Latest News: “BP and U.S. officials say the storm could delay work to plug the broken well for good by an additional 12 days. Engineers were confident enough in the strength of the well cap that they decided to leave it shut even as most of the ships on the surface were told to leave [...]
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Latest News: “(Boston, Mass. – July 20, 2010) – Subject to court approval, Cardi Materials, LLC of Warwick, R.I., will pay a $55,000 civil penalty and perform an additional project costing $168,500 to resolve numerous violations of the Clean Water Act at its Warwick concrete manufacturing facility” Reported in Environment follow this link for the [...]
Latest News: “Every oil spill is different, but the thread that unites some major ones is a growing scientific awareness of the persistent damage that spills can do. ” Reported in Environment follow this link for the rest of the article
Latest News: “The vast majority of the dead animals that have been found along the Gulf Coast show no visible signs of oil contamination. ” Reported in Environment follow this link for the rest of the article
Latest News: “(Seattle—July 15, 2010) The city of Tacoma will pay nearly $225,000 in penalties for the release of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) stemming from its refrigerated appliance disposal service, according to a consent decree lodged by the U.S. Department of Justice on behalf of the U.S” Reported in Environment follow this link for the rest of [...]
Latest News: “Late Tuesday, officials said the pressure tests, which had been expected to be performed Tuesday, would be delayed for more analysis that would be performed overnight and Wednesday. ” Reported in Environment follow this link for the rest of the article
Latest News: “SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is awarding a childhood lead poisoning prevention grant in the amount of $96,752 to Santa Clara County’s Environmental Health Department. This grant will benefit multiple Bay Area Counties” Reported in Environment follow this link for the rest of the article
Latest News: “As a legal case over a moratorium on deepwater drilling works its way through the U.S. courts, a Spanish-led consortium is now preparing to sink a deepwater exploratory well in Cuban waters, just 60 miles off the Florida coast. The move raises concerns about how the U.S. could respond in the event of [...]
Latest News: “The seven-member commission assembled by President Obama to investigate the BP spill has hired Richard A. Sears, a longtime Royal Dutch Shell scientist, engineer and offshore drilling expert, to be its chief technical adviser. ” Reported in Environment follow this link for the rest of the article
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