Environment

Frontier Refining agrees to resolve alleged risk management planning and chemical reporting violations at Cheyenne refinery

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that Frontier Refining has agreed to pay $153,000 in penalties to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Air Act (CAA) and the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) at its...

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EPA settles with Bakersfield, Calif., steel company to ensure safe handling of hazardous waste

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency fined Kern Steel Fabrication, Inc. $57,100 for improper management of hazardous waste generated at its 627 Williams Street facility in Bakersfield, Calif.

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EU 2030 targets just an opening bid – more carbon cuts required ahead of Paris summit

The EU must step up its carbon target ahead of the climate summit in Paris in December 2015, said Greenpeace commenting on environment Council. Environment ministers met to agree the EU’s position for the international climate negotiations, based on...

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'Smart Breeding': biotechnology innovation that looks to the future but delivers today

Greenpeace announced their support of Marker Assisted Selection (MAS), or Smart Breeding, as a way to develop plant traits required to face the different challenges of agriculture: from disease-resistance to climate adaptation.

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