Environment

EPA Must End Discrimination, Stop States From Permitting Polluters In Overburdened Communities Of Color

The expansion of ExxonMobil’s Beaumont Refinery in Texas is one of the...

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Air quality: Environment MEPs call for tougher new national caps on pollutants

As air pollution is responsible for around 400,000 premature deaths in the EU yearly, Environment MEPs on Wednesday tightened up Commission plans and called for more ambitious national caps on emissions of six main pollutants, such as sulphur dioxide...

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Settlement Ensures Compliance from Beverly, Mass. Pesticide Company

A recent settlement ensures that a Beverly, Mass. company that imports and sells pet care products will comply with federal pesticide regulations designed to protect the health of the public, pets and the environment. In an agreement with the US...

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Cottonwood Creek, Inc. to pay $170,000 for Clean Water Act violations at oil pumping facility in Big Horn County, Wyoming

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Wednesday announced a settlement with Enid, Oklahoma-based Cottonwood Creek, Inc. in which the company has agreed to pay a $170,000 penalty to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Water Act related to oil...

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