Court Overturns Illegal Bush-era Soot Pollution Standard
WASHINGTON, DC, February 25, 2009 (ENS) – A federal appeals court Tuesday ruled that Bush-era clean air standards were insufficient, sending them back to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to be rewritten in a way that will better protect public health. The court decided that the Bush EPA had acted illegally in issuing weak air [...]
Read More »New York State Sets Wind Industry Ethics Code
ALBANY, New York, October 31, 2008 (ENS) – As the result of a state investigation into possible improper relationships between wind energy developers and New York state officials, the State of New York Thursday established a new Wind Industry Ethics Code. Developed by Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, the new code sets forth guidelines to facilitate [...]
Read More »Court Ruling Ends Unpermitted Ballast Water Discharge
SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 29, 2008 (ENS) – Three environmental groups and six states have won a court ruling that requires oceangoing freighters to get a permit from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency before they can discharge polluted ballast water in U.S. waters. The decision will affect all U.S. coastal waters, including those of the [...]
Read More »Upstate New York Fire Academy Costly to Clean
ROCHESTER, New York, January 17, 2008 (ENS) – Some of the country’s largest corporations are required to reimburse the state of New York a total of nearly $1.6 million for cleanup costs at the Rochester Fire Academy, a hazardous waste site in Monroe County once used to train firefighters. Attorney General Andrew Cuomo Wednesday announced [...]
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