Environment

Environmental Coalition Fights Deregulation of Industrial Dairy Farms in New York

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An independent team of experts in agricultural waste management concluded that without clean water protections, "human health...

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Court Denies Coal Company’s Request for Rehearing on Spruce Mine Veto

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The green valley on the right is the site of the proposed Spruce No. 1 mine.

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Pair of Settlement Agreements with Responsible Parties to Clear Way for $30M Cleanup of Carter Carburetor Site in St. Louis, Mo.

EPA Region 7 has reached settlement agreements with two corporations, enabling work to begin before the end of summer 2013 on a long-awaited $30 million environmental cleanup of the Carter Carburetor Superfund Site in North St. Louis, Mo.

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Fife, Washington ice manufacturer failed to notify emergency responders of hazardous chemical release

According to a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Star Ice and Fuel, of Fife, Washington, failed to immediately report a hazardous chemical release to local, state, and national emergency responders, a violation of the Emergency...

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