Environment

Corpus Christi Plant Agrees to Pay Over $750,000 to Improve Emission Controls

The MarkWest Javelina plant will invest over $650,000 for facility operations improvements that will reduce flaring events and improve communications with the local community. The gas processing plant will also pay a civil penalty of $97,500 to settle...

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Houston air quality continues to improve; Ozone pollution declines despite population growth

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed to find the Houston metro area is on track to attain an important milestone in ozone-pollution reduction. This follows a nearly 25-year trend of decreasing ozone readings for the area, despite...

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Syngenta takes Commission to court over ban of bee-killing pesticide

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Greenpeace takes action at Syngenta's annual general meeting in Basel in April 2013.

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Calif. National Guard members battle Northern California wildfires

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Aircrews from the California Air National Guard’s 129th Rescue Wing drop water from an HH-60 Pave Hawk...

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