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Peru tries to close legal loophole for pollution fines
ReutersLIMA, May 8 (Reuters) - Peru is trying to quash the ability of companies to avoid paying environmental fines by lodging judicial appeals that linger for years, part of a push to crack down on polluters in a top exporter of minerals. Many of the appeals...Tags: Peru, Fines, Environmental Issues, Punishment, Ollanta Humala
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L.A. council considers controversial rail yard for harbor
The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday morning will consider approving a controversial rail yard in the harbor that could improve the shipment of cargo but adversely affect nearby schools, parks and low-income communities. The proposal to build a...Tags: Asthma, Environmental Issues, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation
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Earth's greenhouse gas levels approach 400-ppm milestone
The ratio of carbon dioxide in Earth’s atmosphere is flirting with 400 parts per million, a level last seen about 2.5 million to 5 million years ago, according to the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego. The Institution this week...Tags: Bodies of Water, Global Warming, Al Gore, Environmental Issues, Oceans
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Ind. court rules regulators improperly changed rule to allow more ethanol refinery emissions
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana Court of Appeals says state environmental regulators improperly changed state rules to allow Indiana ethanol refineries to release an extra 150 tons of air pollutants per year. The appeals court Tuesday overturned...Tags: Natural Resources Defense Council, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Issues, Biofuels, Environmental Politics
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Here is the latest South Dakota news from The Associated Press
(Information in the following story is from: Rapid City Journal, http://www.rapidcityjournal.com) BELLE FOURCHE, S.D. (AP) — State environmental officials say excessive E. coli, ammonia and chloride levels in water samples from the Belle Fourche...Tags: Justice System, Environmental Issues, E. coli Infection, Crime, Law and Justice
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Council OKs port rail yard but lawsuit is threatened
The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday approved a controversial rail yard near the Port of Los Angeles, setting the stage for possible court challenges, alleging violations of environmental and civil rights laws. The proposal to build a staging...Tags: Minority Groups, Natural Resources Defense Council, Ed Reyes, Trials, U.S. Department of Transportation
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Plans shelved for coal export terminal in Oregon
SEATTLE — The battle over plans for a series of massive coal export terminals across the Pacific Northwest took a new turn Wednesday when the energy company Kinder Morgan announced it was dropping its plan to build a $200-million facility on the...
Tags: Asthma, Environmental Issues, Politics, Coal, Metal and Mineral
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Don't dilute CEQA, improve it
I remember life before the California Environmental Quality Act, or CEQA. I grew up in Altadena and Pasadena during the late 1930s and '40s. All too often I awoke to thick smog and air quality warnings. I watched as segments of the San Gabriel Valley...
Tags: Lawyers, Ronald Reagan, Justice System, Port of Los Angeles, Environmental Issues
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Neuman's reckless stormwater veto
Anne Arundel County's proposed stormwater fee provided newly appointed County Executive Laura Neuman with her first leadership test, and she failed. Her veto puts the county at risk of sanctions if it does not enact a fee structure by July 1, yet she...
Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Water, Environmental Issues, Laura Neuman, Environmental Politics
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Smog City Brewing opens its own 20-tap tasting room and brewery
Smog City Brewing Co. finally has its own home. Started by John Porter -- just call him Porter -- and his wife, Laurie, while Porter worked at Tustin Brewing Co., a brewpub in Orange County, Smog City has moved to a new facility just steps from the hot...
Tags: Bars and Clubs, Dining and Drinking, Environmental Issues, Lifestyle and Leisure, Alcoholic Beverages
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Chevron to appeal imprisonment of Indonesia contractor
ReutersBy Fergus Jensen JAKARTA, May 8 (Reuters) - Oil firm Chevron on Wednesday criticised the sentencing of one of its Indonesian subcontractors to five years in jail for breaching environmental laws, citing irregularities in the investigation and trial,...Tags: Lawyers, Trials, Southeast Asia, Environmental Issues, Biotechnology Industry
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The anatomy of the stormwater runoff problem
WDBJ7 ReporterThis week's rain is keeping some Roanoke city leaders on edge. Dealing with stormwater runoff is one of the city's biggest challenges, but why? Iit takes a whole lot more than gravity to fix this problem. When creeks and streams turn fast, City...Tags: Bodies of Water, Rivers, Environmental Issues
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