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Jim Crow laws referenced during testy exchange over fracking regulations
Connolly WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - While testifying before a House subcommittee about fracking, a Pennsylvania official was told by the committee's ranking member that his views about federal and state interaction were similar to a segregationist's arguments about Jim Crow laws. -
Environmentalists and politicians pushing for fracking ban
Shumlin MONTPELIER, Vt. (Legal Newsline) - Vermont's passage of a bill that bans hydraulic fracturing pleased environmentalists. -
Environmentalists strike out in Ohio federal court
Korleski COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on May 25 reversed a grant of summary judgment against the state of Ohio's Environmental Protection Agency in a lawsuit against its director Christopher Korleski. -
Jim Crow laws referenced during testy exchange over fracking regulations
Connolly WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) ' While testifying before a House subcommittee about fracking, a Pennsylvania official was told by the committee's ranking member that his views about federal and state interaction were similar to a segregationist's arguments about Jim Crow laws. -
EPA reaches agreement over factory cleanup site
PHILADELPHIA (Legal Newsline) - Precision National Plating Services reached a settlement Thursday with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on a plan to clean up groundwater and surface water contamination at a site in Clarks Summit, Pa. -
Ill. AG sues owners of Wood River Refinery
Madigan SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Legal Newsline) - Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against the past and present owners of the Wood River Refinery in Roxana for allegedly allowing contaminants to enter the groundwater under the refinery. -
BP to spend $400M to upgrade Ind. pollution controls
Zoeller WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday that BP North America will pay an $8 million penalty for violation of the Clean Air Act. -
Ohio AG consents to environmental investigation
DeWine COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline) - The Ohio Attorney General's office announced May 9 that it has entered into a consent decree that will outline the responsibilities pertaining to an inquiry into contamination at a manufacturing site now owned by Otterbein University -
Ill. AG files road salt lawsuit
Madigan CHICAGO (Legal Newsline) - Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced a lawsuit on Monday against a Peoria County minerals operation for allegedly causing water pollution by discharging stockpiled road salt at its Bartonville facility. -
Critics worried about EPA's green jobs initiative
Jackson WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson and Department of Commerce Secretary John Bryson announced Monday an environmental technology initiative that will help "create jobs in the growing environmental industry." -
EPA issues fracking guidelines draft
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released a draft guidance Friday for underground injection control programs for class II wells using diesel fuels during hydraulic fracturing activities. -
W.Va. gov candidate says EPA head should resign
Maloney MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - West Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Maloney is demanding Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin call for the firing of Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lisa Jackson. -
EPA sanctions Columbia sportswear
SEATTLE (Legal Newsline) - Columbia Sportswear Company of Portland, Ore., was sanctioned by the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday. -
Alaska AG says EPA's actions 'unlawful'
Geraghty JUNEAU, Alaska (Legal Newsline) - Alaska Attorney General Michael Geraghty has joined the chorus of those condemning the conduct of the Obama administration's Environmental Protection Agency. -
EPA to hold hearings for Ky. permits
ATLANTA (Legal Newsline) - The Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 announced April 16 that it will hold three public hearings in June regarding permits for coal mining discharges in Kentucky. -
Hess Oil settles with EPA
Martin TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) - The Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday a settlement with Hess Corporation in which Hess will make about $45 million in pollution control upgrades at its Port Reading oil refinery near Woodbridge, N.J. -
Ill. waste composting company sued over permit
Madigan SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Legal Newsline) - Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan filed a lawsuit on Monday against a Clinton County waste composting company for allegedly processing and accepting waste with a permit that had expired. -
Memphis will make $250M in sewer improvements
Cooper MEMPHIS, Tenn. (Legal Newsline) - The city of Memphis has arranged a "comprehensive settlement" with several agencies that requires it to spend millions of dollars to upgrade its sewer system. -
Pa. company to pay $75K penalty to EPA
PHILADELPHIA (Legal Newsline) - The Region 3 office of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday that ST Products of Duncansville, Pa., will pay a $75,000 penalty for allegedly exceeding permit limits. -
Pa. company to pay for drinking water violations
PHILADELPHIA (Legal Newsline) - EXCO Resources of Warrendale, Pa. will pay a penalty for safe drinking water act violations in Clearfield County, Pa.