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Staff Writer, Feb 10, 2009 A lawsuit has been filed by a conservation group in order to force the EPA to clean up the Chesapeake Bay. The estuary has been plagued with pollution for

Staff Writer, Jan 21, 2009 California is suing the Bush administration in order to block rules for endangered

New Research Supports Hypothesis that Ocean Currents Redistributed Heat During Rapid Warming and Cooling A paper published this week in the journal Science supports the hypothesis that heat transfer by ocean currents--rather than global heating or cooling--may have been responsible for the global temperature patterns associated with the abrupt climate changes seen in the North Atlantic dur

Not later than the one-hundred-twentieth day after the date of the receipt by the Administrator of a program and statement submitted by any State under paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Administrator shall determine, taking into account any comments submitted by the Secretary and the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service,

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Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)1,2,3. There are thousands of scientific articles on the adverse health effects of lead in either children or adults. This chapter is a synopsis of the cardinal adverse health effects of lead in adults.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 has ordered Vreba-Hoff Dairy Development LLC Wauseon, Ohio, and De Jong Dairy LLC Fremont, Ind. to stop all unauthorized discharges and meet all the requirements of the dairy's state-issued discharge permit. De Jong Dairy is a large concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) with approximately 900 mature dairy cows.

The ground water and surface water were contaminated with volatile organic compounds (VOCs). The soil was contaminated with VOCs and PCBs. People could have been at risk it they touched or accidentally ingested contaminated soil or water.

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This famous national public interest law firm (formerly the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund) has a Denver office and also staffs our DU Earthjustice Legal Clinic. 

In 1958, the Cotter Corporation began milling uranium ore outside Canon City, Colorado.

gao.gov, Nov 10, 2005 Stakeholders identified three potential options for improving or complementing EPA Brownfields

CNBC, Dec 23, 2008 President elect Barack Obama and former Vice President Al Gore talk energy and the

Missouri Attorney General, Sep 03, 2008 Nixon filed a lawsuit against the Damsite Improvement Association, which owns and operates the wastewater treatment facility that serves the Damsite

EPA, Jul 07, 2008 The EPA settled with a Torrance, Calif. company for $171,600 for allegedly selling unregistered, imported Japanese

EPA Gov, Jun 04, 2008 EPA Requires Safety Measures for Rodent-Control Products to Protect Children and

EPA Gov, May 01, 2008 A Brookline based real estate developer and its management company face fines of up to 227,500 for violating federal hazardous waste requirements during a

USDOJ Gov, Apr 15, 2008 The American International Specialty Lines Insurance Company, Inc. (AISLIC), has agreed to pay $42.5 million to clean up contamination at four industrial

EPA Gov, Mar 14, 2008 Exposure to airborne friable asbestos may result in a potential health

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Jan 08, 2008 Universal Forest Products Eastern Division has settled alleged violations of underground fuel storage regulations at the company?s facility in