wildlife law News
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Florida Men Sentenced for Poisoning Wildlife and Hunting Dogs in Bullock County
Daryl Fischer of Seminole, Florida and Russell Taylor of Loxahatchee, Florida were sentenced on Tuesday, April 28, 2015, to terms of probation for improper use of the pesticide Aldicarb, which is marketed as Temik, announced the United States Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama, George L. Beck, Jr. The two men were members of a hunting club leasing Bucksnort Plantation near Fitzpatrick, ...
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San Joaquin Valley Water Bill Opposed by 9 Conservation Groups
In response to the legislative hearing today by the House Subcommittee on Water and Power on Rep. Nunes' "San Joaquin Valley Water Reliability Act" (H.R. 1837), nine conservation groups have sent a letter to subcommittee members, warning its passage would lead to disastrous results. The groups on the letter include: Environmental Defense Fund, American Rivers, California League of Conservation ...
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State, feds won`t pursue $92M more in `89 Exxon Valdez spill
The state and federal governments have decided not to pursue $92 million in additional damages from Exxon Mobil Corp., citing the recovery of ducks and sea otters in Alaska's Prince William Sound following a devastating oil spill more than two decades ago. In a court filing made on Wednesday, government attorneys said patches of lingering oil that remain can no longer be considered an impediment ...
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Geneva, the Birthplace of Sustainable Development, Celebrates its Diversity – and Questions its Future
Geneva - From climate change to chemicals, from water to weather, from banking and business to wildlife conservation and law – the Geneva region has established itself in the past 40 years as a world-class city for international initiatives on the environmental aspects of sustainable development. For the first time, a publication being launched for World Environment Day 2007 (5 June) attempts to ...
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Environmental Groups, First Nations Join in Opposition to Omnibus Bill C-45
First Nations and environmental, recreation and grassroots groups supported by more than half a million Canadians today issued an open letter opposing the federal government's controversial second omnibus bill, C-45, as the proposed legislation enters final rounds of debate in Parliament this week. "The changes proposed in this omnibus bill would further weaken Canada's environmental laws, ...
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Two Tampa Corporations and Four Tampa Residents Plead Guilty to Scheme to Unlawfully Sell an Unregistered Pesticide and Obstruct Justice
Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Maureen O’Mara, Special Agent in Charge, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Criminal Investigation Division (EPA-CID), Michael A. Hill, Special Agent in Charge, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Inspector General (EPA-OIG), Atlanta Field Office, and Colonel/Director Calvin ...
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EPA reaches deal with Duke to clean river coal ash
Federal environmental officials said Thursday that they have reached a deal with Duke Energy to clean up its mess from a massive coal ash spill into the Dan River that coated 70 miles of the waterway in North Carolina and Virginia with toxic gray sludge. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced it had finalized an enforceable agreement with the nation's largest electricity company over ...
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Canada Alleged to Be Hiding Adverse Environmental Reports
TORONTO, Ontario, Canada - The findings of two international investigations into Canada's enforcement of its own environmental laws have not been made public because they would be embarassing for the Canadian government, according to Sierra Legal, an environmental law firm based in Toronto. The firm represents environmental groups that submitted complaints triggering the investigations. The ...
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