Tag: Biodiversity
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Americans Unite to Sue EPA Demanding Protection of Bees
Last week, the beekeeping industry filed legal action against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) for approving a new bee-harming pesticide …
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Carbon Offsets Could Create Loophole for Industry to Pollute as Usual
The denuded clearing is on a tract of private forestland owned by timber giant Sierra Pacific Industries that is close to being approved as a sort of carbon bank under California’s new cap-and-trade scheme. It will soon grow into a plantation …
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Carbon Offsets Could Create Loophole for Industry to Pollute as Usual
The denuded clearing is on a tract of private forestland owned by timber giant Sierra Pacific Industries that is close to being approved as a sort of carbon bank under California’s new cap-and-trade scheme. It will soon grow into a plantation …
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Toxic Dump to Expand in Low-Income Neighborhoods As Violations Persist
The toxic dump, considered the largest west of the Mississippi River, has been the subject of debate among local residents after it was fined in March for failing to report more than 70 toxic waste spills to California’s Department of Toxic Substances Control — a charge the company claims is irrelevant …
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The Toxic Legacy of Waste Injection Wells
According to ProPublica, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency “has not counted the number of cases of waste migration or contamination in more than 20 years.”