant Mine
LOS ANGELES, California, October 14, 2009 (ENS) – The Natural Resources Defense Council is mounting a new campaign to save Alaska’s Bristol Bay, the world’s most productive salmon fishery, […]
Toxics
U.S. EPA Probes Herbicide Atrazine for Human Health Threats
WASHINGTON, DC, October 8, 2009 (ENS) – The commonly used weed killer atrazine will undergo a new comprehensive evaluation to determine its effects – first on humans and later […]
Oceans
EPA Will Spend $50 Million to Cap Toxic California Seabed
SAN FRANCISCO, California, October 5, 2009 (ENS) – A $50 million plan to protect the public from contaminated sediment off the coast of Los Angeles was detailed today by […]
Air/Climate
Sulfur Dioxide Emissions Cost Fertilizer Giant $32.4 Million
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, October 5, 2009 (ENS) – Mosaic Fertilizer will spend $30 million on air pollution controls to eliminate harmful emissions from sulfuric acid production plants in Uncle […]
Toxics
Obama Administration Backs Overhaul of Toxic Chemicals Law
WASHINGTON, DC, October 2, 2009 (ENS) – Principles to guide Congress in writing a new chemical risk management law that will fix weaknesses in the current law, were announced […]