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Environmental group says reaches accord to stop offshore fracking in California
2016-01-30 03:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A conservation group said the federal government must stop approving offshore fracking from oil platforms in California's Santa Barbara Channel under the settlement of a lawsuit it filed. The group, the Center for Biological Diversity, in a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, had challenged what it said was the U.S. Department of the Interior's practice of rubber-stamping fracking off California's coast without engaging the public or analyzing fracking's threats to ocean ecosystems,...
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Environmental group claims state DEP radioactivity study needs redone
2015-12-22 07:02:50| Waste Management - Topix.net
An environmental organization says an 11-month-old state Department of Environmental Protection report, which found little risk of radioactivity exposure from shale gas drilling and development, is incomplete, inaccurate and invalid, and should be redone. According to a 25-page review released last week by the Delaware Riverkeeper Network, the DEP study of technologically enhanced naturally occurring radioactive materials - TENORM - brought to the surface by the shale gas drilling industry did not accurately measure the radioactivity levels of water, sludge and rock cuttings at drill sites and landfills, and minimized the risk of exposure to the public, drilling industry workers and the environment.
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Environmental Group Launches Initiative for Pharmaceutical Producer Responsibility
2015-12-11 10:21:00| Waste Age
More pressure is afoot for pharmaceutical industry product stewardship. read more
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Univar Acquires Weavertown Environmental Group
2015-12-08 11:31:08| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. and CARNEGIE, Pa. - Univar Inc. (NYSE: UNVR) ("Univar") announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Univar USA Inc. ("Univar USA"), has acquired all of the outstanding stock of Weaver Town Oil Services, Inc., and Weavertown Transport Leasing, Inc., operating as the Weavertown Environmental...
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Environmental group sues over gas power plant decision
2015-12-08 05:02:43| Energy - Topix.net
An environmental group is challenging a decision by utility regulators that opened the way for development of a natural gas-fired power plant on the coast near San Diego. The Sierra Club says in a lawsuit filed in state court on Monday that the decision by the California Public Utilities Commission closed the door to a requirement to consider clean energy sources.
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