Environment

Integrity Applied Science resolves chemical storage reporting violations at Longmont, Colo. facility

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on February 19, announced an Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) settlement with Integrity Applied Science in which the company has agreed to pay a $24,335 penalty and comply with...

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Persistent organic pollutants: Provisional agreement on the world's most dangerous pollutants

The EU is toughening the rules on the most lasting and polluting chemicals. The Romanian presidency of the Council reached a provisional agreement with the European Parliament on updating the regulation on persistent organic pollutants, on February 19...

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U. S. Settles with Trident Seafoods Corporation to Reduce Ozone-Depleting Emissions

Trident Seafoods Corporation has agreed to reduce emissions of ozone-depleting substances from refrigeration equipment on its vessels, under a proposed settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Department of Justice to resolve...

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Groups Sue Trump's EPA Over Failure To Bank Deadly Paint Strippers

On February 19, Latino workers and environmental organizations, represented by Earthjustice and the Natural Resources Defense Council, sued the Trump administration over its failure to ban the commercial and consumer use of methylene chloride, a...

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