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NEW MEXICO: Mewbourne Oil Spends $10M to Meet Clean Air Regs
TYLER, Texas, August 16, 2023 (ENS) – An independent oil and gas producer in the Permian Basin, a shale oil and gas producing area in southeast New Mexico and West […]
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VERMONT: Historic Flood Forces Climate Change Recognition
MONTPELIER, Vermont, July 25, 2023 (ENS) – Following days of unprecedented rainfall in Vermont from July 9 to 11, major river arteries flooded their banks, causing some rivers in the state to measure about 20 feet above normal. “Roughly two months’ worth of rain fell in less than 48 hours,” the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, said. […]
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FLORIDA: Nopetro Energy Cancels Disputed LNG Export Facility
PORT ST. JOE, Florida, July 21, 2023 (ENS) – Nopetro Energy, the company planning to build a controversial containerized liquified natural gas export facility in Port St. Joe, Florida, says […]
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IDAHO: Fertilizer Firm to Spend $150 Million on Hazwaste Fixes
BOISE, Idaho, July 13, 2023 (ENS) – J.R. Simplot Company, a fertilizer manufacturer based in Boise, has reached a settlement agreement with the U.S. Justice Department and the Environmental Protection Agency involving Simplot’s Don Plant facility located near Pocatello, Idaho. […]
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TEXAS: Houston to Stop Illegal Dumping on Black, Latino Areas
WASHINGTON, DC, June 9, 2023 (ENS) – The U.S. Justice Department has secured a settlement agreement in its environmental justice investigation into the City of Houston’s response to illegal dumping […]
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LOUISIANA: Shell Expands World’s Largest Refining Catalyst Plant
PORT ALLEN, Louisiana, May 17, 2023 (ENS) – The largest refining catalyst plant in the world is expanding. Shell Catalysts & Technologies, a member of the Shell family of companies, […]
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COLORADO: Wild Horses Get New Refuge Larger Than Manhattan
CRAIG, Colorado, March 23, 2023 (ENS) – The nonprofit Wild Animal Sanctuary has just acquired a large piece of land in northwest Colorado near the historic town of Steamboat Springs […]
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MASSACHUSETTS: Holyoke Must Spend $27M to Beat Sewage Overflow
HOLYOKE, Massachusetts, March 23, 2023 (ENS) – The Justice Department, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts have entered into a $27 million agreement with the City […]
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OHIO: Norfolk Southern Train Wreck Remediation Makes Progress
COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 21, 2023 (ENS) – Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Lt. Governor Jon Husted Tuesday issued a letter to Norfolk Southern Corporation President and CEO Alan Shaw in […]
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OHIO: Freight Train Derailment Threatens Chemical Explosion
ennsylvania border setting rail cars loaded with hazardous materials aflame on Friday night as the train was carrying chemicals through the village of East Palestine from Madison, Illinois, to Conway, Pennsylvania, the rail company Norfolk Southern said. […]
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ALABAMA: Persistent Landfill Fire Prompts State Capitol Rally
MOODY, Alabama, January 25, 2023 ENS) – People living near a huge landfill fire in Moody that has been smoldering for more than two months want more environmental protection in […]
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KANSAS: Keystone Pipeline Spill Cleanup Plan Agreed
LENEXA, Kansas, January 9, 2023 (ENS) – Canada’s TC Oil Pipeline Operations Inc. has reached an agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, to clean up the large oil […]
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ALABAMA: Seven Sentenced, Ending Giant U.S. Cockfighting Biz
MONTGOMERY, Alabama, December 15, 2022 (ENS) – In connection with one of the biggest cockfighting and breeding businesses in the United States, a seventh and final Verbena, Alabama resident was […]
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ARIZONA: Free PFAS Foam Disposal Cuts Firefighters’ Cancer Risk
PHOENIX, Arizona, December 15, 2022 (ENS) – The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality, ADEQ, has launched a free of charge “take-back and replace” pilot program to help select fire departments […]
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UTAH: Save Monuments, Conservation Groups, Tribes Ask Court
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, November 28, 2022 (ENS) – Conservation groups have filed a motion to intervene in two lawsuits challenging President Joe Biden’s restoration of Bears Ears and Grand […]
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NEW YORK: Long Island to Host Offshore Wind Training Center
ALBANY, New York, November 14, 2022 (ENS) – A land transfer between New York State and Suffolk County late last month will bring a National Offshore Wind Training Center to […]
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OHIO: Cleveland Suburbs Must End Sewer Overflows to Lake Erie
ELYRIA, Ohio, November 10, 2022 (ENS) – The city of Elyria, a suburb of Cleveland, Wednesday agreed to complete a series of capital projects to eliminate discharges of untreated sewage […]
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CALIFORNIA: Lawmakers Pass Help for Climate But Not Bees
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 […]
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OHIO: Restoration Comes to Dover Chemical Superfund Site
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 […]
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MONTANA: ARCO Must Complete Cleanup of Anaconda Smelter Site
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 […]