Environment

EPA Sued For Third Time For Failing To Address Fairbanks's Dirty Air

On 11 October, Fairbanks residents filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for missing a third deadline in three years for addressing Fairbanks’s air pollution problem. The groups seek court enforcement of EPA’s...

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New York Companies Fined for Clean Air Act Violations

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced fines against the Finger Lakes LPG Storage LLC in Savona, N.Y. and Twin Lakes Chemical Inc. in Lockport, N.Y. for Clean Air Act violations or rules governing chemical safety and risk management. Among...

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EPA settles with Pace International, LLC, over Clean Air Act violations on the Yakama Indian Reservation

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached a settlement in a case against Pace International LLC, (Pace) of Wapato, WA, for federal Clean Air Act violations that occurred within the Yakama Indian Reservation.

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Amidst Broad Community Opposition, Shell Anacortes Drops Plans for New Crude Oil-by-Rail

In another sign that crude-by-rail is a losing proposition, Shell Puget Sound Refinery in Anacortes on October 7 announced that it is dropping its plans to construct a crude-by-rail facility. Originally proposed in 2014, community opposition and legal...

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