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The new policy seems designed specifically to accommodate the controversial oil and gas extraction process known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.

The U.S. Navy has agreed to pay a $38,500 penalty to settle alleged hazardous waste violations at the Naval Air Station Patuxent River, located at 22268 Cedar Point Road in Patuxent River, Md.

More than 75% of the 40 government monitoring posts checked by Greenpeace in Fukushima City showed lower radiation levels than their immediate surroundings, with contamination levels within 25 metres of the posts up to six times higher than at the posts themselves.

The Reid Gardner Power Plant is seen towering above houses on the Moapa River Reservation home of the Moapa Band of Paiutes.

Greenpeace commissioned renowned agricultural economist Dr. Charles Benbrook to produce the report “Glyphosate tolerant crops in the EU”, which uses data based on the US’ experience of HTGE crops.

Anjona, 13, lost her home to the rising sea in the Sunderbans, India

Environmental and health groups today challenged a decision by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that shifts the fines for ozone pollution in central California away from major industrial sources and onto San Joaquin Valley residents through an additional tax on vehicle registration.

“ZE PAK has failed to fully inform investors about the risks of investing in a company with a business model based on dirty and outdated coal technology.”

Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Catherine Bragg.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that the Government of the District of Columbia has taken legal measures to preserve the open space of approximately 250 acres of land in Anne Arundel County, Md. The District’s action finalizes the settlement of an EPA administrative case involving underground storage tanks (USTs) at the D.C. Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services facility, located at 8300 Riverton Court, Laurel, Md.