Remove 2013 Remove Pollution Control Remove Regulations
article thumbnail

Nebraska Agrochemical Contamination Throws Families, Communities, Water Providers into Turmoil

Circle of Blue

Six kids in town besides Jacob were diagnosed with cancer from 2005 to 2013. This map shows nitrate concentrations in drinking water between 2016 and 2018 for federally regulated water systems. But the fact that the facility exists, Corrigan said, is an indictment of the state’s pollution-control measures. “It’s

2011 340
article thumbnail

The Good Neighbor Provision on Steroids: Third Circuit Ruling Resurrects Clean Air Act Section 126(b)

The Energy Law Blog

In the recent ruling, the Third Circuit held that it was reasonable for EPA to interpret Section 126(b) to be an “independent mechanism for enforcing interstate pollution control,” thereby giving EPA authority to directly regulate a specific source in an upwind state. July 12, 2013) (pdf). See GenOn REMA, LLC v.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

French company to coordinate carbon capture project in Brazil

Corp Watch

Total was fined $398 million in 2013 for bribing government officials in Iran to win contracts. million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75 million in 2013. million fine Emily Pickrell | Houston Chronicle | September 20, 2013 Total Petrochemical will pay an $8.8 In the U.S. Total settles U.S. agreed to pay $398.2

2013 52
article thumbnail

Oil Giant's AFCON Sponsorship Denounced as Plot to Set Off Carbon Bombs Across Africa

Corp Watch

Total was fined $398 million in 2013 for bribing government officials in Iran to win contracts. million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75 million in 2013. million fine Emily Pickrell | Houston Chronicle | September 20, 2013 Total Petrochemical will pay an $8.8 In the U.S. Total settles U.S. agreed to pay $398.2

2013 52
article thumbnail

Court orders 42 Ugandan families evicted to make way for oil project

Corp Watch

Total was fined $398 million in 2013 for bribing government officials in Iran to win contracts. million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75 million in 2013. million fine Emily Pickrell | Houston Chronicle | September 20, 2013 Total Petrochemical will pay an $8.8 In the U.S. Total settles U.S. agreed to pay $398.2

2013 52
article thumbnail

Federal Courts Need to Allow the EPA to Clear the Air

Vermont Law

The Clean Air Act (CAA) regulates smog, setting National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for ozone and PM. NAAQS because of pollutants emitted from Midwestern power plants. SIP Call, the EPA distributed allowances to power plants and other large industrial polluters on the basis of cost of pollution control.

Ozone 40
article thumbnail

Climate of fear: TotalEnergies implicated in repression of land and environmental defenders in East Africa

Corp Watch

Total was fined $398 million in 2013 for bribing government officials in Iran to win contracts. million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75 million in 2013. million fine Emily Pickrell | Houston Chronicle | September 20, 2013 Total Petrochemical will pay an $8.8 In the U.S. Total settles U.S. agreed to pay $398.2

2013 52