Environment

Hong Kong Ivory Ban is Now Law: WWF Says it’s Time to Close All Asian Illegal Wildlife Markets

A ban on the domestic ivory trade with no compensation by 2021 and an increase in the maximum penalty for wildlife crime offences to 10 years was approved by the Legislative Council, on January 31. WWF welcomes the new legislation and would like to...

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Naugatuck, Conn. Incinerator to Control Mercury Emissions Under Settlement

Equipment to limit the amount of mercury pollution sent into the atmosphere will be installed at an incinerator owned by Naugatuck, Conn., if an agreement between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Department of Justice, the Borough of...

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Federal Appeals Court Upholds Maui Clean Water Act Decision

Upholding a 2014 decision by the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawai‘i, a panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today that the County of Maui’s Lahaina Wastewater Reclamation Facility has been violating the U.S. Clean Water...

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Environmental Groups To Sue To Protect National Scenic River From Leaking Toxic Waste

Conservation group Prairie Rivers Network filed official notice on January 31, that it intends to sue the electric generating company Dynegy because toxic coal ash waste stockpiled at the company’s Vermilion Power Plant in Oakwood, Illinois is leaking...

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