Environment

BP Products North America to Improve Spill Response Preparedness at Oil Terminals Nationwide / Company also agrees to pay $210,000 penalty for oil spill response violations at Maryland facility

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice announced that BP Products North America, Inc. will pay a $210,000 penalty and implement an enhanced oil spill response program at its oil terminals nationwide, as well...

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Agreement Secures $25 Million Cleanup for the Rio Tinto Mine in Nevada / State of Nevada, U.S. EPA and Shoshone Paiute Tribes to oversee cleanup, creek improvement

The Department of Justice, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection announced a $25 million agreement for the cleanup of the Rio Tinto Mine, an abandoned copper mine in Elko County, Nev. Four...

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Refineries emit cancer-causing pollution including benzene

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An oil refinery in Corpus Christi, TX. The petrochemical industry annually releases...

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Destruction of Indonesia’s peatland forests and orangutan habitat continues despite moratorium on deforestation

Greenpeace Indonesia and WALHI (Indonesian Environmental Forum) activists, along with Robi, lead singer of famous Balinese grunge band, Navicula, came across the fresh clearing in the middle of a plantation run by PT Asia Tani Persada.

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