WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 (TNSRep) -- The Center for International Environmental Law issued the following news release on Oct. 6, 2021: Formosa Plastics Group's six-decade track record is riddled with environmental, health, safety, and labor violations, including devastating accidents and persistent pollution in multiple countries, according to a comprehensive new report released today. In profiling the past and present impacts of one of the world's largest petrochemical and plastics producers, the re  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 (TNSRep) -- Earthworks issued the following news release on Oct. 7, 2021: Formosa Plastics Group's six-decade track record is riddled with environmental, health, safety, and labor violations, including devastating accidents and persistent pollution in multiple countries, according to a comprehensive new report released today. In profiling the past and present impacts of one of the world's largest petrochemical and plastics producers, the report illustrates the profound risks   more

BRISTOL, England, Sept. 30 -- Environmental Research Communications, a peer reviewed journal that focuses on Earth's system, including atmosphere, biosphere, lithosphere and hydrosphere, published research articles on the following topics in its September 2021 edition: Papers: * Heat has larger impacts on labor in poorer areas * Wetland restoration yields dynamic nitrate responses across the Upper Mississippi river basin * River pollution and social inequalities in Dhaka, Bangladesh * Nati  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Highways and Transit issued the following testimony by Calhoun County Engineer Kyle Godar as part of a hybrid hearing on Sept. 28, 2021, entitled "Examining the Role of Ferries in Improving Mobility": * * * I would like to thank you for the opportunity to testify before the subcommittee. I am honored to represent my community, the surrounding region and similar communities across the Country as the Committee Exam  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Oct. 4, 2021: Jeffersonville, Indiana-based American Commercial Barge Line LLC (American Commercial) has agreed to acquire and preserve 649 acres of woodland wildlife habitat near New Orleans, Louisiana, and pay over $2 million in damages, in addition to $1.32 million previously paid for damage assessment and restoration planning costs, under the Oil Pollution Act (OPA) and the Louisiana Oil Spill Preventi  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Duane A. Evans, issued the following news release on Oct. 4, 2021: Jeffersonville, Indiana-based American Commercial Barge Line LLC (American Commercial) has agreed to acquire and preserve 649 acres of woodland wildlife habitat near New Orleans, Louisiana, and pay over $2 million in damages, in addition to $1.32 million previously paid for damage assessment and restoration planning costs, under the Oil Pollution Act   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), senior member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, questioned witnesses at an EPW oversight hearing to examine the response by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to Hurricane Ida. Witnesses included: Major General William H. "Butch" Graham, Deputy Commanding General for Civil and Emergency Operations, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Brigadier General Thomas J.   more

MONTEREY, California, Oct. 9 (TNSPol)(TNSCapV) -- The Monterey Bay Aquarium, a non-profit that focuses on conservation of the ocean, issued the following joint statement with 29 organizations: * * * On behalf of the nation's leading aquariums and zoos, we thank the Biden-Harris administration for fully restoring protections for the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts, the U.S. Atlantic Ocean's only marine national monument. The Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument is a biodive  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- The Department of Energy's Office of Legacy Management issued the following news: On Sept. 9, LM Director Carmelo Melendez and staff, escorted by executive officer Maj. Nicholas Copeland and others from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), St. Louis District, visited the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP) site at Iowa Army Ammunition Plant (IAAAP) in Middletown, Iowa. IAAP's Deputy Commander Gifford Haddock provided Melendez and DOE LM's CERCLA/  more