Environment

Dumping 4.3 million Samsung phones is an environmental disaster warns Greenpeace

Samsung’s lack of transparency on the disposal of Galaxy Note 7 leaves tonnes of precious minerals at risk of being discarded into the environment. According to calculations by Oeko-Institut, a research and consultancy institution based in Germany, 4....

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U.S. EPA and California Propose Permit to Reduce San Diego Wastewater Discharges to the Ocean

On October 31, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board proposed a City of San Diego wastewater discharge permit to increase ocean water quality protection and water reuse. The proposed permit for...

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EU and Canada sign doomed CETA trade deal

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EPA Settles with Shoreside Petroleum for Violating Federal Clean Air Rules at Fuel Terminals in Seward and Cordova, Alaska

Shoreside Petroleum, Inc., based in Anchorage, has paid $89,000 in penalties for violating federal clean air rules designed to prevent toxic air pollution at the company’s fuel terminals in Seward and Cordova, Alaska. Shoreside Petroleum’s terminals...

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