Environment

Company to Pay Fine for Chemical Accident Prevention Violations in Sandwich, Mass. and E. Providence, R.I.

A cold storage and ice manufacturing company has agreed to pay penalties of $225,000 to settle claims by EPA that the company violated federal Clean Air Act requirements meant to prevent chemical releases relating to its use of ammonia at facilities...

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Korea abandons plan to hunt endangered whales

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Minke whale

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Court Rules Industrial Farm May Require Clean Water Act Permit

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Rose Acre Farms is located adjacent to the Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge (area shaded...

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Court Rules Bison Can Roam

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Bull bison in Yellowstone.

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