Environmental Law News

WASHINGTON - A worker at a Kentucky chemical weapons storage facility filed a complaint yesterday ... His retaliation complaint was filed with the Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

Two conservation groups have taken Mountain Cement plant in Laramie to court, claiming that the plant has violated federal and state clean air regulations more than 15,000 times since 1999.2.7

ASPEN The Roaring Fork Transportation Authority passenger bus service between Aspen and Rifle may have to increase fares by as much as 5 to 10 percent because of rapidly soaring fuel costs when the authority ...2.7

State and national environmental groups have begun decrying proposed changes to the federal Clean Air Act even before the Environmental Protection Agency releases them.2.7

RICHMOND, Va. Governor Mark Warner announced tonight that the Environmental Protection Agency has waived the restriction on the use of non-reformulated gas in the Richmond area.2.7

Governor Jennifer M. Granholm today issued an executive order aimed at increasing the diesel fuel ... The Governor took this action at the request of the Michigan Petroleum Association and Marathon Oil Corporation to ensure that fuel supplies remain adequate to meet the needs of Michigan's industries that rely on truck transportation.2.7

Buckle up, America - the era of cheap oil is over. Whether the road ahead for gasoline prices will be a steep climb or an undulating trip through peaks and valleys is anyone's guess.2.7

The Environmental Protection Agency issued an emergency waiver of emission standards for both diesel and gasoline on Thursday, Sept.2.7

Duane Schoenenberger, president of Safety Management Services Inc., will present a workshop on "OSHA and Your Company" Wednesday, Sept.2.7

A team of HDR water reuse experts has written a new book for the American Public Works Association.2.7

AAA is urging motorists to conserve gasoline as gas prices continue to skyrocket in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.2.7

Secondhand smoke - also called environmental tobacco smoke - is the combination of smoke released from the burning end of a cigarette, cigar or pipe and the smoke exhaled by smokers.2.7

A Sagle rock products company has reached a settlement with the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration over violations stemming from a near-fatal excavator accident this spring.2.7

Sherwin-Williams ' Atlanta Distribution Center in Buford, Ga., was approved last month for a new star in OSHA's Star Voluntary Protection Program .2.7

Former Environmental Protection Agency air quality enforcement chief Bruce Buckheit is not impressed with how Oregon regulates air quality and air pollution.2.7

The Veterans Administration hospital in White River Junction, Vermont, has been cited for improper handling and storage of hazardous waste, and will pay a fine in addition to addressing EPA's concerns for ...2.7

The grain processor will make cuts at its plants, including those for ethanol, over a 10-year span ... The agreement covers plants in Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, Eddyville, Sioux City and Iowa Falls.2.7

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has decided to let the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency handle reported pollution violations by Western Refining, according to a commission letter to the state ...3.1

Loyola University Health System's president and CEO Dr. Anthony L. Barbato announced in August that Loyola has signed an agreement with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency to shut down the medical ...2.7

The death of Myakka City's Kenneth Vaughn after an August accident at Ferrin Dakin Dairy has left a hole that can't easily be filled, his co-workers say.

The city of Westminster has agreed to pay the Environmental Protection Agency a $40,000 penalty and spend $75,000 on two environmental improvement projects to settle allegations it overapplied sewage sludge to ...2.7

LEFT :The New World Distiller V has a sensitive adjustment knob to control the flow of water - which is drawn from a kitchen faucet and returned to the sink - to both the condenser and boiler.2.9

Governor Ehrlich today requested a federal waiver from the U-S Environmental Protection Agency to temporarily waive the requirement for the use of reformulated gasoline in Maryland.2.7

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger visits residents at the Villages at Cabrillo in Long Beach, Calif., Wednesday, Aug.3.1

The U.S. Air Force and the Environmental Protection Agency are deploying aircraft mounted with surveillance equipment to monitor and analyze Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts.2.7

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is launching a review of the Yellowstone cutthroat trout, to determine whether the fish merits federal classification as a threatened or endangered species.4.1

The agreement went into effect today upon a signing ceremony between officials from the Texas Farm Bureau and the Southwest Region office of the United States Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division .2.7

Lopez, Morrison and Franklin isn't a white-shoe law firm; they're Supreme Court cases on which senators plan to ask John Roberts' views.3.2

It has been a short while since the last Yerington Community Action Group meeting regarding the old Anaconda Mine site; however, this does not mean their efforts have ceased.2.7

OSHA responded to an inquiry from an attorney in Albany, N.Y., who asked whether requirements for maintaining material safety data sheets would apply for workers using art supplies and office-cleaning products.2.7

Gasoline prices in most U.S. cities have blown through the inflation-adjusted all-time highs set in 1981 and no relief seems near as oil traders continue to bid crude prices and gasoline futures higher.2.7

Of particular concern to an aging nursing population are ergonomic-related injuries ... In 2000, the CDC estimated that 62 percent to 88 percent of sharps injuries in the hospital setting could be preventing by using safer medical devices.2

Tell us what you think Write a letter to the editor. With gas prices soaring above $3 per gallon, the last thing motorists need is bad news about gas mileage.

DURHAM - The University of New Hampshire will recognize in a ceremony today the accomplishments of ... Postal Service in Portsmouth, Rohm and Haas in Marlboro, Mass.

"The West Nile transmission is peaking in South Dakota," says Dr. Lon Kightlinger, State Epidemiologist for the South Dakota Health Department.2.7