Environment

EPA Proposes to Add the Former Custom Cleaners in Memphis, Tennessee to National Priorities List to Reduce Risk to Public Health and Environment

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is adding 10 and proposing to add eight hazardous waste sites to the Superfund program’s National Priorities List (NPL). These sites have contamination from a variety of sources, including manufacturing,...

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Coalition Challenges Water Right Permit For Rock Creek Mine That Would Drain Wilderness Streams

A coalition of conservation groups has objected to a mining company’s request for a state water right permit for the proposed Rock Creek Mine. If finalized, the permit would allow the mine to drain water from pristine streams in the Cabinet Mountains...

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First global conservation priorities set – IUCN World Conservation Congress

Limiting illegal trade in threatened species, promoting nature-based solutions to climate change and accounting for biodiversity conservation in the development of renewables are among the first global conservation priorities set today at the IUCN...

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Legal Victory Overturns Federal Plan To Open 1 Million Acres Of California Public Land To Drilling, Fracking

Citing potential threats to water supplies and endangered wildlife, a U.S. district judge overturned a federal plan to open more than 1 million acres of public land and mineral estate in central California to drilling and fracking, on September 6th....

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