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Federal Authorities File Charges in Michigan Over Diesel Engine Tampering

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) – Federal authorities in Michigan filed charges Wednesday against nine people in a scheme to defeat air-pollution rules by tampering with software and hardware in heavy-duty diesel engines. The nine agreed to plead guilty, along with …

Chevron Phillips Chemical Agrees to Reduce Air Pollution at 3 Texas Plants

Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP has agreed to make upgrades and perform compliance measures estimated to cost $118 million to resolve allegations that it violated the Clean Air Act and state air pollution control laws at three petrochemical manufacturing facilities …

Texas Regulators Want Stiffer Penalty for Owner of Port Neches Plant That Exploded

Environmental and watchdog groups have long criticized the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for taking it too easy on polluters — and the TCEQ has often countered that its job is to coax industrial facilities into compliance rather than slap …

Illinois Medical Instrument Sterilization Plant to Reopen with Emission Control Equipment

The operator of a closed suburban Chicago plant where medical instruments were sterilized with a cancer-causing chemical has reached an agreement with the state of Illinois that will allow the plant to reopen, both sides announced on July 12. Attorney …