California Ban on Fracking by 2024 Criticized as Too Late September 28, 2020 By Don Thompson California Gov. Gavin Newsom moved Wednesday to end issuing new hydraulic fracturing permits by 2024, a delay criticized by many...
‘Dead Zone’ in Gulf Much Smaller This Year Following Tropical Storms August 5, 2020 By Janet McConnaughey Tropical weather stirred up the Gulf of Mexico, reducing this year’s dead zone off Louisiana’s coast to the third-smallest ever...
Colorado Paying $7M for Cleanup of Former Alaska Mine July 17, 2020 A Colorado company agreed to a $7 million cleanup plan for Alaska’s only uranium mine, which has left radioactive waste...
AXA Investment Managers Sets 33% Gender Diversity Target on Company Boards July 9, 2020 AXA Investment Managers will set a 33% target for gender diversity on listed company boards in developed markets and may...
Oregon Fines Aerospace Company $70K for Waste Mishandling April 23, 2020 The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has fined a manufacturer of parts for the aerospace industry near Albany more than...
‘Diesel Brothers’ TV Show Appeals Utah Air Pollution Fine April 20, 2020 The stars of the “Diesel Brothers” reality TV show are appealing a federal court ruling requiring them to pay $848,000...
Overturned Tanker Yields Large Oil Spill Near California Dam, Cleanup Needed March 25, 2020 A tanker truck overturned down an embankment, spilling up to 6,000 gallons of crude oil into a river that flows...
Ex-Tenant Sues Oregon RV Park for $555K over Living Conditions March 5, 2020 A former tenant at an RV park south of Warrenton, Ore., has filed a lawsuit against the owner alleging negligence...
California Vineyard Spills Nearly 100K Gallons of Red Wine into River January 27, 2020 More than 97,000 gallons of red wine spilled from a tank at a vineyard in Sonoma County and eventually leaked...
BP Alaska to Pay $125K Over Hazardous Waste Violations December 27, 2019 BP Alaska agreed to pay a little more than $125,000 in fines over hazardous waste violations on Alaska’s North Slope,...