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LOUISIANA: Oil, Soot From Smitty’s Fire Persists, EPA Blamed

ROSELAND, Louisiana, October 9, 2025 (ENS) – On August 22, an explosion erupted at Smitty’s Supply, a lubricant manufacturing facility in Roseland, a town about 60 miles northeast of Baton Rouge. The blaze swept through the 15-acre complex that housed half a million gallons of flammable materials. […]

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Ukrainian, U.S. Prosecutors Go After Environmental War Crimes

WASHINGTON, DC, May 19, 2023 (ENS) – Eight guests from the Ukraine Prosecutor General’s Office are in Washington this week for a series of training and study sessions at the U.S. Justice Department on the investigation and prosecution of environmental crimes, including crimes committed in the wake of Russia’s unlawful invasion of Ukraine. […]

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Alabama Power Plant Risks Catastrophic Coal Ash Spill

BUCKS, Alabama, February 6, 2022 (ENS) – A new digital mapping tool shows that a Category 2 hurricane, packing winds up to 110 mph, could create a storm surge that sweeps more than 21 million tons of toxic coal ash from a power plant into the Mobile River, which empties into the Gulf of Mexico. […]