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NEW JERSEY: CPA Imprisoned in Conservation Easement Tax Crime
TRENTON, New Jersey, February 10, 2025 (ENS) – A New Jersey accountant was sentenced today to 24 months in prison for his role in the promotion and sale of abusive […]
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NEW MEXICO: Sinclair Refinery Must Cut Emissions, EPA Decrees
SANTA FE, New Mexico, January 25, 2025 (ENS) – The U.S. Justice Department, the Environmental Protection Agency and the New Mexico Environment Department, NMED, have announced a proposed $35 million […]
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MASSACHUSETTS: Nantucket Fights New Offshore Wind Permit
BOSTON, Massachusetts, December 5, 2024 (ENS) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued a draft Clean Air Act Outer Continental Shelf permit for Southcoast Wind’s 147 wind turbines in federal waters south of Nantucket. […]
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PENNSYLVANIA: Oil Producers Agree With EPA to Cut Emissions
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, December 3, 2024 (ENS) – The U.S. Justice Department and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have reached settlements with oil and gas operators in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania […]
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PENNSYLVANIA: Three Mile Island Will Restart to Power Microsoft
MIDDLETOWN, Pennsylvania, October 8, 2024 (ENS) – Constellation, an energy company based in Baltimore, Maryland has signed a power purchase agreement with Microsoft that will restore the one undamaged reactor at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant to power Microsoft data centers. […]
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PUERTO RICO: Two Jailed for Destroying Wetlands in Jobos Bay
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, September 20, 2024 (ENS) – It was an unlucky Friday the 13th last week for two Puerto Rican men who were sentenced for their destruction, removal […]
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MARYLAND: U.S. Sues Owner of Baltimore Bridge Ship for $100M
BALTIMORE, Maryland, September 18, 2024 (ENS) – The U.S. Justice Department has filed a civil claim in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland against Grace Ocean Private […]
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WASHINGTON: Solar Farm Planned at Old Plutonium Weapons Site
RICHLAND, Washington, August 6, 2024 (ENS) – The U.S. Department of Energy is entering negotiations with a Chicago corporation to build one of the largest solar and battery storage energy […]
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IDAHO: Tampering with Diesel Emissions Controls Draws $1M Fine
POCATELLO, Idaho, August 1, 2024 (ENS) – A million dollar fine was imposed Tuesday on diesel performance parts retailers GDP Tuning LLC and Custom Auto of Rexburg LLC, doing business […]
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NORTH DAKOTA: Illegal Emissions Cost Marathon Oil $241.5 Million
BISMARK, North Dakota, July 15, 2024 (ENS) – The U.S. Justice Department and Environmental Protection Agency have announced a settlement with Marathon Oil Company resolving Clean Air Act violations at […]
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GEORGIA: CPAs Guilty of Conservation Easement Tax Crimes
ATLANTA, Georgia, June 14, 2024 (ENS) – The promotion and sale of abusive syndicated conservation easement tax shelters has led to a guilty plea on the part of another Georgia […]
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VIRGINIA: Lab Animal Breeder Fined $35M for Abuse, Pollution
CUMBERLAND, Virginia, June 4, 2024 (ENS) – A company that provides laboratory animals to research facilities, Envigo RMS LLC, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to knowingly violate the Animal Welfare […]
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OHIO: Truck Emissions Defeat Device Installer Imprisoned
CINNCINATI, Ohio, May 19, 2024 (ENS) – Bypassing a vehicle’s emissions components can increase airborne particulate matter up to 40 times, nitrogen oxides 310 times, carbon monoxide 120 times, and […]
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ALABAMA: Lowndes County Residents to Get Modern Sanitation
MONTGOMERY, Alabama, May 19, 2024 (ENS) – The U.S. Justice Department and the Department of Health and Human Services, HHS, are proclaiming progress has been made by the Alabama Department […]
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OHIO: Trumpeter Swans Removed from Threatened Species List
COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 25, 2024 (ENS) – Ohio is celebrating the recovery of the state’s trumpeter swans as a conservation success story. The Ohio Wildlife Council, an eight-member, bipartisan group […]
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OREGON: Vandal Poisons Thousands of Young Hatchery Salmon
REEDSPORT, Oregon, April 25, 2024 (ENS) – Nearly 18,000 young salmon have died after a vandal poured bleach into a Douglas County fish hatchery tank Monday, according to law enforcement […]
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VIRGINIA: Largest US Offshore Wind Farm Gets Final Permit
WASHINGTON, DC, April 14, 2024 (ENS) – Dominion Energy’s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Commercial, CVOW-C, project located off the coast of Virginia Beach, Virginia. has this week received its final […]
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TEXAS: Japanese-Owned Company Fined $6.6M for Hazmat Fire
DEER PARK, Texas, April 5, 2024 (ENS) – The Japanese-owned Intercontinental Terminals Company has agreed to pay more than US$6.6 million to federal and Texas state natural resource trustees over […]
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CALIFORNIA: Chevron Fined Record $13M for Ongoing Oil Spills
SACRAMENTO, California, March 21, 2024 (ENS) – Oil giant Chevron has agreed to pay a record-breaking $13 million in settlement agreements to two California state resource agencies for oil spills […]
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HAWAII: Habitat Protected for 11 Rare Plants, One Unique Fly
HONOLULU, Hawai’i, March 12, 2024 (ENS) – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Monday designated 119,326 acres as protected critical habitat for 11 plants and a Hawaiian picture-wing fly found […]