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- US sues Volkswagen for up to $90 billion for violating the Clean Air Act Wed, 6 Jan 16, 3:43amAfter the much-publicized emissions cheating scandal, the United States Justice Department has filed a civil lawsuit against Volkswagen. VW is accused of violating the Clean Air Act by installing illegal systems that allow...
- Cut new national parks, says group backed by Koch brothers Wed, 8 Jul 15, 11:30pmThe National Park Service operations budget has been cut 80 percent or nearly $190 million, in the last 4 years alone, but that's not enough for a group backed by the Charles G Koch Charitable Foundation...
- INFOGRAPHIC: The most interesting environmental lawsuits in the world Thu, 30 Apr 15, 5:32amWhen it comes to protecting the environment, political action and grassroots movements tend to get the most attention. But environmental lawsuits have proven to be an important - if unglamorous - way to help save the planet....
- France now requires all new buildings to have green roofs or solar panels Wed, 25 Mar 15, 3:15amFrance has just passed a trailblazing new law that requires that all new buildings constructed in commercial areas must be partially covered by either solar panels or green roofs...
- France requires all new buildings to have green roofs or solar panels Wed, 25 Mar 15, 1:31amFrance has just passed a trailblazing new law that requires that all new buildings constructed in commercial areas must be partially covered by either solar panels or green roofs...
- Florida’s Department of Environmental Protection bans term ‘climate change’ Tue, 10 Mar 15, 12:58amClimate change is not so much a threat to parts of Florida, as much as it is a real and present problem; Miami already incurs regular street flooding at high tide, and parts of the state sit six feet below sea level...
- Maui is winning the war against Monsanto Tue, 30 Dec 14, 1:30amMaui is winning the war against Monsanto, according to an attorney for the Sustainable Hawaiian Agriculture for the Keiki and the Aina (SHAKA) Movement. On November 4, Maui voters approved a measure that would ban GMOs in...
- China Threatens Death Penalty for Serious Polluters Fri, 21 Jun 13, 11:09pmThe Chinese government has issued a new judicial interpretation that will allow courts to issue harsher punishments for environmental crimes, according to the Xinhua News Agency...
- Peru Declares an Environmental Emergency in the Amazon Thu, 28 Mar 13, 12:30amPhoto via Shutterstock After years of negligence by oil and gas companies and a dearth of regulations designed to hold them to account, the Peruvian government has declared an environmental emergency in a remote section of...
- Man Sentenced to Prison for Violating US Clean Air Act Sat, 25 Jun 11, 12:45amA man in West Des Moines, Iowa faces prison time and huge fines for violating the Clean Air Act. After pleading guilty for conspiring to avoid Clean Air Act regulations while renovating a 10-storey building in downtown Des...