Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 19, 2013. The Department of Justice and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that Houston-based CITGO Petroleum Corp. (CITGO) has agreed to pay a $737,000 civil penalty and to implement projects to reduce harmful air pollution, resolving alleged violations of the Clean Air Act (CAA) at its petroleum[Read More…]
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Halliburton Pleads Guilty to Destruction of Evidence in Connection with Deepwater Horizon Disaster and Is Sentenced to Statutory Maximum Fine
Former Halliburton Manager Is Charged Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 19, 2013. Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Halliburton) pleaded guilty today to destroying evidence pertaining to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster and was sentenced to the statutory maximum fine, the Justice Department announced. In addition, a criminal information was filed today charging a former[Read More…]
Got Calcium? Mineral Key to Restoring Acid-damaged Forests
BERKELEY–(ENEWSPF)–September 19, 2013. Calcium can do much more than strengthen bones. The mineral is a critical nutrient for healthy tree growth, and new research shows that adding it to the soil helps reverse the decades-long decline of forests ailing from the effects of acid rain. Helicopter distributes calcium pellets throughout[Read More…]
Keystone Pipeline’s Dangers Now Clearer Than Ever
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–September 19, 2013– While some would try to short-circuit the established review process for the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, this common-sense approach has revealed the dangers and risks of this badly misguided effort, Anthony Swift of the Natural Resources Defense Council told a House subcommittee today. It has[Read More…]
Permit For Largest Surface Coal Mine in Eastern U.S. Invalidated
Indiana groups celebrate victory protecting local waterways and environment INDIANAPOLIS–(ENEWSPF)–September 19, 2013. The State of Indiana has failed to comply with the Clean Water Act by allowing the Bear Run coal mine in Sullivan County to discharge toxic water pollution without first determining that local waterways would not be degraded,[Read More…]
Poll Shows Strong Support for Wolf Recovery in Pacific Northwest
More than two-thirds in OR, WA, CA favor continued protections for wolves SACRAMENTO, Calif.–(ENEWSPF)–September 19, 2013. Most residents of California, Oregon and Washington believe wolves should continue to be protected under the Endangered Species Act, according to a new poll released by Defenders of Wildlife. The poll comes as the[Read More…]
USDA Guts Public Organic Review Process to Limit Synthetics
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 19, 2013. In a move decried by consumer and environmental groups as severely weakening the meaning of the organic label, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced this week that the agency has changed the process for exempting otherwise prohibited substances (such as synthetics) in food that carries[Read More…]
Nevada’s Highly Imperiled Mount Charleston Blue Butterfly Gets Endangered Species Act Protection
LAS VEGAS–(ENEWSPF)–September 18, 2013. Following an agreement with the Center for Biological Diversity to speed decisions for protection of 757 imperiled species across the country, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service finalized Endangered Species Act protection today for Nevada’s Mount Charleston blue butterfly. The butterfly occurs in just a few[Read More…]
New Report Highlights Nation’s 10 Most Vulnerable, Least Protected Frogs, Turtles, Lizards and Salamanders
Pollution, Disease and Ongoing Habitat Loss Push Many Toward Extinction WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–September 18, 2013. A new report by the Center for Biological Diversity today identifies the nation’s top 10 amphibians and reptiles in need of immediate federal protection to stave off extinction. The list includes a yellow-legged frog from California’s high[Read More…]
Is Long Banned DDT Still Threatening Endangered Birds?
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 18, 2013. DDT, a pesticide banned in 1972, is behind the mystery surrounding the reproductive problems of dozens of endangered condors. This is according to a peer-reviewed paper written by 10 condor experts, including biologists from the Los Angeles and Santa Barbara zoos and the U.S. Fish and[Read More…]
