Apr. 12—State officials asked a court in Santa Fe Friday to dismiss a lawsuit that contends they have violated a 1971 provision in the state constitution calling for the Legislature to control pollution and protect New Mexico’s “beautiful and healthful environment.” Attorneys for the Legislature and Governor’s Office contend if the court intervenes, as the […]
Last summer, many of us in New Jersey found ourselves retreating indoors as the skies filled with smoke from the Canadian wildfires. This smoke carried particulate matter (PM 2.5), nitrogen oxides (NOx) and a whole host of other pollutants that are harmful to our health. Even though the smoke dissipated, millions of New Jersey residents […]
LIBBY, Mont. (AP) — Paul Resch remembers playing baseball as a kid on a field constructed from asbestos-tainted vermiculite, mere yards from railroad tracks where trains kicked up clouds of dust as they hauled the contaminated material from a mountaintop mine through the northwestern Montana town of Libby. He liked to sneak into vermiculite-filled storage […]
(Bloomberg) — Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd., South Africa’s state power company, disputed the findings of a Greenpeace report that it operates many of the world’s worst emission sites for toxic nitrogen dioxide and sulfur dioxide. Most Read from Bloomberg The Major Air Polluters in Africa report, released Thursday by Greenpeace in collaboration with the Centre […]
(Bloomberg) — South Africa is home to many of the world’s worst emission sites for toxic nitrogen dioxide and sulfur dioxide and most of those are operated by the nation’s state power utility, according to Greenpeace. Most Read from Bloomberg Coal-fired power plants operated by Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. account for five of the world’s […]
Coral reefs are some of the oldest, most diverse ecosystems on Earth, and among the most valuable. They nurture 25% of all ocean life, protect coasts from storms and add billions of dollars yearly to the global economy through their influences on fisheries, new pharmaceuticals, tourism and recreation. Today, the world’s coral reefs are degrading […]
Oil and gas companies could be paying more to operate in New Mexico as the state sought to increase fees to pay for more staff it said it needed for proper oversight of the industry. The New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) petitioned its governing Environmental Improvement Board (EIB) to raise several fees companies pay, with […]
By Clark Mindock (Reuters) – Republican-led states and industry groups on Wednesday filed three lawsuits challenging a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rule that toughens air quality standards for soot pollution. The lawsuits were filed in the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit by a variety of industry groups and 25 states including […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Twenty-four Republican-led states filed a lawsuit Wednesday challenging a new Biden administration rule that sets tougher standards for deadly soot pollution. Republicans, led by attorneys general from Kentucky and West Virginia, say the new Environmental Protection Agency rule would raise costs for manufacturers, utilities and families and could block new manufacturing plants […]
MOANDA, Congo (AP) — The oil drills that loom down the road from Adore Ngaka’s home remind him daily of everything he’s lost. The extraction in his village in western Congo has polluted the soil, withered his crops and forced the family to burn through savings to survive, he said. Pointing to a stunted ear […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers reiterated Tuesday that he will veto a Republican bill that would create grants to fight pollution from so-called forever chemicals and again asked GOP lawmakers to release to environmental regulators $125 million set aside to deal with contamination. Republicans who control the Legislature’s powerful finance committee didn’t […]
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a case Wednesday challenging a Biden administration air pollution rule known as the “good neighbor” provision, which is part of the Clean Air Act. It’s a federal policy under the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) meant to regulate the flow of pollution between neighboring states by setting air quality […]