Environment

Puerto Rico Community Groups Challenge USDA’s Backing of Waste Incinerator Project

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Outside of Arecibo, Puerto Rico, the construction of a 2,100-ton-per-day municipal solid waste incinerator may begin...

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Badger - Two Medicine Declared Too Sacred To Drill

The U.S. Department of the Interior cancelled the illegal Solenex LLC oil and gas lease in the Badger-Two Medicine roadless area on March 17. This decision echoes the call by many that the Badger-Two Medicine region—a vital wildland link connecting...

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Feds Update Woefully Outdated Air Pollution Standards For Offshore Oil Drilling

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management [BOEM] proposed new standards to rein in air pollution from offshore drilling. This update was spurred by a December 2011 policy rider that shifted responsibility of air permitting for offshore drilling from the...

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Chemical Accident Prevention Requirements are Met and Settlement Agreed to in Swanton, Vt.

Tuesday, a Swanton, Vt. cheese manufacturer and the owner of the property agreed to pay $100,000 to settle penalty claims by the US Environmental Protection Agency that it violated clean air, Superfund and right-to-know laws between 2011 and 2015.

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