EPA and environmental groups are targeting a company for allegedly releasing “forever chemicals” into tens of millions of plastic containers that later contaminated pesticides, which the agency said poses “unreasonable” risks to workers and the environment. At the center of both an EPA complaint and an environmental group lawsuit isContinue Reading
1 / 2 The Recycled Earth recycling operation in Ogden, on Wednesday, July 8, 2020. BRIAN WOLFER, Special to the Standard-Examiner 2 / 2 Blue recycling bins and green trash bins sit on 22nd Street in Ogden, awaiting collection, on Aug. 27, 2020. TIM VANDENACK, Standard-Examiner ❮ ❯Continue Reading
Republicans examine the Strategic Petroleum Reserve releases, an additional report today raises concerns about climate actions thus far and Shell reports big profits. This is Overnight Energy & Environment, your source for the latest news focused on energy, the environment and beyond. For The Hill, we’re Rachel Frazin and Zack Budryk. CloseContinue Reading
Months after the Dane County Board of Supervisors authorized an independent investigation into the working conditions at the county-owned Henry Vilas Zoo, the final report from retired Dane County Circuit Judge Valerie Bailey-Rihn found no evidence of racial discrimination or a hostile work environment. The report, which was done throughContinue Reading
By Adedapo Adesanya President Muhammadu Buhari has been given a deadline by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) to investigate the spending of Ecological Fund by governments at all levels—federal, state and local- from 2001 to date. In a letter dated October 22, 2022, the group asked Mr BuhariContinue Reading
The EPA is conducting a civil rights probe into the Jackson, Miss., water crisis. Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia is holding firm despite pushback from the U.S. over the OPEC+ decision to cut oil production, and the Biden administration prevailed in a court challenge to the “social costs” of greenhouse gases. ThisContinue Reading
(July 27, 2022 / JNS) The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) announced on Tuesday that it opened an investigation into the University of Southern California’s response to a hostile environment on campus towards the student government’s former vice president Rose Ritch. A complaint against the universityContinue Reading
Seven new wind turbines, which will tower over the Golan at the height of Tel Aviv skyscrapers, were given the green light Monday by the National Infrastructure Council. If Environmental Protection Minister Tamar Zandberg has her way, they will be the last ones for at least five years. Zandberg saidContinue Reading
The city of Chicago is violating the civil rights of its residents by relocating polluting businesses from white communities into Black and Latino areas that already are overwhelmed with environmental and health issues, federal officials have found after a nearly two-year investigation. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentContinue Reading
The Hill, Greg Nash House Democrats are asking the Justice Department to investigate former Interior Secretary David Bernhardt, and a federal report found that hundreds of Native children died at government boarding schools. This is Overnight Energy & Environment, your source for the latest news focused on energy, the environmentContinue Reading
