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U.S. Agencies to Assess Climate Impact of Federal Projects

January 9, 2023 News Editor Comments Off on U.S. Agencies to Assess Climate Impact of Federal Projects

WASHINGTON, DC, January 9, 2023 (ENS) – In a new climate change guidance, the Biden Administration asks federal agencies to account for greenhouse gas emissions as they review proposals for [...]

Energy

U.S. to Defuel and Close Leaking Pearl Harbor Fuel Facility

March 8, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on U.S. to Defuel and Close Leaking Pearl Harbor Fuel Facility

HONOLULU, Hawaii, March 8, 2022 (ENS) – The underground Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility in the hills above the Pearl Harbor Naval Station on Oahu will be de-fueled and [...]

AmeriScan

LOWER 48: Judge Restores Protection to Endangered Gray Wolves

February 10, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on LOWER 48: Judge Restores Protection to Endangered Gray Wolves

OAKLAND, California, February 10, 2022 (ENS) – Today, a federal judge in California overturned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s November 2020 decision to delist wolves from the Endangered Species [...]

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LOUISIANA: Lawsuit Over Blacks Who Bear Worst U.S. Cancer Risk

January 24, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on LOUISIANA: Lawsuit Over Blacks Who Bear Worst U.S. Cancer Risk

WASHINGTON, DC, January 24, 2022 (ENS) – Black residents of Louisiana’s St. John the Baptist Parish have been subjected to the highest cancer risk from air pollution in the nation [...]

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Burning Toxic Firefighting Foam Hazardous to Human Health

November 22, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Burning Toxic Firefighting Foam Hazardous to Human Health

WASHINGTON, DC, November 22, 2021 (ENS) – Just a month after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a new plan to cope with the wide spread of PFAS, a group [...]

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HAWAII: Courts Rule Maui Wastewater Injection Wells Need Permit

November 6, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on HAWAII: Courts Rule Maui Wastewater Injection Wells Need Permit

HONOLULU, Hawaii, November 6, 2021 (ENS) – The County of Maui has lost another court ruling in its campaign to avoid getting a Clean Water Act permit for injection wells [...]

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MONTANA: Judge Orders Halt to Coal Strip-Mine Expansion

October 31, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on MONTANA: Judge Orders Halt to Coal Strip-Mine Expansion

BOZEMAN, Montana, October 31, 2021 (ENS) – In a victory for cleaner water in Montana, a state district court judge has ordered the Montana Department of Environmental Quality, DEQ, to [...]

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Judge Terminates Trump-era ‘Dirty Water Rule’

September 1, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Judge Terminates Trump-era ‘Dirty Water Rule’

WASHINGTON, DC, August 31, 2021 (ENS) – A federal judge in Arizona Monday overturned the Trump-era Navigable Waters Protection Rule, more commonly known as the Dirty Water Rule, in a [...]

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ALASKA: Court Halts Major Arctic Drilling Project

August 19, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on ALASKA: Court Halts Major Arctic Drilling Project

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, August 19, 2021 (ENS) – The Alaska Federal District Court Wednesday vacated the approval of a large oil and gas project known as the Willow Master Development Plan [...]

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ILLINOIS: Residents Sue for Damages as Raw Sewage Floods Homes

July 21, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on ILLINOIS: Residents Sue for Damages as Raw Sewage Floods Homes

CAHOKIA HEIGHTS, Illinois, July 21, 2021 (ENS) – The community group Centreville Citizens for Change and 24 individual residents are suing Commonfields of Cahokia Public Water District and the City [...]

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Biden Protects World’s Largest Coastal Temperate Rainforest

July 19, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Biden Protects World’s Largest Coastal Temperate Rainforest

WASHINGTON, DC, July 19, 2021 (ENS) – Across the entire 16.7 million acres of the Tongass National Forest in southeast Alaska, full Roadless Rule protections are being restored and there [...]

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Trump Kills Obama’s Atlantic Ocean Monument Designation

June 5, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on Trump Kills Obama’s Atlantic Ocean Monument Designation

 

BANGOR, Maine, June 5, 2020 (ENS) – Today, President Donald Trump traveled to Bangor, Maine to issue a proclamation that opens up the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine [...]

Montana
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Montana Court Vacates 278 BLM Oil and Gas Leases

May 5, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on Montana Court Vacates 278 BLM Oil and Gas Leases

 

GREAT FALLS, Montana, May 5, 2020 (ENS) – Montana landowners, farmers, and conservation groups have won a victory in their effort to protect local groundwater and the climate. [...]

Ameriscan

  • LOUISIANA: Shell Expands World’s Largest Refining Catalyst Plant
    May 17, 2023 Comments Off on LOUISIANA: Shell Expands World’s Largest Refining Catalyst Plant
  • COLORADO: Wild Horses Get New Refuge Larger Than Manhattan
    March 23, 2023 Comments Off on COLORADO: Wild Horses Get New Refuge Larger Than Manhattan
  • LOUISIANA: US Sues Japanese Firm Over Chloroprene Emissions
    March 23, 2023 Comments Off on LOUISIANA: US Sues Japanese Firm Over Chloroprene Emissions
  • MASSACHUSETTS: Holyoke Must Spend $27M to Beat Sewage Overflow
    March 23, 2023 Comments Off on MASSACHUSETTS: Holyoke Must Spend $27M to Beat Sewage Overflow

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