Environment

EPA Settles with Kauai Big Save Supermarket Property Owner to Close Illegal Cesspool

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, on May 8, announced a settlement with N.F. Kawakami Store, Ltd.,(NFK) the property owner of the Koloa Big Save Supermarket, for failing to close a large-capacity cesspool that threatened to contaminate local...

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New Bedford Fishing Companies, Manager, and Vessel Captain to Pay Over $400,000 in Civil Penalties and Make Fleet-Wide Fixes to Settle U.S. Oil-Pollution Claims

Challenge Fisheries LLC, Quinn Fisheries Inc., Charles Quinn II, and Charles Quinn III have agreed to pay a total of $414,000 in civil penalties and to perform fleet-wide improvements and other compliance assurance measures to resolve federal Clean...

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Hottest April day ever recorded - maybe: World Meteorological Organization

Dohuk, Iraq, Sharia camp. Some Arab countries have experienced temperatures above 50 degrees...

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Hawai'i Legislature Approves First-Of-Its-Kind Chlorpyrifos State Ban

On May 2, Hawai‘i’s legislature approved a state ban on chlorpyrifos, a highly dangerous restricted use pesticide (RUP) widely used in industrial farming. Besides phasing out all chlorpyrifos uses by 2023, this comprehensive bill puts in place robust...

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