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Environmentalists fight back against coal ash disposal plan
2015-06-05 05:59:34| Energy - Topix.net
Environmentalists urged Pennsylvania officials to reject a proposal by FirstEnergy Corp. to ship coal ash from a Shippingport power plant to a site in the state's southwestern corner. The Environmental Integrity Project, Sierra Club and Earthjustice submitted a letter Tuesday that asked the Department of Environmental Protection to deny FirstEnergy's application to modify a permit for the closed Hatfield Ferry power plant landfill, the Beaver County Times reported .
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Environmentalists sue to protect fish amid California drought measures
2015-06-04 21:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: California environmental groups have sued state and federal water managers, claiming that their drought-management plan for projects below the crucial Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta is pushing some species of fish to the brink of extinction. The lawsuit marks the latest salvo in the battle over water in California as the state suffers through its fourth year of a devastating drought that has prompted strict conservation measures. "We bring this lawsuit in an effort to prevent the impending...
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Ranchers defy U.S. in grazing parched Nevada lands, environmentalists say
2015-06-04 04:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A Nevada ranch defied U.S. drought closure orders in grazing cattle on federally managed land, environmentalists said on Wednesday, comparing it to action by another Nevada rancher that led to an armed standoff last year with federal agents. The ranchers in the Battle Mountain area in northern Nevada let their livestock graze on Tuesday at the North Buffalo allotment managed by the Bureau of Land Management, the Western Watersheds Project said in a statement. "The ranchers generate public sympathy...
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Texas eased pollution rules on coal plants, environmentalists say
2015-05-28 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Al Jazeera: The State of Texas conspired with the coal industry to illegally exempt 19 coal-fired power plants from federal air quality standards. Thats according to a coalition of Texas citizen groups who on Wednesday filed a petition with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The coalition of community and public interest groups, represented by the Environmental Integrity Project (EIP), a Washington, D.C.-based advocacy group, has called on the EPA to overturn the states decision to exempt those...
California environmentalists ask court to halt oil industry water rules
2015-05-15 02:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: California environmentalists on Thursday asked a Superior Court judge to vacate new regulations governing the disposal of water produced by oil drilling, saying they do not move quickly enough to protect water supplies in the drought-ravaged state. Earthjustice, Center for Biological Diversity and Sierra Club filed a preliminary injunction against the California Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources (DOGGR), which regulates oil drilling in the state. DOGGR rolled out emergency regulations...
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