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ALABAMA: Persistent Landfill Fire Prompts State Capitol Rally

January 25, 2023 News Editor Comments Off on 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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EPA Opens Environmental Justice Office to Support Civil Rights

October 10, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on EPA Opens Environmental Justice Office to Support Civil Rights

By Benjamin Seidman

WASHINGTON, DC, October 10, 2022 (ENS) – The Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, has just established the Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights to serve underprivileged [...]

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MONTANA: ARCO Must Complete Cleanup of Anaconda Smelter Site

October 3, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on 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 [...]

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U.S. Supreme Court Undercuts EPA Right to Curb Climate Gases

June 30, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on U.S. Supreme Court Undercuts EPA Right to Curb Climate Gases

WASHINGTON, DC, June 30, 2022 (ENS) – A majority of U.S. Supreme Court Justices voted today to restrict the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to limit and reduce carbon dioxide emissions [...]

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Congress OKs Climate, Energy, Water Spending in $1.5T Bill

March 12, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on 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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TEXAS: Chevron Phillips Chemical Agrees to Cut Gas Flaring

March 11, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on TEXAS: Chevron Phillips Chemical Agrees to Cut Gas Flaring

HOUSTON, Texas, March 11, 2022 (ENS) – Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP has agreed to a legal settlement with the federal government that will eliminate thousands of tons of air [...]

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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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NEW YORK: Conspiracy to Evade Asbestos Regs Exposes Crimes

December 3, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on NEW YORK: Conspiracy to Evade Asbestos Regs Exposes Crimes

BINGHAMTON, New York, December 2, 2021 (ENS) – Two convicted asbestos criminals will be jailed and fined nearly $400,000 for exposing their workers and the surrounding community to the risk [...]

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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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MAINE: Truck Dealer Caught Installing Illegal ‘Defeat Devices’

November 15, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on MAINE: Truck Dealer Caught Installing Illegal ‘Defeat Devices’

WINDHAM, Maine, November 15, 2021 (ENS) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached a settlement with APlus Truck Sales, Inc. of Windham, resolving EPA allegations that from 2017 to [...]

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WASHINGTON: Bayer Fined $62M in School PCB Exposure Case

November 14, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on WASHINGTON: Bayer Fined $62M in School PCB Exposure Case

MONROE, Washington, November 14, 2021 (ENS) – A jury in King County Superior Court this week awarded $62 million in damages to eight people in King and Snohomish counties harmed [...]

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US EPA to Regulate, Clean Up Non-stick ‘Forever Chemicals’

October 24, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on 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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IDAHO: $50M Mine Waste Treatment Plant Means Cleaner Rivers

October 22, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on IDAHO: $50M Mine Waste Treatment Plant Means Cleaner Rivers

KELLOGG, Idaho, October 22, 2021 (ENS) – In an effort to reduce the volume of heavy metals discharged to Idaho’s Coeur D’Alene River from the Bunker Hill Mine and Smelting [...]

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TEXAS: Gas Companies Fined Millions for Fatal Air Pollution

October 1, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on 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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Hurricane Ida Survivors Get Help for Power, Home Restoration

September 3, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Hurricane Ida Survivors Get Help for Power, Home Restoration

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, September 3, 2021 (ENS) – At least 66 people across nine U.S. states have died due to Ida in her various phases from Category 4 hurricane when [...]

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Groups Petition U.S. EPA to Regulate Toxic Leaded Aviation Gas

August 26, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Groups Petition U.S. EPA to Regulate Toxic Leaded Aviation Gas

NEW YORK, New York, August 26, 2021 (ENS) – Community groups from across the United States, together with California’s Santa Clara County, have filed a petition with the U.S. Environmental [...]

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Biden Drives EV Demand With 2030 Net-Zero Emissions Ambitions

August 7, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Biden Drives EV Demand With 2030 Net-Zero Emissions Ambitions

WASHINGTON, DC, August 6, 2021 (ENS) – President Joe Biden leaves no doubt about his administration’s policy on electric vehicles. “America must lead the world on clean and efficient cars [...]

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PENNSYLVANIA: Copper Smelter Fined Again for Polluting Ohio River

August 4, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on PENNSYLVANIA: Copper Smelter Fined Again for Polluting Ohio River

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, August 4, 2021 (ENS) – Hussey Copper, manufacturer of copper for electric power lines and copper-nickel alloys for desalination plants, is being hit with a second big fine [...]

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IOWA: Year-round Sale of E15 Ethanol Blend Blocked in Court

July 2, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on IOWA: Year-round Sale of E15 Ethanol Blend Blocked in Court

DES MOINES, Iowa, July 2, 2021 (ENS) – Corn producers across the country, and especially in the corn-growing state of Iowa, are dismayed by an appeals court ruling Friday that [...]

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CALIFORNIA & NEVADA: EPA Stops Sale of Unregistered Disinfectant

April 5, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on CALIFORNIA & NEVADA: EPA Stops Sale of Unregistered Disinfectant

SAN FRANCISO, California, April 5, 2021 (ENS) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has ordered four companies to stop selling the unregistered disinfectant FN Nano Photocatalytic coatings, aka FN Coatings, [...]

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