BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 21 -- The Conservation Law Foundation issued the following news release: Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) has settled three lawsuits against Schnitzer Steel regarding Clean Water Act violations at eleven scrap metal facilities in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Puerto Rico. The company's stormwater runoff has been polluting nearby rivers and coastlines with toxic metals like lead, zinc, copper, and petroleum products every time it rains. Schnitzer will pay nearly   more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Nov. 22 -- The Sierra Club issued the following statement on Nov. 21, 2023: * * * Today, Governor Shapiro announced that he will be appealing a recent lower court decision that blocked the Commonwealth's participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. RGGI is the nation's first regional market-based program to set limits on carbon pollution, and generates funding for clean energy by requiring fossil fuel companies to   more