Environment

Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority to Upgrade Sewage Infrastructure; Sewage Pollution in Martín Peña Canal, San Juan Bay, Condado Lagoon, and Atlantic Ocean will be Reduced

Under a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority (PRASA) has agreed to make major upgrades, improve inspections and cleaning of existing facilities within...

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Environment MEPs vote to curb off-road engine pollution

Draft rules to cut emissions of major air pollutants from non-road mobile machinery (NRMM), ranging from lawn mowers to bulldozers, tractors and inland waterway vessels, were backed by Environment Committee MEPs on Tuesday. NRMM engines account for...

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Navy Agrees To Limit Underwater Assaults On Whales And Dolphins

A federal court Monday entered an order settling two cases challenging the U.S. Navy’s training and testing activities off the coasts of Southern California and Hawaiʻi, securing long-sought protections for whales, dolphins, and other marine mammals...

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Environmental And Public Health Groups Demand Accountability For Kern County Oil And Gas Drilling Projects

Environmental and public health groups are urging Kern County to reject a severely flawed Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) related to proposed revisions of the county’s oil and gas zoning ordinance.

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