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EPA Says Neonics Seriously Threaten Birds

04.01.2018 - Multiple scientific assessments released by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at the end of 2017 are said to show that commonly used neonicotinoid pesticides (neonics)...

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US Court Blocks EPA’s Methane About-Face

05.07.2017 - In a 2-1 vote, a US federal appeals court in Washington, DC ruled this week that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) may not suspend a rule planned by the administration of...

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Ineos Wins Environment Permit for Derbyshire Drill

04.07.2017 - The UK’s Environment Agency has granted Ineos Upstream, subsidiary of the Switzerland-based chemical group, an environmental permit allowing it to drill an exploratory borehole at...

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US Pediatricians Urge Chlorpyrifos Ban

03.07.2017 - The American Academy of Pediatrics, a body that represents more than 66,000 pediatricians and pediatric surgeons, has written to Scott Pruitt, new administrator of the US...

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EPA Delays Methane Emissions Legislation

20.06.2017 - The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed a two-year delay on implementing an Obama era rule, due to have taken effect on Jun. 3, that would require oil and gas...

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Vopak Agrees Texas Clean Air Settlement

22.05.2017 - Dutch oil and chemicals storage group Vopak has agreed measures with the US Department of Justice (DoJ), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Texas Commission on...

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Industry Could Play Bigger Role at EPA

11.05.2017 - The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has fired at least five of the 18 scientists on its Board of Scientific Counselors in a move the agency’s new leadership said was aimed...

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EPA Denies Petition to Ban Chlorpyrifos

13.04.2017 - A week before a federal court deadline to make a final decision on its use, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has denied a petition to ban the insecticide active...