Environment

City of Osceola, Iowa, and EPA Settle Clean Water Act Violations

EPA Region 7 reached a proposed administrative settlement of Clean Water Act violations by the City of Osceola, Iowa, that requires the city to stabilize stream banks of a tributary flowing into White Breast Creek, and pay a cash penalty of $8,400.

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EPA, Albuquerque Water Utility Agree to Penalties for Sewage Overflows and E. Coli Violations

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority (ABCWUA) have agreed to a settlement for violations of the Clean Water Act. ABCUWA will pay a civil penalty of $33,500 and build a pipeline to...

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‘Investing in forests is an insurance policy for the planet,’ says UN chief

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In many rural economies, the forest enterprises of families and communities are major contributors to...

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'The future is happening now,' warns UN, calling for urgent measures to cut carbon emissions

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Starting in 2011, drought-hit northern and eastern Kenya suffered especially from an already poor food security...

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