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Childhood asthma rates in Wayne County are through the roof, and DTE coal plants are the county's biggest source of air pollution linked to asthma.

The San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. When SONGS retired, SDG&E was directed to replace the shuttered plant with at least 200 megawatts (MW) from clean energy resources and between 300–600 MW from “any resource,” which could include gas or clean energy.

Stop the industrial destruction of the Great Barrier Reef

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently conducted a compliance evaluation of Wharton Chemical in Hungerford, Texas. The evaluation revealed violations of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) related to the storage and handling of hazardous waste at the facility. The company will pay a $230,000 civil penalty to settle allegations that it violated RCRA, and taking steps to protect the local community from health and environmental risks associated with hazardous waste.

An Administrative Law Judge at the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) issued a proposed decision (attached) rejecting San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) proposal to build a $2 billion gas plant, known as Carlsbad on March 6. The plant would partially replace the shuttered San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS). The proposed 600 megawatt (MW) plant was opposed by a variety of groups, including the Sierra Club, Earthjustice and California Environmental Justice Alliance (CEJA), as it was moving through the approval process before clean energy alternatives were considered.

A U.S. Navy vessel encounters a research ship and pod of orcas. The shrill, repetitive whistle produced by sonar harms marine mammals.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Thursday that Western Operating Company has agreed to pay $122,900 in penalties to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Air Act (CAA) and the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) at its gas plant in Morgan County, Colorado. The agreement resolves alleged violations of the risk management planning requirements of the CAA and the hazardous chemical inventory reporting requirements under EPCRA.

In the Caribbean, the average annual losses associated with tropical cyclone winds alone, such as this damage caused by Tropical Storm Isaac in Haiti in 2012, are projected to increase by as much as $1.4 billion by 2050.

A marbled murrelet.

The lease would allow Shell’s drill ships to be housed at the Port, including the Noble Discoverer which was the subject of 8 felony convictions and over $12 million in fines and community service in December 2014.