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An EPA Region 7 compliance evaluation inspection of FRC Component Products in Mason City, Iowa, revealed violations of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) related to the storage and handling of hazardous waste. In a settlement filed by EPA in Lenexa, Kan., the company will pay a $3,356 civil penalty to the United States.

Waterkeepers Chesapeake and seven Riverkeeper organizations, represented by Earthjustice, have filed suit in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and EPA Administrator Regina McCarthy in a legal matter involving the delisting of 53 river segments in 17 Maryland counties and Baltimore City.

Greenpeace today commemorates the fifth anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, renewing calls for those responsible to be held to account for the ongoing crisis.

Sunland Pest Control Services, Inc. (Sunland), Grenale Williams, 53, of South Bay, and Canarie Deon Curry, 40, of Riviera Beach, pled guilty on Thursday in federal court in Fort Pierce before United States District Court Judge Jose E. Martinez in connection with the illegal application of a pesticide that resulted in injuries to a minor child.

The White House, jointly with Canada, announced this morning plans to expand protections against climate pollution from both countries' oil and gas sectors. The announcement builds on the Obama Administration's 2015 proposal to curb methane pollution from new oil and gas operations, and sets a path forward for protections for the thousands of existing oil and gas wells across the country.

Arch Coal announced it is “suspending efforts to secure a mining permit for the Otter Creek coal reserves.” Earthjustice has worked with our Northern Cheyenne tribal partners and conservation groups to prevent development of the Otter Creek mine since Arch Coal secured leases for mining in 2010. Earthjustice sued to overturn the leases and advocated tirelessly for Montana Department of Environmental Quality scrutiny of the project.

Drying corn on the hood of the family truck in Manyandzeni Village, Swaziland.

Wailuku River (ʻĪao Stream) flowing naturally above all diversions at the ʻĪao Needle State Park.

A company that manufactures and imports pet care products has taken responsibility for its error and agreed to pay $151,040 to settle claims that it imported goods to its Mansfield, Mass. facility in violation of federal pesticide laws.