July 31, 2008
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Soil & Groundwater Newsletter July 31, 2008 |
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Apex Oil Company ordered to perform US$150m cleanup
Apex Oil Company Inc. has been ordered to remediate extensive soil and groundwater contamination from its former refinery operations in Hartford, Ill., the Justice Department and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced. In a decision issued on July 28, 2008, Chief Judge David R. Herndon of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois ordered Apex Oil Company Inc. to clean up the contamination, at an expected cost of at least US$150 million. The court’s decision is based on evidence presented at a five-week trial in January and February 2008, in a federal lawsuit filed ... |
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FAO urges farmers to join “Greener” revolution
Some 100 delegates from 36 countries meeting at FAO last week called on farmers to join the ongoing “Greener” revolution represented by a form of farming known as Conservation Agriculture. This farming system, CA for short, aims to help feed the world more sustainably by building up soil ecosystems and reducing unnecessary soil disturbance wherever possible. According to one study, some 20 percent of the earth’s cropland is now being eroded or otherwise degraded – a potential catastrophe given the need to double world food production by 2050 to feed a population of more than nine billion. Rebuilding ... |
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