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Transocean Agrees To Plead Guilty To Environmental Crime And Enter Civil Settlement To Resolve U.S. Clean Water Act Penalty Claims From Deepwater Horizon Incident
2013-01-04 08:28:28| oilandgasonline News Articles
Transocean Deepwater Inc. has agreed to plead guilty to violating the Clean Water Act (CWA) and to pay a total of $1.4 billion in civil and criminal fines and penalties, for its conduct in relation to the Deepwater Horizon disaster, the Department of Justice announced recently. The criminal information, and a proposed partial civil consent decree to resolve the U.S. government’s civil penalty claims against Transocean Deepwater Inc. and related entities were filed today in U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Louisiana.
U.S. Announces Clean Air Act Settlement with Wisconsin Utility
2013-01-04 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
According to settlement announced by U.S. EPA and U.S. Department of Justice, Wisconsin Public Service (WPS) will invest ~$300 million in pollution control technology, pay $1.2 million civil penalty, and spend $6 million on environmental mitigation projects to resolve Clean Air Act (CAA) violations. Settlement requires 2 power plants – Pulliam plant in Green Bay, WI and Weston plant in Rothschild, WI – to comply with emission rates and annual tonnage limitations. This story is related to the following:Trade Associations
Transocean Settles With U.S. Government on Deepwater Clean Water Act Claims
2013-01-03 23:19:29| ENR.com: Headline News
Agreement resolves U.S. Clean Water Act penalty claims from 2010 spill
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Two Arctic Ice Seals Gain Endangered Species Act Protection - Warming Climate a Key Factor
2013-01-02 21:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environmental News Network: Responding to a 2008 petition from the Center for Biological Diversity, the federal government today finalized Endangered Species Act protection for two ice-dependent Arctic seals threatened by melting sea ice and snowpack due to climate change. Ringed seals and bearded seals, found in the waters off Alaska, are the first species since polar bears to be protected primarily because of climate change threats. "Arctic animals face a clear danger of extinction from climate change," said Shaye Wolf,...
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