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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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Gov/Politics
Climate Denier Gosar Rejoins House Natural Resources Committee
WASHINGTON, DC, January 18, 2023 (ENS) – Ally of industrial development and ex-President Donald Trump, far-right election denier Republican Congressman Paul Gosar of Arizona is back on the House Committee [...]
Gov/Politics
Europe Evaluates New Rules for Cleaner Air, Water
BRUSSELS, Belgium, October 27, 2022 (ENS) – The European Commission Wednesday proposed stronger rules on ambient air, surface and groundwater pollutants, and the treatment of urban wastewater.
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Gov/Politics
Congress OKs Climate, Energy, Water Spending in $1.5T Bill
WASHINGTON, DC, March 12, 2022 (ENS) – In a bipartisan vote of 68-31, the U.S. Senate has passed an appropriations bill that will fund government climate, energy, water and wildfire [...]
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CALIFORNIA: State Sues Metal Foundry Over Hexavalent Chromium
OAKLAND, California, February 15, 2022 (ENS) – California Attorney General Rob Bonta has filed a lawsuit against McWane Inc., operating as AB&I, alleging that the company has illegally emitted cancer-causing [...]
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US EPA to Regulate, Clean Up Non-stick ‘Forever Chemicals’
WASHINGTON, DC, October 21, 2021 (ENS) – Toxic when ingested, persistent in the environment, PFAS are manufactured chemicals used in industrial and consumer products worldwide since the 1950s. Now, the [...]
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TEXAS: Gas Companies Fined Millions for Fatal Air Pollution
MIDLAND, Texas, October 1, 2021 (ENS) – Five subsidiaries of West Texas Gas Inc. will spend up to $5 million on compliance measures in a settlement that resolves U.S. government [...]
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Planet Earth At Risk of Methane Suffocation
PARIS, France, May 15, 2021 (ENS) – Methane emissions caused by human activities can be reduced by up to 45 percent this decade, finds the world’s first Global Methane Assessment [...]
Air/Climate
Emergency or Not? Peoples’ Climate Vote Polls 1.2 Million
NEW YORK, New York, January 27, 2021 (ENS) – “Urgent climate action has broad support amongst people around the globe, across nationalities, age, gender and education levels,” declared United [...]
Air/Climate
40 Million Medical Pros Prescribe Green Recovery for G20
GENEVA, Switzerland, May 27, 2020 (ENS) – Forty million health professionals Tuesday sent a letter to the leaders of each of the G20 nations, calling for a healthy [...]